Way Forward for Religion Reporting in Africa: Impressions and Suggestions
The IARJ conference "Reporting Religion in Africa - Rising to the Challenge", brought to Nairobi over 30 journalists to exchange best practice in reporting religion and faith.
About
Priyadarshini Sen is an Independent Journalist based in Delhi. She’s traveled widely across India, Asia, United States, Europe and North Africa to report on religion, politics, social justice, human rights, and environment.
She reports in English and publishes with various US-based and Indian media.
Religion is critical to understanding people’s lives. It’s what helps you understand what motivates people and what does not, what inspires them and what does not. It’s the central and yet, so often, an overlooked piece in many stories across the world involving politics, culture, society, environment and social justice. Religion compels me to go out into the field and report those rare and critical stories.
Priyadarshini Sen
Work
Read a recent piece: ‘Fanaticism Is All About Aggression’: One Man’s Journey From a Hindu Nationalist to a Humanist