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The International Association of Religion Journalists announces our new board
APRIL 2020—The International Association of Religion Journalists (IARJ) is proud to announce that we have formed a new board effective immediately.
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Tips for Reporters: A once-in-a-lifetime story—virtual Passover, Easter and Ramadan
David Crumm, Elisa Di Benedetto and Larbi Megari encourage religion journalists to report on the once-in-a-lifetime experience of major holidays in all…
Spotlight on Deepa Bharath
In this interview in our Journalism Spotlight series, religion reporter Deepa Bharath of the Orange County Register (Southern California News Group) discusses the challenges of covering faith and religion in her…
Ideas for Journalists: Reporting on Faith in a Time of Coronavirus
Many of us at the IARJ are directly affected by the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic. We are publishing this sample of spiritual wisdom we have collected from around the…
IARJ Global Dialogue: Story Ideas for Religion Writers around the World
U.S.-based religion writer Niraj Warikoo dialogues with Algeria-based journalist Larbi Megari, one of the long-time leaders of the IARJ, about story ideas that they…
IARJ co-founder Erick Kabendera released from prison in Tanzania, but faces harsh fines
Investigative journalist Erick Kabendera, a founding member of the International Association of Religion Journalists (IARJ), has been released from…
Faith in a Time of Coronavirus
Journalists around the world are scrambling to follow the spread of COVID 19, also known as Coronavirus. To encourage other religion journalists to report on the impact, Elisa Di Bendetto writes: "I live in…
Deadline extended to April 27 for 1st Piazza Grande Religion Journalism Award
ALERT for journalists across Europe and around the Mediterranean basin that the deadline for the first Piazza Grande Religion Journalism Award is now extended to…
International Jury of the Piazza Grande Religion Journalism Award announced
The IARJ and Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose Giovanni XXIII (FSCIRE) announced the names of the seven journalists serving as members of the international jury…
Global Dialogue: Religion writers in the U.S. and Italy lift up an icon of American civil rights
A VIEW OF RACIAL DIVERSITY FROM THE U.S. and ITALY—The photo at left shows the Rev. Dr. France A. Davis, pastor emeritus of Utah's largest…