DEADLINE: RNS/IA Religion Journalism Fellowship

Religion News Service (RNS) and Interfaith America (IA) invite applications for the 2024-2025 RNS/IA Religion Journalism Fellowship.

The fellowship, returning for its third year, will span from September 2024 to May 2025. This fellowship serves to develop future religion news journalists by deepening their understanding of religious expression in individual lives and diverse communities. It also aims to develop skills specific to covering religion, belief, faith, and spirituality.

This year, fellows will again dive deeply into the world of religion news through a series of mentorships with senior journalists, workshops, journalist panels, editorial meetings, tutoring on critical religion resources, and two fully paid trips to the Religion News Association Conference and a writing workshop in Chicago.

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 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.

Application deadline is July 17, 2024.

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