Reporting on Church Life

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

+ more

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

Innovation Incubator Compass Grant from 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 from Religion Communicators Council: given 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