2014 Excellence in Religion Reporting Awards


Nonfiction Religion Book of the Year

First Place: Larry Eskeridge, “God’s Forever Family”
Second Place: Judith Valente, “Atchison Blue”
Third Place: Jeff Chu, “Does Jesus Really Love Me?”
Honorable Mention: Tom Krattenmaker, “The Evangelicals You Don’t Know”

Cassels Religion Reporter of the Year—Small Newspapers

First Place: Holly Meyer, Post-Cresent Media
Second Place: Kyle D. Huckins for work at Chronicle Tribune (Marion, Ind.)
Third Place (tie): Matthew Miller, Lansing State Journal
Third Place (tie): Rev. Alexander Santora, Jersey Journal

Cornell Religion Reporter of the Year—Mid-Sized Newspapers

First Place: JoAnne Viviano, The Columbus Dispatch
Second Place: Peter Smith for work at The Courier-Journal
Third Place: Bill Sherman, Tulsa World

Religion Reporter of the Year—Metropolitan Newspapers

First Place: Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Second Place: Ann Rodgers for work at Pittsburg Post-Gazette
Third Place: Mark Mueller, The Star-Ledger
Honorable Mention: Tim Townsend for work at The St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Religion Reporter of the Year—Large Newspapers & Wire Services

First Place: David Gibson, Religion News Service
Second Place: Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post
Third Place: Rachel Zoll, Associated Press
Honorable Mention: Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times
Honorable Mention: Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service

Magazine of the Year: Overall Excellence

First Place: Tikkun
Second Place: Christianity Today
Third Place: Moment
Honorable Mention: Sojourners

Magazine Religion News Report of the Year

First Place: Christa Case Bryant, The Christian Science Monitor
Second Place: Jaweed Kaleem, The Huffington Post
Third Place: Elizabeth Dias, TIME
Honorable Mention: Bret Mavrich for work at Christianity Today

Religion Commentary/Blog of the Year

First Place: Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service
Second Place: Elizabeth Tenety, The Washington Post
Third Place: Jason Berry, GlobalPost

Supple Religion Feature Writer of the Year

First Place: Elizabeth Dias, TIME magazine
Second Place: Michelle Bearden for work at The Tampa Tribune
Third Place: Yair Rosenberg, Tablet magazine
Honorable Mention: Renee Gadoua for work at Religion & Politics

Schachern Online Religion Section of the Year

First Place: GlobalPost
Second Place: The Salt Lake Tribune
Third Place: Reuters
Honorable Mention: KidSpirit Online

Gerald A. Renner Enterprise Religion Report of the Year

First Place: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Second Place: MPR News
Third Place: Religion News Service

Religion Documentary of the Year

First Place: “Through the Valley” by Rwanda Freedom 2013/CML Micro
Second Place: “A Church Divided” by The Center for Investigative Reporting and KQED-San Francisco
Third Place: “Divine Prescription” by Diva Communications (Debra Gonsher Vinik)

Religion Radio Broadcast of the Year

First Place: Tony Ganzer, Deutsche Welle Radio Germany
Second Place: Steven Cuevas, The California Report—KQED San Francisco
Third Place: Monique Parsons for work at WBEZ Chicago
Honorable Mention: Interfaith Voices Team

Religion TV Local Broadcast of the Year

First Place: Jeff Abell and David Larson, WBFF-TV Baltimore
Second Place: Stuart Watson, John Gray and Corrie Harding, WCNC-TV Charlotte
Third Place: Liz Harrison and Richard Harmelink, KSFN-TV Fresno

Religion TV National Network/Cable Broadcast of the Year

First Place: Jerome Socolovsky, Voice of America
Second Place: Elizabeth Kineke and Mary Alfieri, CBS
Third Place: Eric Marrapodi and Miguel Marquez, CNN

Religion TV News Magazine of the Year

First Place: Elizabeth Kineke and Mary Alfieri, CBS
Second Place: Judy Valente, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Third Place: Lucky Severson, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly