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
Kate Grossman, 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
Kate Grossman, 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, 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