Press Release: 2015 Contest Winners

2015 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Richard Dujardin

Finalists List: 2015 Contest Finalists

Student Contest Finalists: 2015 Chandler Award Finalists

Newspaper Awards

 

EXCELLENCE IN RELIGION REPORTING — SMALL-SIZED NEWSPAPERS (CASSELS AWARD)

• First Place: Jennifer Preyss, Victoria Advocate
• Second Place: Catherine Godbey, The Decatur Daily; Article 1, Article 2
  

EXCELLENCE IN RELIGION REPORTING — MID-SIZED NEWSPAPERS (CORNELL AWARD)

• First Place: Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National
  
• Second Place: Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune
• Third Place: Jennifer Berry Hawes, The Post and Courier

EXCELLENCE IN RELIGION REPORTING — METROPOLITAN NEWSPAPERS

• First Place: Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Second Place: Lilly Fowler, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

EXCELLENCE IN RELIGION REPORTING — LARGE NEWSPAPERS & WIRE SERVICES

• First Place: Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times
• Second Place: Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service

 

Multiple Media Awards

 

EXCELLENCE IN RELIGION FEATURE WRITING (SUPPLE AWARD)

• First Place: Ashley Powers, for work at The California Sunday Magazine
• Second Place: Yair Rosenberg, Tablet; Story 1, Story 2, Story 3
  
• Third Place: Mark Oppenheimer, for work at Buzzfeed & The New York Times; Story 1
  
• Honorable Mention: Nadine Epstein, Moment
• Honorable Mention: Michael Orbach, Moment
  

EXCELLENCE IN ENTERPRISE RELIGION REPORTING (GERALD A. RENNER AWARD)

• First Place: Kevin Hardy, Chattanooga Times Free Press; Story 1, Story 2, Story 3
  
• Second Place: Peter Smith; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  
• Third Place: Moni Basu, CNN; Story 1, Story 2, Story 3
  

EXCELLENCE IN RELIGION COMMENTARY

• First Place: Margery Eagan, Crux; Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
  
• Second Place: Yair Rosenberg, Tablet; Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
  
• Third Place: Jeffrey K. Salkin, for work at Religion News Service; Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
  
• Honorable Mention: Joanna Brooks, Religion Dispatches; Article 1, Article 2
  

EXCELLENCE IN RELIGION NEWS ANALYSIS

• First Place: David Gibson, Religion News Service; Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
• Second Place: John L. Allen, Crux; Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
• Third Place: Patricia Miller, Religion Dispatches; Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
• Honorable Mention: Staff of The Advocate; Article 1, Article 2

EXCELLENCE IN SHORT RELIGION VIDEO

• First Place: Alex Ferreira, DOCFilms
• Second Place: Sally Morrow, Religion News Service

EXCELLENCE IN ONLINE RELIGION SECTION (SCHACHERN AWARD)

• First Place: CNN Belief; Article 1

 

Magazine Awards

EXCELLENCE IN MAGAZINE NEWS RELIGION REPORTING

• First Place: Eetta Prince-Gibson, Moment
• Second Place: Ashley Powers, for work at The California Sunday Magazine
• Third Place: Mark Oppenheimer, The New York Times Magazine
  
• Honorable Mention: Bobby Ross Jr., The Christian Chronicle

 EXCELLENCE IN MAGAZINE OVERALL RELIGION COVERAGE

• First Place: Tikkun

 

Broadcast Awards

EXCELLENCE IN TELEVISION NEWS MAGAZINE RELIGION REPORTING

• First Place: Fred de Sam Lazaro & Nikki See, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
• Second Place: Lucky Severson & Trent Harris, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
• Third Place: Kim Lawton & Patty Jette, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
• Honorable Mention: Judy Valente & Gail Fendley, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

EXCELLENCE IN TELEVISION LOCAL NEWS RELIGION REPORTING

• First Place: Jeff Abell and Luke Rollins, WBFF-TV

EXCELLENCE IN TELEVISION NATIONAL NETWORK/CABLE NEWS RELIGION REPORTING

• First Place: Mike O'Sullivan, Voice of America

EXCELLENCE IN RELIGION DOCUMENTARY

• First Place: "Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler," WGBH & Maya Vision

EXCELLENCE IN RADIO OR PODCAST RELIGION REPORTING

• First Place: Ryan Famuliner & Abigail Keel, KBIA-Columbia, Mo.
• Second Place: Dina Weinstein, "Making Contact"
• Third Place: Laura Kwerel, Interfaith Voices
• Honorable Mention: Ross Reynolds & Matthew Streib, KUOW–Seattle
  

 

Book Award

EXCELLENCE FOR NONFICTION RELIGION BOOK

• First Place: "Apostles of Reason," Molly Worthen
• Second Place: "Mission at Nuremberg," Tim Townsend
• Third Place: "Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food," Laura Silver

Student Award

 

EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT RELIGION REPORTING (CHANDLER AWARD)

• First place: Jill Castellano, University of Pennsylvania
  
• Second place: Simran Jeet Singh, Columbia University
  
• Third place: Alfredo Garcia, Princeton University
• Honorable Mention: Corey Stern, University of Pennsylvania
  

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