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The Challenges of Covering Religion in Nigeria
Long-time IARJ member Prince Charles Dickson, PhD, writes about the complex issues involved in covering religion in Nigeria.
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New Journalism & Religion
online series explores religious extremism.
The International Association of Religion Journalists (IARJ) is launching its third series of online global dialogues, bringing together reporters from…
Announcing a new series of journalism dialogues on religion and politics
The International Association of Religion Journalists (IARJ) is launching a series of dialogues on religion and politics. We bring together journalists from different…
Old Age, Our Future: Vatican expands on its global call for protecting the elderly
As the IARJ's co-managing director, based in Italy, Elisa Di Benedetto reports on the Vatican's leading role in trying to motivate faith-related…
Global Plus: Balancing Clergy Narcissism with Healthy Humility
A new wave of research on religious leadership is finding that significant numbers of clergy show evidence of struggling with clinical signs of narcissism. The troubling…
News from our members around the world in a time of coronavirus
The COVID-19 pandemic is posing new challenges to journalists covering faith and religion. In early April, we invited our IARJ members covering this unprecedented story to…
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…
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…
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…
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…