Description
Religion News Service (RNS) and Interfaith America are pleased to announce the 2022-2023 RNS/IA Religion Journalism Fellowship. This fellowship serves to develop future religion news journalists by deepening their understanding of religious expression in individual lives and civic life and to develop skills specific to covering religion, belief, faith, and spirituality. The 2022-23 fellowship builds on the success of the inaugural class, in which more than a dozen stories by four fellows appeared on RNS and in RNS subscriber publications.
Expectations
The fellowship will run from September 2022 to March 2023. The fellows will be awarded a $4000 stipend and expected to report and write at least one feature religion story per month, which will be published on the RNS website and the Interfaith America Magazine., and will receive a fellowship certificate upon completion.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is eligible to apply?
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.
What are the fellowship expectations?
All stories will be planned during monthly editorial meetings and edited by RNS. The stories will be co-published on RNS and Interfaith America websites. Fellows are expected to produce at least one in-depth feature story per month.
To receive the fellowship certificate, fellows must have published at least 4 feature stories by the end of the fellowship and attended all monthly editorial meetings and guest speaker sessions.
What’s the fellowship timeline?
The fellowship will begin with an orientation session on August 31st and run through March 2023.
What does the fellowship include?
A $4000 stipend, 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 a fully paid trip to the Religion News Association Conference.
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Applications Open
Read on for further information about the Fall 2022 Religion News Service (RNS)/ Interfaith America (IA) Religion Journalism Fellowship.
From the Source
I’ve learned so much about the field from professional journalists working on religion coverage and feel much more confident in my ability to report on the variety of faiths and spiritualities that undergird all aspects of life – in the US and internationally.
Diana Kruzman , Journalist As we’d hoped, the four fellows improved their religious literacy, but they also brought their own concerns and deepened everyone’s understanding of how faith fits into the issues that they care about.
Paul O’Donnell , Editor-in-Chief, Religion News Service
Fellowship Articles
American Civic Life
Bride’s Side or Groom’s? How Photographers Navigate Gender-Segregated Weddings
American Civic Life
How Ohio’s Indigenous Sacred Sites Became a Religious Flashpoint
American Civic Life
Muslims in Interfaith Bonds are Proliferating. Imams Willing to Marry Them are Not.
American Civic Life
How COVID-19 has Made the Lives of Aspiring Clergy More Daunting
American Civic Life
Four Fellows Accepted for IFYC/RNS 2021-22 Religion Journalism Fellowship
Interfaith America Magazine
Inspiring interfaith stories from our religiously diverse democracy.
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