2008 Excellence in Religion Reporting Awards


Cassel Award: Religion Reporter of the Year—Small Newspaper

First Place: Sara Schilling, Tri-City Herald
Second Place: Melissa Nann Burke, York Daily Record/Sunday News
Third Place: Sarah Bruynn Jones, The Tuscaloosa News

Cornell Award: Religion Reporter of the Year—Mid-Sized Newspapers

First Place: Jennifer Green, The Ottawa Citizen
Second Place: David Yonke, The Toledo Blade
Third Place: Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune

Radio Religion Reporting

First Place: Jason DeRose, Chicago Public Radio
Second Place: Simone Orendain, WFAE-90.7
Third Place: Jason DeRose, Chicago Public Radio

Schachern Award: Best Religion Section or Pages

First Place: Salt Lake Tribune
Second Place: The Houston Chronicle
Third Place: The Birmingham News

Supple Religion Writer of the Year

First Place: Michael Paulson, The Boston Globe
Second Place: Julian Guthrie, Sans Francisco Chronicle
Third Place: Lee Lawrence, The Christian Science Monitor

Television Reporting

First Place: Kim Lawton, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Second Place: Lucky Severson, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Third Place: Lucky Severson, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

Templeton Religion Reporter of the Year Award

First Place: Michael Paulson, The Boston Globe
Second Place: Robert Sibley, The Ottawa Citizen
Third Place: Mark Pinsky, Orlando Sentinel