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Future of Media & Religion
Once seen as a trusted place for facts about events and news, the American media has become a battleground for ideologies. Modern religious leaders often criticize the media for misunderstanding and misrepresenting people of faith in pursuit of attention-grabbing sensationalism. Does the media intentionally skew the public’s perception of Christians? NPR religion reporter Barbara Bradley Hagerty probes the tense relationship between religion and media.
Barbara Bradley Hagerty is the religion correspondent for National Public Radio, reporting on the intersection of faith and politics, law, science, and culture. She is the New York Times best-selling author of Fingerprints of God: The Search for the Science of Spirituality (May 2009). Her religion reporting has earned her the National Headliner Award, the Religion Newswriters Association award and the “Women in Radio and Television Award”. Prior to coming to NPR in 1995, she attended Yale Law School.
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