National Religious Broadcasters
Posted by The Skyliner on March 19th, 2010James Moore
Staff Writer
Have you ever thought of your church breaking the law? That is just what churches all around the world do on a regular basis.
Piracy of media is commonly looked over as a sin, but it is ranked up there on the top 10 list of sins to not commit. Downloading media without the consent of the producers is stealing. Helping to stop acts like piracy with education and alternative technology is one of the many jobs of the National Religious Broadcasters.
One of the primary jobs of the NRB is to be watchdogs for the Christian community. While working with lobbyists in Washington, D.C. to protect freedom of speech for religious broadcasting, the NRB has also been watching over broadcast laws and how they have affected broadcasting from the beginning. Various committees have been formed to watch over specific areas such as radio, television and the Internet.
Getting together is a huge medium for the NRB to stay connected and educated. Through conventions, challenges, speakers and showings, the NRB reaches out to each other to further expand the level of knowledge within its members.
“I also enjoy just going and reacquainting with old friends,” stated Andrew Stevens, Mass Communication Professor.
Aside from the activities when the NRB gets together, conventions are a great place to network. Job connections are not uncommon to get through the NRB.
President George W. Bush has spoken before the NRB once and has sent video speeches other times. The NRB has also had a performance by John Tesh and a pre-showing of Passion of the Christ.
NGU is highly known through the NRB and will get a chance to showcase their talents again on Feb. 26, 2010 by participating in a couple of challenges that the NRB holds between students. Two teams of students from NGU will be participating. The first team will be met with the challenge of creating a DVD in 36 hours while the other team will have the same amount of time to create a radio program. The students will also receive training while the staff enjoys conventions. Two years prior, the NGU news cast took first place in the challenges and last year came in second.
The NRB has tackled problems of development and growth as well as giving life to the Global News Alliance. After 9/11, there was a realization that the Christian community did not have a good news resource. Through hard work and unification, the members have come together making sure that Christians stay within legal guidelines and have access to the information that they deserve.
Tags: Spring 2010