Announcing the Religion News Association Excellence in Religion Reporting Award Finalists

Congratulations to the finalists named in this year's Religion News Association Awards for Religion Reporting Excellence.

Winners of this year's awards — which showcase religion journalism excellence in the news media among 13 categories of print, online, multiple media, broadcast and book entries — will be revealed Apr 20, 2024 at the 75th Anniversary RNA Conference Banquet at the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Book finalists 

  • Stephanie Saldaña, What We Remember Will Be Saved

  • Sarah Stankorb, Disobedient Women

Broadcast finalists

  • Sojourners

  • Interfaith Voices

  • KALW Spiritual Edge

  • Adora Namigadde, Susie An and Johanna Zorn, WBEZ Chicago

  • KUER Utah

  • Doug Fabrizio, Benjamin Bombard, Timothy Slover, Keri Watson, Radio West

  • Judy Silber, Lyla June Johnston, Jeb Sharp, Loretta Williams, Tarek Fouda, Chris Egusa, Tom Levy, Lindsay Myers-Humlie, KALW Spiritual Edge

  • Jason DeRose, NPR

  • Adora Namigadde and Katie O’Connell, WBEZ Chicago

  • Deena Prichep, NPR

Magazine and non-daily finalists

  • Linda Wertheimer, The Hechinger Report

  • Mari Cohen, Jewish Currents

  • Brian Roewe, National Catholic Reporter

  • Rachel Browne, The Walrus

  • Moment Magazine

  • Deeksha Udupa and Raqib Hameed Naik, The Nation

  • Christianity Today

  • Sojourners

  • The Revealer

Analysis and commentary finalists

  • Sandi Villareal, Texas Monthly

  • Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News

  • Matthew D. Taylor and Bradley Onishi, Rolling Stone/Religion Dispatches

  • Brian Kaylor, Word&Way

  • Peter Smith, The Associated Press

  • Heidi Schlumpf, National Catholic Reporter

  • Bobby Ross Jr., Religion Unplugged

  • Marshall Breger, Moment Magazine

  • Various authors, Jewish Currents

  • Amy Schwartz, Moment Magazine

  • Celia Viggo Wexler, CNN

  • Jodi Rudoren, The Forward

  • Cheryl Bacon, The Christian Chronicle

  • Thomas Reese, Religion News Service

  • Betsy Shirley, Sojourners

Photo and documentary finalists

  • Tom Levy, KALW The Spiritual Edge

  • Michael Benanev, Searchlight New Mexico

  • The Associated Press

  • David Washburn and Razi Jafri, “Three Chaplains”

  • Fiona Murphy, “Les Femmes Fidèles”

Newspaper and online-only finalists

  • Jodi Rudoren, The Forward

  • Jasmine Vaughn-Hall, The Baltimore Banner

  • Arno Rosenfeld, The Forward

  • Bob Smietana, Religion News Service

  • Menachem Wecker, Jewish News Syndicate

  • Gabby Deutch, Jewish Insider

  • Kathryn Post, Religion News Service

  • Tracy Simmons, Tara Roberts, Cassy Benefield, Noah Aprill-Sokol, FAVS News

  • Adelle Banks, Religion News Service

  • Richa Karmarkar, Religion News Service

  • Mitchell Atencio, Jenna Barnett, Betsy Shirley, Rebecca Randall, Sojourners

  • Peggy Fletcher-Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune

  • Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor

  • Alexandria Burris, Indy Star

  • Tamarra Kemsley, The Salt Lake Tribune

  • Liam Adams, The Tennessean

  • Ruth Graham, The New York Times

  • Daniel Miller, The Los Angeles Times

  • María Teresa Hernández, The Associated Press

  • Thomas Curwen, The Los Angeles Times

  • Luis Andres Henao, The Associated Press

  • Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service

  • Michelle Boorstein, Heather Kelly, Marc Fisher, The Washington Post

  • Peter Smith, The Associated Press

  • Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service

  • Tiffany Stanley, The Associated Press

Supple, Renner and Religion Story of the Year finalists

  • Bobby Ross Jr., Religion Unplugged/The Christian Chronicle/The Associated Press

  • Jodi Rudoren, The Forward

  • Ruth Graham, The New York Times

  • Deborah Jian Lee, Esquire

  • Peter Smith, Giovanna Dell'Orto, Luis Andres Henao, Natacha Pisarenko, Chinedu Asadu, Jessie Wardarski, Deepa Bharath, Mariam Fam, Ilan Ben Zion, Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press

  • Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service

  • Chris Herlinger, Doreen Ajiambo, Patrick Egwu, Rhina Guidos, Thomas Scaria, Tawanda Karombo, Global Sisters Report

  • Elisheva Goldberg and Alex Kane, Jewish Currents

  • KALW The Spiritual Edge

  • Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News

  • Richa Karmarkar, Religion News Service

  • Staff, The Forward

  • Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post

  • Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service

  • Tom Gjelten, Moment Magazine

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