G. Jeffrey MacDonald

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G. Jeffrey MacDonald

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  • About
  • Journalism
  • Ministry
  • Consulting
  • Books
  • Contact Us

Journalism

I'm a freelance reporter with 20+ years of experience. I've covered all kinds of stories from tobacco auctions to federal murder trials, but religion is my focus.


I cover mainline Protestantism with an eye toward what's working & what's being transformed. 


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stories

Stories on thriving with part-time clergy

America's new ministers - CSMonitor.com 

A move to part-time clergy sparks innovation in congregations | Faith and Leadership 

Full-hearted Ministry (livingchurch.org) 

Pay for a Priest or a Building (livingchurch.org) 

Retooling for Ministry (livingchurch.org) 

Churches sharing pastors explore way to sustain their flocks - CSMonitor.com 

Stories in Duke University's Faith & Leadership magazine

My F&L pieces explore how "traditioned innovation" is bearing instructive fruit in mainline Protestant organizations. My F&L portfolio is here.  

Stories in The Christian Science Monitor

How one church is helping heal Newtown - CSMonitor.com

Online church is more than a stopgap. It’s revitalizing congregations. - CSMonitor.com

 

Links to 500+ stories I've published in the Monitor

Stories in USA Today

Coverage of the federal murder trials of Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger and Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Stories in The Living Church

My recent features & reports on trends impacting The Episcopal Church and other mainline denominations are found here 

Stories on mentoring children of prisoners

A $20,000 Knight Foundation grant allowed me to investigate what happened to America's 2.7 million children of prisoners after Congress abruptly eliminated funding for faith-based mentoring programs. Read all 5 stories here.

experience

Correspondent Positions

Correspondent Positions

Correspondent Positions

The Christian Science Monitor 

The Boston Globe

USA Today

Religion News Service (RNS)

The Living Church 

Bylines

Correspondent Positions

Correspondent Positions

USA Today

TIME

The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe Magazine 

The Christian Science Monitor 

The New York Times

The Washington Post 

The Los Angeles Times

Conde Nast Traveler

Religion News Service 

The Christian Century 

The Living Church

Duke University's Faith & Leadership

+ more


Staff Positions

Correspondent Positions

Staff Positions

Interim Editor-in-Chief, Religion News Service, 2018 


Education reporter, The Christian Science Monitor, 2010 


Statehouse Reporter, The Burlington Free-Press, 1995-96 


Reporter, The Goldsboro News-Argus, 1993-94




Grants

Advisory Positions

Staff Positions

The BTS Center: $20,000 to report on congregations that increased vitality after switching to part-time clergy


Knight Foundation Grant for Reporting on Religion & American Public Life: $20,000 to report on mentoring children of prisoners 

Awards

Advisory Positions

Advisory Positions

5 Wilbur Awards for Communication of Religious Issues in Public Secular Media


   Templeton Award for Religion Reporter of the Year from the Religion News Association (RNA)   


Religion Nonfiction Book of the Year from RNA: 3rd Place   


2 Cornell Awards for Religion Reporting at Mid-Sized Newspapers from RNA  


6 American Academy of Religion (AAR) Awards for In-Depth Reporting on Religion: 2nd & 3rd Place     


3 Associated Church Press (ACP) Awards for News Reporting   


1 Evangelical Press Association (EPA) Award for News Reporting

Advisory Positions

Advisory Positions

Advisory Positions

Religion News Service (RNS):

Journalism Advisory Council, 2018-Present

Judgeships

Judgeships

Judgeships

American Academy of Religion 

Journalism Contest for In-Depth Reporting on Religion


Evangelical Press Association

Higher Goals Journalism Contest 


Fellowships

Judgeships

Judgeships

Gralla Fellows Program for Religion Journalists: Brandeis University, 2004


Fellowships

Judgeships

Fellowships

Gralla Fellows Program for Religion Journalists: Brandeis University, 2004


Fellowships



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