[5] In addition to reporting news, the publication also produces several podcasts, including Boom!

[9][10] The founders were Gary Laderman, a religion studies scholar from Emory University; Linell Cady, a religion studies scholar from Arizona State University; and Evan Derkacz, a journalist who formerly wrote for AlterNet.

[11] Lisa Webster, an editor and religion scholar, joined Evan as co-editor just before the magazine's launch in February 2008.

[16][17] In October 2013, Religion Dispatches moved to the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism's website.

Diane Winston, chairman of Media and Religion at USC, headed the publication.