What are some characteristics of good religion reporting?
For the most part, “good reporting is good reporting.” It’s just that in religion news, finding balance is a lot trickier (not just two sides such as in politics) and you have to work harder to get financial information because most of the records are private. Anything that would make a story on another beat compelling is the same thing that makes a religion story sing: eloquent writing, tight and precise use of words, variety of sentence styles and lengths, well-researched, clear, complete, nuanced, etc.
