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 online seminar organized by the International Center for Journalists.

“International Coverage of Gender, Health, Education and Religion,” a six-week seminar offered by the International Center for Journalists from September 24 to November 2, will examine effective ways of reporting on gender, health, education and religion.

The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome is offering the third edition of its intensive one-week seminar in English, The Church Up Close: Covering Catholicism in the Age of Benedict XVI. The seminar, from September 10-16, 2012, is designed for foreign journalists who cover the Roman Catholic Church. www.church-communication.net

Journalists from different countries who work together to publish a story on religion are eligible to receive editorial support and a payment of $500 under a new program sponsored by the International Center for Journalists.

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