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The pope, free speech and dialogue explored at Argentine event
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The global impact being made by the first Latin American pope was on the minds of many journalists attending late April’s IARJ conference, since…
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How can secular and religious individuals share the same public space?
Lifting up the virtue of humility may seem anachronistic in an age that extols self-adulation. But for Tomas Halik, a Czech priest and philosopher who won the 2014…
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religion and incite fear over it: South African conference
The media need to avoid stereotyping religion and exaggerating conflict between faith groups, according to a panel at a recent International Press Institute…
Spotlight on Waqar Gillani, of Pakistan
Questions & Answers with Waqar Gillani Waqar writes about religion as a staff member of The News on Sunday, which is the weekly edition of The News International. It is one of Pakistan’s largest…
IARJ Conference on Journalism and Religion receives global coverage
Courageous reporters taking on powerful religious groups and drug dealers to do excellent religion journalism. The increasing mix of religion and politics in Latin America…
Journalism and Religion in Latin America: Journalists Share Challenges, Rewards
It was an eye-opening experience to gather in Brazil in the fall of 2013 with more than 20 of Latin America’s leading religion journalists and scholars…
How reporting on minority faiths can make all the difference
A multitude of international studies show that respect for religious diversity has the greatest potential for peace and that the stories journalists tell about minority religions…
Improve your coverage of religion, join the ICFJ’s 6-week online course
Join a select group of journalists from across the world as they share their insights, resources and strategies for reporting on religion and politics via a six-week…
IARJ promotes global religion journalism at Columbia, Yale, Instituto Cervantes
In its effort to promote contemporary issues in international religion reporting, members of the IARJ's Board of Directors held several seminars in November…
Spotlight on Endy Bayuni from Indonesia
Endy Bayuni, Senior Editor at the Jakarta Post, has reported extensively on the complex mosaic of interfaith relations in Indonesia for more than ten years. Here he shares his insights into the…