IARJ announces the 5th Piazza Grande Religion Journalism Award
Journalists covering faith and religion in Europe and the Mediterranean can submit their stories to the fifth Piazza Grande Religion Journalism Award.
IARJ News
Stories from our Members
Waqar Jillani’s interview with Peggy Fletcher Stack observing Ramadan fast as a non-Muslim is the first story in the new IARJ’s feature “Stories from our Members”
What Ramadan Means for Non-Muslims in Nigeria
During Ramadan, Nigeria undergoes a quiet transformation. Beyond faith, the month reshapes public life.
Other Religion News
- Gay Catholic Speaks About Senegal’s Harsh New Anti-LGBTQ+ Law New Ways Ministry
- Shiite grief over attacks on Iran’s sacred cities has deep historical roots The Conve
- Georgia’s Ilia II Succession Question Transitions
- Argentina’s Church leaders says ‘never again’ as coup anniversary nears Buenos Aires Times
- ‘The Tibetan Book of the Dead’ is actually not just about death The Conversation
- Pope’s upcoming Africa odyssey takes him to a mosque, a prison and the site of a deadly 2021 blast Associated Press
- How the global oil shock is shrinking Eid celebrations across Africa The Africa Report
- I fasted for friendship during Ramadan and Lent. Here’s what I learned. RNS
- Does religious social capital succeed where environmental bureaucracy fails? LSE Religion and Global Society
- A Pakistani Martyr for Religious Freedom The Dispatch
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.
Meet Our Members
Teryani Mwadzaya
Meet Teryani Mwadzaya, a repoter and editor based in Kenya, where she reports both in English and Swahili.
Erick Kabendera
Meet IARJ’s founding member Erick Kabendera, a journalist and a Research Associate at African Leadership Centre, King’s College London.
Marissa Nichols
Editor and Senior Writer United States About Marissa Nichols is based in Silicon Valley, where she is the editor and senior writer for her nationally recognized, and uniquely trilingual magazine – English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. She also produces and co-hosts…
Opportunities
Piazza Grande Religion Journalism Award 2026
Review this page thoroughly before starting your submission. If you have more specific questions about rules and eligibility, please contact Elisa DiBenedetto at the IARJ. Prize Thefifth edition…
Journalism Fellowship for Stories for Change in American Religion Initiative
Applications are open for the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture (CRCC) journalism fellowship for CRCC’s Stories of Change in American Religion…
Global Reporting Grants
The Pulitzer Center’s global reporting grants support in-depth, high-impact reporting on critical issues that are often overlooked in the media. All journalists can submit their work, including writers…