COLUMBIA, Mo. — Religion News Service (RNS), an independent news service on religion, spirituality and ethics, has appointed Bob Smietana as its editor-in-chief, effective Sept. 4.
Smietana has been a senior writer for Facts & Trends, a magazine and website of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, and a religion writer for The Tennessean daily newspaper in Nashville.
Smietana also has been a longtime RNS correspondent, senior news editor with Christianity Today and features editor for the Evangelical Covenant Church’s magazine The Covenant Companion. He is a former president of RNS’ Board of Managers and a former president of the Religion News Association. He has garnered numerous reporting awards from the Religion News Association, Evangelical Press Association, Associated Church Press and Tennessee Press Association.
Of the opportunity to lead the nonprofit RNS, Smietana said, “The American religious landscape is being transformed before our eyes. … RNS is perfectly positioned to document that transformation and to help our readers navigate this new world.” (BP)
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