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World Press Freedom Day Is a Reminder of the Dangers Faced by Honest Journalists
Marking this year’s United Nations World Press Freedom Day on May 3—I represented the IARJ on State of Belief, a global radio-and-internet broadcast, to…
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Global Plus: End to American exceptionalism? Researchers find U.S. is part of Western drift toward secularism
Many researchers were startled by new reports that the Western trend toward secularism is also crossing the U.S., generation by…
IARJ Conference explores Journalism and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe
Religion is often at the heart of European news, related to issues including migration, politics, culture and public life. To explore these complex topics, the…
GlobalPlus: Anti-Semitism in the Americas
In Part 2 of a Global:Plus report on anti-Semitism, Pedro Brieger looks at the rise in the Americas. He writes, "To combat anti-Semitism, we must both recognize its historical roots and the various…
GlobalPlus: Perspectives from Australia and New Zealand on Anti-Semitism Today
In Part 1 of a Global:Plus report on anti-Semitism, Rachel Kohn looks at a dangerous rise in this centuries-old hatred across Australia and New Zealand. She also…
IARJ and FSCIRE announce new Piazza Grande Religion Journalism Award for European and Mediterranean Journalists
BOLOGNA, Italy, March 3, 2019—The International Association of Religion Journalists (IARJ) and the Fondazione per le Scienze…
Global Plus: My Freedoms Are Your Freedoms! The price of religious freedom denied.
This is a perilous period for religious freedom throughout the world. Most large countries officially proclaim religious freedom—but a growing body of…
Tips for Journalists on Covering Islam: Fresh Ideas You Can Use Today
All journalists regularly covering religion around the world find themselves reporting on Islam and, in 2019, we encounter extreme voices—fueled by a rising tide of…
Meet Our Regional Representatives: Elisa Di Benedetto
As we continue our series of profiles of our IARJ Regional Representatives, we share inspiring words from Elisa Di Benedetto (our representative for Europe). Even though she focuses on…
Meet Our Regional Representatives: Rachael Kohn
In our second profile of our IARJ Regional Representatives, Rachel Kohn (our representative for Australasia) reports on some of the milestones in her own career of covering religion around the…