Religion & Ethics Newsweekly is an American

United States

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 weekly television news-magazine program which airs on PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

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History and content

Premièring in 1997, it is the only television program devoted entirely to the news of religion

Religion

Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...

 and spirituality

Spirituality

Spirituality can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop...

, along with major ethical issues. The program explores the top moral questions facing the country and profiles notable people and groups in the world of religion and ethics.

Production and distribution

It has been produced by Thirteen/WNET

WNET

WNET, channel 13 is a non-commercial educational public television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey. With its signal covering the New York metropolitan area, WNET is a primary station of the Public Broadcasting Service and a primary provider of PBS programming...

 in New York City

New York City

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, New York

New York

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, since its première, and is filmed on location worldwide. The main studio is in downtown Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, in the same building as Reuters

Reuters

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 news agency

News agency

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The program is distributed to PBS stations nationwide.

Funding

Its funding is provided by the

• Lilly Endowment
  Lilly Endowment
  Lilly Endowment Inc., headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana is one of the world's largest private philanthropic foundations and is among the ten largest such endowments in the United States....
  
  
• Rockefeller Brothers Fund
  Rockefeller Brothers Fund
  The Rockefeller Brothers Fund , , is an international philanthropic organisation created and run by members of the Rockefeller family. It was set up in New York City in 1940 as the primary philanthropic vehicle of the five famous Rockefeller brothers: John D...
  
  
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a non-profit corporation created by an act of the United States Congress, funded by the United States’ federal government to promote public broadcasting...
  
  
• Mutual of America Life Insurance Company
  Mutual of America
  Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, also referred to as Mutual of America, is a Fortune 1000 mutual company based in New York, New York. Founded in 1945, it is ranked on the Forbes 500 list as the tenth-largest insurance company in the United States.Mutual of America specializes in providing...
  
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Host

The program is hosted by journalist Bob Abernethy

Bob Abernethy

Bob Abernethy is a former NBC News correspondent. Since 1997, Abernethy has served as the executive editor and host of Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, which airs on PBS....

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External links

• pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics, Religion & Ethics NewsWeeklys official website