The relationship between religion and the press represents a well-established field of research. However, scholarly attention has rarely focused on how religious freedom is framed within media discourses on interreligious dialogue. Adopting a quali-quantitative approach based on topic-detection methodology, this study analyzes 1,186 articles published between 2010 and 2023 in four Italian newspapers (Il Corriere della Sera, Il Giornale, La Stampa, and Il Mattino di Padova) that address themes related to interreligious dialogue and religious freedom. The results show that religious freedom is articulated in the Italian press through multiple, interrelated representations. Overall, the analysis indicates that religious freedom is predominantly framed as interconnected with the discourse on interreligious dialogue, rather than as an autonomous issue. Newspaper coverage discusses religious freedom primarily through a rights-based perspective, presenting it as a fundamental right within democratic and pluralistic societies. At the same time, religious freedom emerges as a negotiated and relational concept, shaped by dominant religious actors, geopolitical contexts, and asymmetric representations of religious diversity. In this sense, the Italian press tends to align discourses on religious liberty with narratives of interfaith encounter and cooperation, using interreligious dialogue as the main lens through which issues of religious rights are articulated and made publicly visible. In short, these findings contribute to the sociological and media studies literature by highlighting the central role of the press in shaping public understandings of religious freedom through interpretative frames rooted in interreligious dialogue.