Returning for its fourth year, Religion News Service (RNS) and Interfaith America are pleased to announce the 2024-2025 RNS/IA Religion Journalism Program applications are now open until July 17, 2024.
This fellowship develops future religion news journalists by deepening their understanding of religious expression in individual lives and civic life and developing skills specific to covering religion, belief, faith, and spirituality. The 2024-25 fellowship builds on the success of the three previous classes, in which more than twenty stories by eleven fellows appeared on RNS, Interfaith America Magazine, and in RNS subscriber publications.
Four fellows will be selected for this year's cohort. Fellows will receive a $4000 stipend, attend workshops and sessions with renowned religion reporters from across the nation, one-on-one mentorship with RNS and Interfaith America Magazine editorial teams, opportunities to attend editorial meetings and network with reporters and editors in the field, and attend two fully paid trips for a writing workshop in Chicago, and to the annual Religion News Association Conference.
Eligibility
Applications are open to all journalism graduates who have completed their degree in the past three years, and to freelance reporters who may not have a journalism degree but have at least a year of relevant reporting experience. The fellowship is currently only open to people living in the United States.
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Equal Opportunity
Interfaith America and Religion News Service are Equal Opportunity Employers, and do not discriminate on the basis of religion, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, marital status, or any other status protected by applicable law. Reasonable accommodation will be provided as needed to enable qualified applicants with a disability to participate in the program.
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