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.
IARJ News
Looking for Religion Story Ideas? (November 2025)
Our November 2025 column suggests stories ranging from “apps” that verge on spirituality to some major milestones in 2026.
Mormon Mercy and the Mirror of African Faith
Nigerian journalists Prince Charles Dickson explores the reactions in Nigeria to the Michigan LDS church shooting.
Looking for Religion Story Ideas? (October 2025)
For October, we’re suggesting journalists check in with “Mormon” communities, and also look at little-known Christmas traditions.
Other Religion News
- Il nuovo genere musicale della destra americana, che predica la devozione a Dio e il culto di Trump Facta News
- Drop in U.S. Religiosity Among Largest in World Gallup
- In Catholic Italy, Protestants Still Face Fascist-Era Land Restrictions Religion Unplugged
- Fire Insurance for the Afterlife? How Religion Shapes the Fear of Death The ARDA
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo Waits Out the Storm Balkan Insight
- Armenia Holds Inaugural Prayer Breakfast Amid Church Arrests Christianity Today
- Indonesia, Global Model for Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy RRI Voice of Indonesia
- Beyond the Classroom: Informal Religion and Worldviews Education in the UK Theos
- 5 facts about religion in Nigeria Pew Research Center
- As Violence Rages On, Nigeria’s Christians And Muslims Find Unity Through Soccer Religion Unplugged
Resources
Evidence Review on Faith and Climate Migration
The Evidence Review on Faith and Climate Migration report, launched by the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI) and Christian Aid explores Faith and Climate Migration
Research on media challenges in covering religion
The IARJ is recommending to journalists a ground-breaking series of studies about media coverage of religion by a nonprofit coalition and the HarrisX research company.
ARDA lets us compare religion nation by nation
ARDA’s World Religion database is a powerful tool for comparing the religious populations of nations worldwide.
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2026-2027 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship
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Call for entries: 2026 Wilbur Awards
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