At a special 75th anniversary event hosted at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pa. on April 20, 2024, the Religion News Association (RNA) showcased religion journalism excellence across 13 categories spanning print, online and broadcast media, as well as nonfiction books.

The award winners included Religion Stories of the Year from The Forward ("Special report: What’s it really like to be Jewish on campus right now?"), Michelle Boorstein ("Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked gay priests," The Washington Post) and Ruth Graham ("With a deadline looming, the United Methodist Church breaks up," The New York Times).

Since 1949, the Religion News Association has been the premier professional association for people who report on religion in the news media. Our mission is to equip journalists throughout the world with the tools and resources they need to cover religion with balance, accuracy and insight.

Below is a full list of awardees. Congratulations to all the journalists, authors and news outlets, for their contributions to the religion beat!

Religion Story of the Year

• 1st Place - The Forward

• 2nd Place - Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post

• 3rd Place - Ruth Graham, The New York Times

Renner Award for Enterprise and Serials

• 1st Place - 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

• 2nd Place - Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service

• 3rd Place - Chris Herlinger, Doreen Ajiambo, Patrick Egwu, Rhina Guidos, Thomas Scaria, Tawanda Karombo, Global Sisters Report

Supple Award for Feature Writing

• 1st Place - Bobby Ross Jr., for Religion Unplugged, The Christian Chronicle and The Associated Press

• 2nd Place - Jodi Rudoren, The Forward

• 3rd Place - Ruth Graham, The New York Times

Newspapers: Large and Wire Services

• 1st Place - Ruth Graham, The New York Times

• 2nd Place - Daniel Miller, The Los Angeles Times

• 3rd Place - María Teresa Hernández, The Associated Press

• Honorable Mention - Thomas Curwen, The Los Angeles Times

Newspapers: Small and Midsized

• 1st Place - Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune

• Tied 2nd Place - Alexandria Burris, Indianapolis Star

• Tied 2nd Place - Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor

Online-Only News Outlets

• 1st Place - Jodi Rudoren, The Forward

• 2nd Place - Jasmine Vaughn-Hall and Jessica Gallagher, The Baltimore Banner

• 3rd Place - Arno Rosenfeld, The Forward

• Honorable Mention - Bob Smietana, Religion News Service

Documentary

• 1st Place - David Washburn and Razi Jafri, PBS Independent Lens

• Photography: Gallery

• 1st Place - Tom Levy, KALW Spiritual Edge

Multimedia: Analysis

• 1st Place - Sandi Villareal, Texas Monthly

• 2nd Place - Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News

• 3rd Place - Matthew D. Taylor and Bradley Onishi, Rolling Stone/Religion Dispatches

Multimedia: Commentary or Blog

• 1st Place - Amy Schwartz, Moment Magazine

• 2nd Place - Celia Viggo Wexler, CNN

• 3rd Place - Jodi Rudoren, The Forward

Magazine, Overall Excellence

• 1st Place - Moment Magazine

Magazine and Non-daily Newspapers

• 1st Place - Linda Wertheimer, The Hechinger Report

• 2nd Place - Mari Cohen, Jewish Currents

• 3rd Place - Brian Roewe, National Catholic Reporter

Broadcast: Radio

• 1st Place - Doug Fabrizio, Benjamin Bombard, Timothy Slover, Keri Watson, KUER Radio West

• 2nd Place - Judy Silber, Lyla June Johnston, Jeb Sharp, Loretta Williams, Tarek Fouda, Chris Egusa, Tom Levy, Lindsay Myers-Humlie, KALW Spiritual Edge

Broadcast: Podcast

• 1st Place - Sojourners

• 2nd Place - Interfaith Voices

• 3rd Place - KALW Spiritual Edge

Book: Nonfiction

• 1st Place - Stephanie Saldaña, What We Remember Will Be Saved