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Online Course in International Coverage of Religion
Deadline: May 21 (Application Link)
 American and European journalists along with journalists from majority-Muslim countries will critically examine religion coverage around the world in a new online course entitled "International Coverage of Religion" which will be held from June 11 to July 23.
The course will be held in English and Arabic, with translation available. It be followed by a mentoring period in which the instructors will work closely with the participants as they are reporting on religion stories. Participants will be encouraged to work with another participant from a different cultural/religious background to write stories or opinion pieces together.
The best joint reporting project on religion done by participants in the course will receive an award in a ceremony that will be held in New York City.
During the course, participants will:
• Explore religion coverage around the world, sharing a wide range of international resources and professional approaches.
• Examine the ways religious context is essential in reporting on issues from regional and ethnic conflict to medical ethics.
• Examine case studies of reporting on religious conflict in the Sudan, the Balkans and Iraq.
• Share critical insights, resources and strategies with one another on the experience of covering religion around the world.
The course will be run by:
 David Briggs: an award-winning journalist. He regularly has been published in newspapers throughout the world over the last 20 years, first as a national religion writer for The Associated Press, overseeing religion coverage for the news organization reaching 1 billion people a day, and then as a religion reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, where his work also was distributed by Religion News Service and Newhouse News Service.
Briggs holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia and a Master's of arts in religion from Yale Divinity School.
 Larbi Megari: a London-educated Algerian journalist and news coordinator for the Algerian Television. He has been working as a journalist for 15 years where he covered different issues, including religion, for publications like El-Nebaa, El-Hadath, El-Bilad and El-Khabar newspapers.
Megari is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Communications & Information Sciences in Pantheon-Assas University in France. He also has a Master’s of Arts and Mass Communications from London Metropolitan University in England.
To apply, please follow these steps:
- Visit: https://e-learn.icfj.org/
- Login or create a new account if you are a new user.
- Click on "Applications and Public Courses."
- Click on "Apply Now: International Coverage of Religion."
For more information, please contact Bassam Sebti at bsebti@icfj.org.
To read more on ICFJ's online courses, please visit: www.icfj.org/elearn.
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(2).JPG) “I'm having a blast,” said American journalist Christopher Quinn. “What a great opportunity to have interaction with fellow reporters from around the world. To be able to hear, almost instantaneously, from others about perceptions and shared problems in reporting about religion has 24 karat value.” |
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