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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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
My F&L pieces explore how "traditioned innovation" is bearing instructive fruit in mainline Protestant organizations. My F&L portfolio is here.
My recent features & reports on trends impacting The Episcopal Church and other mainline denominations are found here
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.
The Christian Science Monitor
The Boston Globe
USA Today
Religion News Service (RNS)
The Living Church
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
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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
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
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
Religion News Service (RNS):
Journalism Advisory Council, 2018-Present
American Academy of Religion
Journalism Contest for In-Depth Reporting on Religion
Evangelical Press Association
Higher Goals Journalism Contest
Gralla Fellows Program for Religion Journalists: Brandeis University, 2004
Gralla Fellows Program for Religion Journalists: Brandeis University, 2004