Join RNA

Find the membership that’s right for you.

RNA members enjoy access to exclusive trainings and networking events in addition to discounts on RNA conferences and journalism contests. Memberships are given to individuals, not corporations, and are non-transferable. Memberships are set to auto-renew.

As part of your RNA membership, you may periodically receive paid promotional or press release emails from external organizations. These messages are sent through RNA’s email account on behalf of customers. This advertising revenue helps us keep membership dues low. We thank you for your understanding.

Full membership is open to:

  • Journalists, news directors, producers, editors and others in the media whose work includes news about religion

  • Self-employed journalists or authors whose work includes news about religion

  • Scholars interested in religion and the media

  • Book authors interested in writing about religion

RNA full and student membership come with exclusive benefits, including discounts from recommended services like those provided by Prismatic Translation and discounted subscriptions to publications including Sojourners. Discount codes available upon membership registration through Member Login portal.

$75 annually

Associate membership is open to:

  • 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

  • Officials at journalism institutions

  • Journalists who work on behalf of a university and part-time faculty at universities

  • The general public

$125 annually

Student membership is open to:

  • Students interested in religion and the media (student membership is a type of full membership)

RNA full and student membership come with exclusive benefits, including discounts from recommended services like those provided by Prismatic Translation and discounted subscriptions to publications including Sojourners. Discount codes available upon membership registration through Member Login portal.

$25 annually

Retiree membership is open to:

  • Retired journalists, scholars and authors whose work included news about religion (retiree membership is a type of associate membership)

$30 annually