Latest Article
IARJAsia: Getting Religion Right—the challenges of covering minority religions
IARJ member and contributing writer Rachel Kohn, an Australian journalist, reports on a fascinating panel featuring representatives of minority religious…
Articles
Global religion journalists gather with IARJ in Indonesia
IARJ Chair Douglas Todd reports on the upcoming global conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, focusing on the challenges of covering religion in this complex region of the world. Most…
Tips for Journalists covering St. Nicholas, the real Santa Claus
St. Nicholas is one of the world's most popular Christian saints and some Christians are promoting celebration of his December feast day as an alternative to the overly…
Tips for Journalists Covering the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation
Two veteran journalists—U.S.-based David Crumm and Germany-based Maria-Paz Lopez—provide helpful tips to journalists planning to cover the 500th anniversary year of…
Tips for journalists covering the Jewish New Year 5777
The most important holidays in the Jewish calendar are coming in early October: Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur. Joe Grimm of the Michigan State University School of…
Perspectives on IARJ in Africa: Prince Charles Dickson
International Association of Religion Journalists founding member Prince Charles Dickson shares the wide range of topics discussed at the IARJ conference in Ghana, highlighting the…
Covering Simhasth Kumbh Mahaparv in Ujjain
Covering large spiritual gatherings and religious events and reporting outside your native region carries many challenges. Among these is knowing how to handle yourself appropriately and improve…
GlobalPlus: The Pope Francis effect
As he marks his third anniversary on the job, Pope Francis is providing encouragement, renewed optimism and a new energy to many of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. It is an appeal that extends beyond…
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Yamuna festival is more than environmental challenge
Indian journalist Bhavya Srivastava reports on the vast interfaith festival in March 2016 in India, called World Cultural Festival hosted by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
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…