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  1. Please carefully read the following information regarding our membership types and site user choices. If after reading the information below you are still uncertain about your membership type, refer to our membership policy (PDF), or contact a staff member for help, 573-882-9257.
  2. At the bottom of this page, choose the membership type that best reflects your profession and your participation in RELIGION | NEWSWRITERS. All site users must choose one of these categories.

Active membership is open to the individuals as described below. For active members, the term "media" refers to all newspapers, magazines, newsletters, radio stations, television stations, online news sites, nonprofit news sites, blogs, books, mobile media or other media outlets that are not owned or operated by religious or public relations groups. In addition, Active members must work for media that are available to the general public either free or for purchase. These individuals are eligible for Active Membership:
  • Journalists, news directors, producers, editors and others in the media whose work includes news about religion
  • Self-employed journalists or authors whose work appears primarily in the media as described above and whose work includes news about religion
  • Scholars interested in religion and the media
  • Students interested in religion and the media
  • Book authors interested in writing about religion
  • Cost: $50/year to journalists & educators; $25/year for students

Associate membership
is open to these individuals:
  • Individuals who lobby about religion or religious issues
  • Public relations professionals, including those who work for the press arms or official news services of religious institutions
  • People for whom journalism is a secondary occupation
  • Journalists who work on behalf of a university
  • Officials at journalism organizations
  • Part-time faculty at universities
  • General public
  • Cost: $100 year for PR professionals & the general public; $25/year for retirees

Advertisers & Sponsors:

  • Individuals whose primary relationship with RELIGION | NEWSWRITERS is through advertising (conference or otherwise) or sponsorships at our annual conference.
  • Cost: This is a site user category, not a membership. The cost is free.

ReligionLink Subscribers:
  • Subscribers to ReligionLink, our story idea e-newsletter on religion & public life issues
  • Anyone individual who does not fit into one of the categories above (either advertiser/sponsor, associate member or journalist/academic members) MUST choose ReligionLink subscriber to be a registered user of this site.
  • Cost: This is a site user category, not a membership. The cost is free.

Additional information regarding RNA memberships:

  • Memberships are given to individuals, not corporations.
  • Memberships are non-transferable.
  • Dues are valid January–December and can be pro-rated for those joining after July 1 (e-mail RNA to get the promotion code for pro-rated dues).
  • Renewal information is distributed annually in October. Dues expire Dec. 31.

International active members
Please contact RELIGION | NEWSWRITERS for a promotional code to receive your 2010 dues for free! (Offer gives free membership through Dec. 31, 2010. Does not apply to 2011 dues. Good for individuals applying for the active member category only from any country outside the United States.)


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