Way Forward for Religion Reporting in Africa: Impressions and Suggestions
The IARJ conference “Reporting Religion in Africa – Rising to the Challenge”, brought to Nairobi over 30 journalists to exchange best practice in reporting religion and faith.
IARJ News
Resources for Journalists Covering Pope Francis’ Passing and the Papal Transition
ReligionLink’s guide for journalists covering Pope Francis’ passing and the papal transition, by Ken Chitwood.
David Briggs receives Lifetime Achievement Award
IARJ co-founder David Briggs honored for his long career in covering religion by the Religion Newswriters Association (RNA) with the 2025 William A. Reed Lifetime Achievement Award on April 5 in Arlington, Virginia.
Other Religion News
- From Buenos Aires to Rome: Key dates in the life of Pope Francis Associated Press
- Covering Pope Francis’ passing and the papal transition Religion Link
- A Jubilee 2025? IF20 – G20 Interfaith Forum
- An Ethiopian church in Washington preserves an ancient language and Orthodox tradition Associated Press
- ‘Chaos’ and ‘Confusion’ for Faith-Based Nonprofits After Funding Freezes Sojourners
- Church Kitchens Are Getting Chopped Christianity Today
- You’ve likely heard the Serenity Prayer − but not its backstory The Conversation
- Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off Pew Research
- Christianity’s Decline in U.S. Appears to Have Halted, Major Study Shows The New York Times
- On Religion: Martin Marty Was The Original ‘Faith Influencer’ Religion Unplugged
Resources
Research on media challenges in covering religion
The IARJ is recommending to journalists a ground-breaking series of studies about media coverage of religion by a nonprofit coalition and the HarrisX research company.
ARDA lets us compare religion nation by nation
ARDA’s World Religion database is a powerful tool for comparing the religious populations of nations worldwide.
Pew Research Center tackles ‘Measuring Religion in China’
How Pew Research is trying to provide accurate data on China.
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