2011 Excellence in Religion Reporting Awards


Nonfiction Religion Book of the Year

First Place: Joseph Chinnici, “When Values Collide: The Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse, and the Challenges of Leadership”
Second Place: Mary-Ann Kirkby, “I Am Hutterite: The Fascinating True Story of a Young Woman’s Journey to Reclaim Her Heritage”
Third Place: G. Jeffrey MacDonald, “Thieves in the Temple: The Christian Church and the Selling of the American Soul”
Honorable Mention: Robert C. Sibley, “A Rumor of God: Rekindling Belief in an Age of Disenchantment”
Honorable Mention: David Beckmann, “Exodus from Hunger: We are Called to Change the Politics of Hunger”

Cassels Religion Reporter of the Year—Small-Sized Newspapers

First Place: Melissa Burke, York Daily Record
Second Place: Brett Buckner, Anniston Star
Third Place: Tracy O’Shaughnessy, Republican-American
Honorable Mention: Amy Umble, The Free Lance-Star

Religion Commentary of the Year

First Place: Kay Campbell, The Huntsville Times
Second Place: Laura Silver, The Huffington Post
Third Place: Phyllis Zagano, Religion News Service

Cornell Religion Reporter of the Year—Mid-Sized Newspapers

First Place: Bob Smietana, The Tennessean
Second Place: Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune
Third Place: Kristen Moulton, The Salt Lake Tribune
Honorable Mention: David Yonke, The Blade
Honorable Mention: Rasha Elass for work at The National

Religion Documentary of the Year

First Place: “God in America” by WGBH Education Foundation/Michael Sullivan (Salme Lopez)
Second Place: “Chaplains Under Fire” by IHSY, LL Independent Films (Lee Lawerence)

Magazine Religion Graphic or Illustration of the Year

Navid Marvi, Moment magazine

Magazine Religion News Report of the Year

Sarah Breger, Moment Magazine

Magazine of the Year: Overall Excellence in Religion Coverage

Christianity Today

Radio or Podcast Religion Report of the Year

First Place: Jessica Alpert and Neil Trevichick, BBC
Second Place: Ron Smith, WEKU
Third Place: Jaweed Kaleem, The Miami Herald

Gerald A. Renner Enterprise Religion Report of the Year

First Place: Tony Carnes, A Journey Through NYC Religions
Second Place: Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer
Third Place: Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times

Religion Reporter of the Year—Large Newspapers

First Place: Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post
Second Place: Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times
Third Place: Adelle Banks, Religion News Service

Religion Reporter of the Year—Metro Newspapers

First Place: Tim Townsend, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Second Place: Tim Funk, The Charlotte Observer
Third Place: Michelle Bearden, The Tampa Tribune

Schachern Award for Online Religion Section of the Year

First Place: Tracy Sinnons, Creedible.com
Second Place: David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune
Third Place: Elizabeth Tenety and Sally Quinn, The Washington Post

Supple Religion Feature Writer of the Year

First Place: William Wan, The Washington Post
Second Place: Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times
Third Place: Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune

Television National Network/Cable News Religion Report of the YEar

First Place: Mike O’Sullivan, Voice of America
Second Place: Eric Marrapodi, Jeremy Moorhead and Katie Bolduan, CNN
Third Place: Jerome Socolovsky, Voice of America

Television News Magazine Religion Report of the Year

First Place: Fred de Sam Lazaro, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Second Place: Saul Gonzalez, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Third Place: Bob Abernathy, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly