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”