2013 Excellence in Religion Reporting Awards


Nonfiction Religion Book of the Year

First Place (tie): Don Lattin, “Distilled Spirits”
First Place (tie): Tanya Luhrmann, “When God Talks Back”
Second Place: Matti Friedman, “The Aleppo Codex”

Cassels Religion Reporter of the Year—Small-Sized Newspapers

First Place: Matthew Miller, Lansing State Journal
Second Place: Mary Garrigan, Rapid City Journal
Third Place: Jennifer Preyss, Victoria Advocate
Honorable Mention: Catherine Godbey, The Decatur Daily
Honorable Mention: Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer

Religion Commentary of the Year

First Place: David Gibson, Religion News Service
Second Place: Christine Scheller, Urbanfaith.com
Third Place: Naomi Schaefer Riley, Wall Street Journal
Honorable Mention: Jamie Manson, National Catholic Reporter

Cornell Religion Reporter of the Year—Mid-Sized Newspapers

First Place: G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Religion News Service
Second Place (tie): Jeff Sheler, The Virginian Pilot
Second Place (tie): Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune
Honorable Mention: Robert Sibley, The Ottawa Citizen

Magazine Religion News Report of the Year

First Place: Bobby Ross Jr., The Christian Chronicle
Second Place: Jaweed Kaleem, The Huffington Post
Third Place: Joshua McElwee, National Catholic Reporter

Magazine of the Year: Overall Excellence in Religion Coverage

First Place: Harvard Divinity Bulletin
Second Place: Moment
Third Place: Sojourners

Radio or Podcast Religion Report of the Year

First Place: Taki Telonidis, Western Folklife Center
Second Place: Tony Ganzer, World Radio Switzerland
Third Place: Sarah Richards, BBC World Service
Honorable Mention: Amanda Greene, Wilmington Faith & Values

Gerald A. Renner Enterprise Religion Report of the Year

First Place: Tiffany Stanley, Religion & Politics
Second Place: Jaweed Kaleem, The Huffington Post
Third Place: Arnold Labaton, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

Religion Reporter of the Year—Large Newspapers

First Place: Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post
Second Place: Rachel Zoll, Associated Press
Third Place: Daniel Burke for work done at Religion News Service

Religion Reporter of the Year—Metro Newspapers

First Place: Tim Townsend for work done at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Second Place: Richard Dujardin, The Providence Journal
Third Place: Carla Hinton, The Oklahoman

Schachern Award for Online Religion Section of the Year

First Place: Reuters FaithWorld Blog
Second Place: CNN.com’s Belief Blog
Third Place: Spokane Faith & Values

Supple Religion Feature Writer of the Year

First Place: Jaweed Kaleem, The Huffington Post
Second Place: David Gibson, Religion News Service
Third Place: Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune

Television National Network/Cable News Religion Report of the Year

First Place: Jerome Socolovsky, Voice of America
Second Place: Eric Marrapodi, CNN
Third Place: Mike O’Sullivan, Voice of America

Television Local News Religion Report of the Year

Ben Winslow, KSTU Fox 13

Television News Magazine Religion Report of the Year

First Place: Bob Faw, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Second Place: Betty Rollin, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Third Place: Judy Valente, Religion Ethics & NewsWeekly
Honorable Mention: Kim Lawton, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly