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UC Riverside’s Holstein Public Lecture Takes on the Clash Between
Religion and the Press<br>
Panelists include NPR’s Ina Jaffe, a scholar from Denmark and The
Press-Enterprise religion reporter<br>
(November 14, 2006)<br><br>
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Ina Jaffe, NPR correspondent <br>
RIVERSIDE, Calif.
(<a href="http://www.ucr.edu/" eudora="autourl">www.ucr.edu</a>) -- The
potentially explosive interplay between religion and the press is the
subject of a panel discussion at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30 at UC
Riverside. The panel features National Public Radio correspondent Ina
Jaffe; a religion scholar from Denmark, Tim Jenson; and the local
religion reporter for The Press-Enterprise, Bettye Wells Miller.
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"Offending Religions and Press Freedom in the Public Square" is
the title of the 2006-2007 Holstein Family Community Lecture in Religious
Studies, an annual event at UC Riverside. This one will take place in
Conference Room E at the UC Riverside Extension Center. <br><br>
“With the title of the panel, I intentionally meant to suggest both that
religions can offend as well as be the object of offense,” said Ivan
Strenski, professor of religion at UC Riverside and the holder of the
Holstein endowed chair. “This year I wanted to stir things up a little,
with a topic that would be relevant to everyone.” <br><br>
He said the discussion will center on what it is to give offense, and
what are the proper limits of offensive behavior, and when is it a
person’s duty to offend? One example is the clash between the
journalistic instincts of a Danish editorial cartoonist and the religious
sensibilities of the Muslim world after the publication of an editorial
cartoon lampooning Mohammed. <br><br>
The event is free and open to the public. A reception for the panelists
will begin at 4:30 p.m. Parking permits are available for $3 at the
Extension Center lot. <br><br>
Biographies of the Panelists: <br><br>
Ina Jaffe is a Los-Angeles-based correspondent for National Public Radio.
She has reported on thousands of major news events, including New Orleans
after Hurricane Katrina, the war in Kosovo and the Persian Gulf, and the
historic recall election that brought Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to
power. Jaffe received the California Journalism Award for covering
politics and government in 2002 and 2003. Before moving to Los Angeles,
Jaffe was the first editor of Weekend Edition Saturday with Scott Simon
which made its debut in 1985. She earned the Clarion award from Women in
Communications for her report on the first night of the Los Angeles
riots; and her coverage played a role in NPR capturing the “Alfred I.
duPont-Columbia University “Gold Baton” in 1992. She also shared a 1988
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for the NPR report "A State of
Emergency," which covered racial conflict in Philadelphia. Jaffe was
born in Chicago and attended the University of Wisconsin and DePaul
University receiving bachelors and masters degrees in philosophy.
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Tim Jensen is a historian of religions, educated as an upper-secondary
teacher in Religious Education. He is Associate Professor at The
Institute of Philosophy, Education and The Study of Religions at the
University of Southern Denmark, Odense. <br><br>
Bettye Wells Miller is religion reporter at The Press-Enterprise. She has
worked in journalism in Southern California for 33 years as a reporter,
editor, freelancer and university instructor. Miller has worked for the
Redlands Daily Facts, The San Bernardino County Sun and The Desert Sun.
In 2005 she was one of 10 finalists for the Templeton Reporter Award of
the Religion Newswriters Association. <br><br>
Related Links:<br>
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Department of Religious Studies</a>
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Additional Contacts:<br>
<a href="http://www.newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/mailto:ivan.strenski@ucr.edu">
Ivan Strenski, 951-827-5986</a> <br>
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