Cassels Award for Excellence in Religion Reporting at Small-Sized Newspapers

First Place: Stacey Barchenger, Asbury Park Press
Second Place: Catherine Godbey, The Decatur Daily
Third Place: Norris Bukes, The Ledger

Cornell Award for Excellence in Religion Reporting at Mid-Sized Newspapers

First Place: Silvia Foster-Frau, San Antonio Express-News
Second Place: Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News

Excellence in Religion Reporting at Large Newspapers & Wire Services

First Place: Manya Brachear Pashman, Chicago Tribune
Second Place: Sharon Otterman and Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times
Third Place: Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post

Excellence in Religion Reporting at Online-Only News Outlets

First Place: Hannah Allam, BuzzFeed News
Second Place: Rachel Gross, Undark magazine
Third Place: Melanie Lidman, Global Sisters Report

Supple Award for Excellence in Religion Feature Writing

First Place: Emma Green, The Atlantic
Second Place: Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post
Third Place: Daniel Burke, CNN

Gerald A. Renner Award for Excellence in Enterprise Religion Reporting

First Place: Dake Kang and team, Associated Press
Second Place: Manya Brachear Pashman and Jeff Coen, Chicago Tribune
Third Place: David Gambacorta, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Excellence in Religion Commentary

First Place: Joshua Hammerman for work at Religion News Service and The New York Jewish Week
Second Place: John Gehring, Commonweal magazine
Third Place: Cathleen Falsani for work at Sojourners
Honorable Mention: Jamie Manson, National Catholic Reporter

Excellence in Religion News Analysis

First Place: Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post
Second Place: Jules Gill-Peterson, Jewish Currents
Third Place: Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News

Excellence in Magazine and Non-Daily Newspaper Religion Reporting

First Place: Emma Green, The Atlantic
Second Place: Julia Bicknell and Barbara Baker, World Watch Monitor
Third Place: Daniel Burke, CNN
Honorable Mention: Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post

Excellence in Short Religion Video

Andrew Rush, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Schachern Award for Excellence in Online Religion News Section

Daniel Burke, CNN

Excellence in Photography: Single Image

First Place: Steve Mellon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Second Place: Andrew Mellon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Excellence in Photography: Gallery

First Place: Photo Staff, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Second Place: Alexandra Radu, Religion News Service
Third Place: Photo Staff, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Honorable Mention: Alexandra Radu, Religion News Service

Excellence in Magazine & Non-Daily Newspaper Religion Reporting

First Place: Emma Green, The Atlantic
Second Place: Tiffany Stanley, The Washington Post Magazine
Third Place: Bobby Ross Jr., The Christian Chronicle
Honorable Mention: Taha Anis, Moment Magazine

Excellence in Magazine Overall Religion Coverage

Kurt Hoffman, The Forward

Excellence in Television News Magazine Religion Reporting

Liz Kineke, Elyse Kaftan and Yuti Joshi, CBS

Excellence in Television Local News Religion Reporting

Kevin Krug, Teal Tyszka, Eric Lupher, Jaclyn Allen and Andrew Bray, KMGH-TV

Excellence in Television Reporting National Network/Cable News Religion Reporting

Kane Farabaugh, Voice of America

Excellence in Radio or Podcast Religion Reporting

First Place: Amber Khan, Melissa Feito and Stephanie Lecci, Interfaith Voices
Second Place: Jerome Socolovsky, Jason DeRose, Diamond Kennedy and Amara Omeokwe, National Public Radio
Third Place: Sonia Paul, Tommy Bazarian, Andy Newman and Jocelyn Gonzales, Studio 360

Excellence for Nonfiction Religion Book

First Place: James Hudnut-Beumler and Mark Silk, “The Future of Mainline Protestantism in America”
Second Place: Stephanie Derrick, “The Fame of C.S. Lewis: A Controversialist’s Reception in Britain and America”