2023 Excellence in Religion Reporting Awards
Religion Story of the Year
First Place: Elizabeth Dias. The New York Times
Second Place: Michael Rezendes, The Associated Press
Third Place: Sonia Paul, Wired
Excellence in Religion Reporting at Large Newspapers & Wire Services
First Place: Eliza Shapiro and Brian M. Rosenthal, The New York Times
Second Place: Ruth Graham, The New York Times
Third Place: Deepa Bharath, The Associated Press
Excellence in Religion Reporting at Small and Mid-Sized Newspapers
First Place: Liam Adams, The Tennessean
Second Place: Tamarra Kemsley, The Salt Lake Tribune
Excellence in Religion Reporting at Online-Only News Outlets
First Place: Mira Fox, The Forward
Second Place: Barry Yeoman, The Assembly
Third Place: Luke Tress, Times of Israel
Supple Award for Excellence in Religion Feature Writing
First Place: Sonia Paul, Wired
Second Place: Deepa Bharath, The Associated Press
Third Place: Sam Kestenbaum, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post and The Land Magazine
Gerald A. Renner Award for Excellence in Enterprise and Serial Religion Reporting
First Place: Ruth Graham and Elizabeth Dias, The New York Times
Second Place: Roxanne Stone, Katelyn Beaty and Jonathan Woodward, Religion News Service
Third Place: Sonia Paul, Wired
Excellence in Religion Commentary or Blog
First Place: Menachem Wecker, National Catholic Reporter
Second Place: Celia Viggo Wexler, Salon and NBC
Third Place: Thomas J. Reese, Religion News Service
Excellence in Religion News Analysis
First Place: Bobby Ross Jr., The Associated Press
Second Place: Jack M. Jenkins, Rolling Stone and Religion News Service
Third Place: Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News
Excellence in Magazine and Non-Daily Newspaper Religion Reporting
First Place: Erik Tryggestad, The Christian Chronicle
Second Place: Katie Collins Scott, National Catholic Reporter
Third Place: Noah Phillips, Moment
Excellence in Photography: Single Photo
Petros Giannkouris, The Associated Press
Excellence in Photography: Gallery
Jessie Wardarski, The Associated Press
Excellence in Religion Documentary
Valeria Perasso and Georgina Pearce, BBC/BBC 100 Women
Excellence in Religion Television Broadcast: National and Local
Unity Productions Foundation, PBS, “The Great American Muslim Road Trip”
Excellence in Overall Magazine Religion Coverage
First Place: The Revealer, “Special Issue: Trans Lives and Religion”
Second Place: Deseret Magazine, “The State of Faith”
Outstanding Religion News Story in a Radio Broadcast
First Place: Deena Prichep, NPR
Second Place: Walter Ratliff, The Associated Press
Outstanding Religion Podcast
First Place: Hana Baba, the Stoop from Radiotopia and PRX, “Pious and Pleasured”
Second Place: Leah Henoch, Katie Henoch, Emily Martinez, Sarah Ventre, Rebecca Ross, Matt Shaer and Sydney Fleischmann, Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment, “Witnessed: Mystic Mother”
Excellence in Nonfiction Religion Books
Harley Rustad, “Lost in the Valley of Death”