2020 Excellence in Religion Reporting Awards
Religion Story of the Year
First Place: Robert Downen, John Tedesco, Lise Olsen and John Shapley, The Houston Chronicle
Second Place: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Third Place: Paul Glader, Religion Unplugged
Excellence in Religion Reporting at Large Newspapers & Wire Services
First Place: Elizabeth Dias, The New York Times
Second Place: Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post
Third Place: Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service
Excellence in Religion Reporting at Mid-Sized Newspapers
Danae King, The Columbus Distpatch
Excellence in Religion Reporting at Small Newspapers
Catherine Godbey, The Decatur Daily
Excellence in Religion Reporting at Online-Only News Outlets
First Place: Paul Glader, Religion Unplugged
Second Place: Ruth Graham for work at Slate
Third Place: Saqib Rahim for work at SB Nation
Supple Award for Excellence in Religion Feature Writing
First Place: Ruth Graham for work at Slate
Second Place: Elizabeth Dias, The New York Times
Third Place: Emma Green, The Atlantic
Gerald A. Renner Award for Excellence in Enterprise Religion Reporting
First Place: The Associated Press
Second Place: Robert Downen, John Tedesco, Lise Olsen and John Shapley, The Houston Chronicle
Third Place: Sarah Delia, WFAE
Excellence in Religion Commentary
First Place: Heidi Hall for work at Religion News Service and The Tennessean
Second Place: Simrat Jeet Singh for work at Religion News Service
Third Place: Celia Viggo Wexler for work at the Baltimore Sun and San Francisco Chronicle
Excellence in Religion News Analysis
First Place: Rachel Swarns, The New York Times
Second Place: Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post
Third Place: Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post
Excellence in Magazine Religion Reporting
First Place: Brandon Ambrosino, Politico magazine
Second Place: Menachem Wecker for work at EducationNext and Mosaic magazine
Third Place: Brian Roewe, National Catholic Reporter
Excellence in Overall Magazine Religion Coverage
Moment magazine
Outstanding Religion News Story in a Radio Broadcast
Doug Fabrizio, RadioWest, KUER
Excellence in Short Religion Video
Andrew Rush, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Excellence in Television News Magazine Reporting
Tony Carnes, A Journey Through NYC Religions
Excellence in Television Local News Religion Reporting
Josh Robin, Zoe Slemmons, Brianne Berry, Gena Wolfson, Serjio Rios, Pablo Bujosa, Andrea Marroquin, Enrique Adanez and Sam Mark, NY1 News
Best Religion Documentary
Gerald Krell and Adam Krell, “Guru Nanak: The Founder of Sikhism — Life & Legacy”
Photography: Single Image
Stephanie Strasburg, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Photography: Series
Mukhtar Khan, The Associated Press
Outstanding Religion Podcast
First Place: Michael J. O’Loughlin, America magazine
Second Place: Sarah Delia, WFAE
Excellence in Nonfiction Religion Books
First Place: Duncan Ryūken Williams, “American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War”
Second Place: Steven Waldman, “Sacred Liberty: America’s Long, Bloody, and Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom”