This guide is about people who are not religiously affiliated and is one of more than 20 in the Michigan State University School of Journalism's Bias Busters series. The series builds cultural competence by spreading awareness about specific groups and communities. Ultimately, the goal is to break down walls by opening discussion among people. The series is created by journalism classes at Michigan State University working with community allies. Joe Grimm is the series creator and editor. Grimm joined MSU in 2008 after more than 30 years in daily newspapering. He worked at the Detroit Free Press for more than 25 years. He held various editing jobs and became the youngest reader representative in a U.S. newsroom. For most of his time at the Free Press, Grimm was the newsroom's recruiting and staff development editor. His charge was to create better content by developing the newsroom staff to better reflect the community. During his tenure there the Free Press developed the most diverse staff among major American newspapers.The authors on this guide were MSU students Jakkar Aimery, Jayna Bardahl, Kennedy Donoho, Karly Graham, Mary Kate Greene, Adrian Kresnak, Sophia Lada, Man Liu, Chloe Peter, Katie Reichel, Salina Saleh, Alec Wycoff and Ted Wujek.