Liz Kineke

Liz Kineke is an award-winning journalist and television producer. During her fourteen-year tenure as producer and writer for the CBS Religion & Culture series she created 45 half-hour shows that looked at faith and religion as they relate to racism, white supremacy, climate change, immigration, and cultural heritage, among other timely issues. Her most recent reporting can be found in Religion News Service (RNS), Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and AP Global Religion.

A graduate of Denison University in Granville, Ohio, she spent the early part of her career working for foreign broadcasters in the US as well as pioneering TV journalist Linda Ellerbee and the Associated Press Television News.

She is the recipient of seven Religion Communicators Council Wilbur Awards and three Religion News Association awards. She also received a Henry Luce Foundation Public Theologies of Technology and Presence grant. She lives in New York City with her cat Harry.

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Liz Kineke is a sought after public speaker about religion and public life. Her reporting on the ways faith and religion play out in the public square brought her to the realization that religion is always in the room. “Today there are seismic shifts happening that are challenging our understanding of American democracy, politics and who we are as a country,” she says. “Religion is the white noise hum in all of this.” Her talks and workshops draw on this hard earned wisdom. Using examples from her work, she lays out why the public understanding of religion matters now more than ever.

Expertise

  • Religion & Public Life
  • Religion Reporting
  • Broadcast Journalism
  • Reporting on Religious Minorities
  • Religious Studies
  • Religion Scholars

Online
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  • 90-minute workshop
  • Breakout rooms
  • Cloud recording
  • Downloadable slides
  • Up to 100 attendees
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£700
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  • 90-minute program
  • Q&A Period
  • Multimedia
  • Downloadable slides
  • For 100+ attendees

Professional
Development

Specialized Training Program
£1,250
00

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  • Customized training for journalists, government officials, law enforcement, religious leaders, teachers
  • One day retreat
  • Downloadable slides
  • For 10–50 attendees

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  • Curriculum Design
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  • Program Planning
  • Strategic Planning
  • Research Project

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  • Taking Refuge in Tara February 18, 2022
    How the mantra-based practice of the “Mother of all Buddhas” can transform suffering The post Taking Refuge in Tara appeared first on Liz Kineke.
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  • Turning Emotions Into Wisdom October 14, 2021
    Inside the Rubin Museum's new Mandala Lab The post Turning Emotions Into Wisdom appeared first on Liz Kineke.
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  • Joyful noise or meditative hum, sound resets the mind for faith March 22, 2021
    Sound acts as a tether for the mind in the same way the breath or a mantra is used in other forms of meditation. The post Joyful noise or meditative hum, sound resets the mind for faith appeared first on Liz Kineke.
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  • Lockdown Dharma February 1, 2021
    Buddhist communities consider if, when, and how to reopen The post Lockdown Dharma appeared first on Liz Kineke.
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  • African spirituality offers Black believers ‘decolonized’ Christianity January 5, 2021
    The pastor of the online Proverbial Experience mixes African spiritual practices with Christianity for worship 'that is fully integrated with who I am.' The post African spirituality offers Black believers ‘decolonized’ Christianity appeared first on Liz Kineke.
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  • Buddhists with Physical Disabilities Access Digital Dharma May 18, 2020
    With the move to online sanghas, space is opening up for Buddhist practitioners who once faced limited options. The post Buddhists with Physical Disabilities Access Digital Dharma appeared first on Liz Kineke.
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