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