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RNA 2024

9:00am EDT

Conference Registration + Breakfast DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh Downtown

9:30am EDT

Covering the Impact of the Israel-Hamas War in Your Community DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh DowntownAnn Rodgers • Niraj Warikoo • Toby Tabachnick • Betul Tuncer

10:45am EDT

Scandalous Religion: How to Go from Rumors to Sources, Documents, and Video DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh DowntownJulia Duin • Joshua Eaton • Julie Roys • Warren Throckmorton • Sam Kestenbaum

12:00pm EDT

Lunch + Panel: Activating Youth for World Change (Sponsored) DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh DowntownPriscilla Tuan • Rusty Funk • Jeanne Stevens • Nia Robinson • World Vision

1:45pm EDT

Covering Caste in America: Tools for Journalists DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh DowntownSonia Paul • Guha Krishnamurthi • DB Sagar • Shareen Joshi • Rakhi Israni

3:00pm EDT

Rwanda 30 Years Later: "Who Really is My Neighbor?" (Sponsored) DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh DowntownJarrod Lopes • Valens Nkurikiyinka • Jolene Chu • Arnold-Liebster Foundation

3:45pm EDT

Understanding Muslim Frustrations Around Reporting Islamophobia DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh DowntownDilshad D. Ali • Rowaida Abdelaziz • Christine Mohamed • Brian Levin

5:00pm EDT

Where in the World are the Nones? (Sponsored) DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh DowntownRoxanne Stone • Kalpana Jain • David Crary • Bob Smietana • AP/RNS/The Conversation

6:00pm EDT

Welcome Reception + Dinner + Movie Preview (Sponsored) DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh DowntownPaulist Productions

7:45pm EDT

Late Night Provocations DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh DowntownSarah Ventre • Jack Gordon • Ken Chitwood • Bob Smietana • Kate Shellnut • John W Hawthorne • Dawn Araujo-Hawkins

8:30am EDT

Breakfast and Network Exhibitors DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh Downtown

9:45am EDT

Field Trip: Tree of Life Campus + Discussion with Local Synagogues Offsite (Bus Transportation)Peter Smith • Peg Durachko • Maggie Feinstein • Eric Lidji • Amy Mallinger • Suzanne Shreiber

12:30pm EDT

Lunch + Presentation: Faith Counts DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh Downtown1st Amendment Partnership

1:45pm EDT

Why is Eastern Orthodoxy Attracting So Many Men? DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh DowntownMeagan Saliashvili • The Rev. Paul Abernathy • Alexei Krindatch • Sarah Riccardi-Swartz • The Rev. Thomas Soroka

3:00pm EDT

Data Release (Sponsored) DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh DowntownGreg Smith • Pew Research Center

3:45pm EDT

Religion & Food DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh DowntownHolly Meyer • Nimarta Narang • Vish Iyer • Abdullah Salem • Judah Cowen

5:00pm EDT

Covering American Democracy: Mini-Masterclass for Religion Reporters DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh DowntownJordan Wilkie

6:00pm EDT

RNS/IA Religion Journalism Fellowship: Networking EventRNS • Interfaith America

8:30am EDT

Breakfast (Sponsored) DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh DowntownCatholics for Choice

9:45am EDT

On Minority Religions: Reporting Accurately and Objectively (Sponsored) DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh DowntownDeepa Bharath • Amara Aguilar • Stuart Wright • Holly Folk • The Laura and Lorenz Reibling Family Foundation

11:00am EDT

Overlooked Voices in Elections Coverage DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh DowntownAdelle Banks • Walter Kim • Agustin Quiles • Salima Suswell • Jeanné Lewis

12:15pm EDT

Boxed Lunch Pickup DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh Downtown

12:30pm EDT

Field Trip: Dissident Murals and the Holy Bones of Pittsburgh Offsite (Bus Transportation)

5:00pm EDT

RNA Members Meeting DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh Downtown

7:30pm EDT

75th Anniversary Celebration and Banquet The Andy Warhol MuseumRNF