• 2019 Finalists
• 2019 Winner Press Release

Newspaper & Online-Only Awards

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

• First Place: Stacey Barchenger, Asbury Park Press // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4
• Second Place: Catherine Godbey, The Decatur Daily // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
• Third Place: Norris Burkes, The Ledger // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
  

 

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

• First Place: Silvia Foster-Frau, San Antonio Express-News // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
  
• Second Place: Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3

 

EXCELLENCE IN RELIGION REPORTING – LARGE NEWSPAPERS & WIRE SERVICES

• First Place: Manya Brachear Pashman and Jeff Coen, Chicago Tribune // Articles
  
• Second Place: Sharon Otterman and Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
  
• Third Place: Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3

EXCELLENCE IN RELIGION REPORTING – ONLINE-ONLY NEWS OUTLETS

• First Place: Hannah Allam, BuzzFeed News // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
• Second Place: Rachel Gross, Undark Magazine // Article 1
• Third Place, Melanie Lidman, Global Sisters Report // Article 1
  

 

Multiple Media Awards

EXCELLENCE IN RELIGION FEATURE WRITING (SUPPLE AWARD)

• First Place: Emma Green, The Atlantic // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
• Second Place: Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
• Third Place: Daniel Burke, CNN // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
  

 

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

• First Place: Dake Kang and team, The Associated Press // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4, Article 5
  
• Second Place: Manya Brachear Pashman and Jeff Coen, Chicago Tribune // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, Article 9, Article 10
• Third Place: David Gambacorta, The Philadelphia Inquirer // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4, Article 5
• Honorable Mention: Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press //Articles
• Honorable Mention: Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3

 

EXCELLENCE IN RELIGION COMMENTARY

• First Place: Joshua Hammerman, for work done at Religion News Service and The New York Jewish Week // Column 1, Column 2, Column 3
• Second Place: John Gehring, Commonweal Magazine // Column 1, Column 2, Column 3
• Third Place: Cathleen Falsani, Sojurners //  Column
• Honorable Mention:  Jamie Manson, National Catholic Reporter // Column 1, Column 2, Column 3

EXCELLENCE IN RELIGION NEWS ANALYSIS

• First Place: Emma Green, The Atlantic // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
• Second Place: Julia Bicknell and Barbara Baker, World Watch Monitor // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4
• Third Place: Daniel Burke, CNN // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
• Honorable Mention: Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
  

 

EXCELLENCE IN SHORT RELIGION VIDEO

• First Place: Andrew Rush, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette // Video
  

 

EXCELLENCE IN ONLINE RELIGION SECTION (SCHACHERN AWARD)

• First Place: CNN, Editor Daniel Burke // Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, Section 4, Section 5
  

 

EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY: SINGLE IMAGE

• First Place: Steve Mellon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Second Place: Andrew Rush, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  

 

EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY: GALLERY

• First Place: Photo Staff, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Second Place: Alexandra Radu, Religion News Service
• Third Place: Photo Staff, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Honorable Mention: Alexandra Radu, Religion News Service

 

Magazine & Non-Daily Newspaper Awards

EXCELLENCE IN MAGAZINE & NON-DAILY NEWSPAPER RELIGION REPORTING

• First Place: Emma Green, The Atlantic // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
• Second Place: Tiffany Stanley, The Washington Post Magazine // Article 1
  
• Third Place: Bobby Ross Jr., The Christian Chronicle // Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
  
• Honorable Mention: Taha Anis, Moment Magazine // Article 1

 

EXCELLENCE IN MAGAZINE OVERALL RELIGION COVERAGE

• First Place: Kurt Hoffman, The Forward // Not available
  

 

Broadcast Awards

EXCELLENCE IN TELEVISION NEWS MAGAZINE RELIGION REPORTING

• First Place: First Place: Liz Kineke, Elyse Kaftan and Yuti Joshi, CBS // Story

 

EXCELLENCE IN TELEVISION LOCAL NEWS RELIGION REPORTING

• First Place: Kevin Krug, Teal Tyszka, Eric Lupher, Jaclyn Allen and Andrew Bray, KMGH-TV // Story

 

EXCELLENCE IN TELEVISION NATIONAL NETWORK/CABLE NEWS RELIGION REPORTING

• First Place: Kane Farabaugh, Voice of America // Story
  

 

EXCELLENCE IN RADIO OR PODCAST RELIGION REPORTING

• First Place: Amber Khan, Melissa Feito and Stephanie Lecci, Interfaith Voices // Story
• Second Place: Jerome Socolovsky, Jason DeRose, Diamond Kennedy and Amara Omeokwe, National Public Radio // Story
• Third Place: Sonia Paul, Tommy Bazarian, Andy Newman and Jocelyn Gonzales, Studio 360 // Story

 

Nonfiction Book Award

EXCELLENCE FOR NONFICTION RELIGION BOOK

• First Place: James Hudnut-Beumler and Mark Silk, “The Future of Mainline Protestantism in America” // Book
• Second Place: Stephanie Derrick, “The Fame of C.S. Lewis: A Controversialist’s Reception in Britain and America” //  Book
  

 

Student Award

EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT RELIGION REPORTING (CHANDLER AWARD)

• First Place: Zachary Davis, Harvard Divinity School //  Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4
• Second Place: Lauren Jackson, University of Oxford //  Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
• Third Place: Hannah Bernstein, Northeastern University //  Article 1, Article 2, Article 3

 

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