2024 Excellence in Religion Reporting Awards
Religion Story of the Year
First Place: The Forward
Second Place: Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post
Third Place: Ruth Graham, The New York Times
Excellence in Religion Reporting at Large Newspapers & Wire Services
First Place: Ruth Graham, The New York Times
Second Place: Daniel Miller, The Los Angeles Times
Third Place: Maria Teresa Hernández, The Associated Press
Honorable Mention: Thomas Curwen, The Los Angeles Times
Excellence in Religion Reporting at Small and Mid-Sized Newspapers
First Place: Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune
Second Place (Tie): Alexandria Burris, Indianapolis Star
Second Place (Tie): Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor
Excellence in Religion Reporting at Online-Only News Outlets
First Place: Jodi Rudoren, The Forward
Second Place: Jasmine Vaughn-Hall and Jessica Gallagher, The Baltimore Banner
Third Place: Arno Rosenfeld, The Forward
Honorable Mention: Bob Smietana, Religion News Service
Supple Award for Excellence in Religion Feature Writing
First Place: Bobby Ross Jr., for Religion Unplugged, The Christian Chronicle and The Associated Press
Second Place: Jodi Rudoren, The Forward
Third Place: Ruth Graham, The New York Times
Gerald A. Renner Award for Excellence in Enterprise Religion Reporting
First Place: Peter Smith, Giovana Dell’Orto, Luis Andres Henao, Natacha Pisarenko, Chinedu Asadu, Jessie Wardarski, Deepa Bharath, Mariam Fam, Ilan Ben Zion, Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press
Second Place: Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service
Third Place: Chris Herlinger, Doreen Ajiambo, Patrick Egwu, Rhina Guidos, Thomas Scaria, Tawanda Karombo, Global Sisters Report
Excellence in Religion Commentary or Blog
First Place: Amy Schwartz, Moment magazine
Second Place: Celia Viggo Wexler, CNN
Third Place: Jodi Rudoren, The Forward
Excellence in Religion News Analysis
First Place: Sandi Villareal, Texas Monthly
Second Place: Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News
Third Place: Matthew D. Taylor and Bradley Onishi, Rolling Stone/Religion Dispatches
Excellence in Magazine and Non-Daily Newspaper Religion Reporting
First Place: Linda Wertheimer, The Hechinger Report
Second Place: Mari Cohen, Jewish Currents
Third Place: Brian Roewe, National Catholic Reporter
Excellence in Overall Magazine Religion Coverage
Moment magazine
Outstanding Religion News Story in a Radio Broadcast
First Place: Doug Fabrizio, Benjamin Bombard, Timothy Slover and Keri Watson, RadioWest KUER
Second Place: Judy Silber, Lyla June Johnston, Jeb Sharp, Loretta Williams, Tarek Fouda, Chris Egusa, Tom Levy, Lindsay Meyers-Humlie, KALW Spiritual Edge
Outstanding Religion Podcast
First Place: Sojourners
Second Place: Interfaith Voices
Third Place: KALW Spiritual Edge
Best Documentary
David Washburn and Razi Jafri, PBS Independent Lens
Photography: Gallery
Tom Levy, KALW Spiritual Edge
Excellence in Nonfiction Religion Books
First Place: Stephanie Saldaña, “What We Remember Will Be Saved”