2020 Excellence in Religion Reporting Awards


Religion Story of the Year

First Place: Robert Downen, John Tedesco, Lise Olsen and John Shapley, The Houston Chronicle
Second Place: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Third Place: Paul Glader, Religion Unplugged

Excellence in Religion Reporting at Large Newspapers & Wire Services

First Place: Elizabeth Dias, The New York Times
Second Place: Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post
Third Place: Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service

Excellence in Religion Reporting at Mid-Sized Newspapers

Danae King, The Columbus Distpatch

Excellence in Religion Reporting at Small Newspapers

Catherine Godbey, The Decatur Daily

Excellence in Religion Reporting at Online-Only News Outlets

First Place: Paul Glader, Religion Unplugged
Second Place: Ruth Graham for work at Slate
Third Place: Saqib Rahim for work at SB Nation

Supple Award for Excellence in Religion Feature Writing

First Place: Ruth Graham for work at Slate
Second Place: Elizabeth Dias, The New York Times
Third Place: Emma Green, The Atlantic

Gerald A. Renner Award for Excellence in Enterprise Religion Reporting

First Place: The Associated Press
Second Place: Robert Downen, John Tedesco, Lise Olsen and John Shapley, The Houston Chronicle
Third Place: Sarah Delia, WFAE

Excellence in Religion Commentary

First Place: Heidi Hall for work at Religion News Service and The Tennessean
Second Place: Simrat Jeet Singh for work at Religion News Service
Third Place: Celia Viggo Wexler for work at the Baltimore Sun and San Francisco Chronicle

Excellence in Religion News Analysis

First Place: Rachel Swarns, The New York Times
Second Place: Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post
Third Place: Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post

Excellence in Magazine Religion Reporting

First Place: Brandon Ambrosino, Politico magazine
Second Place: Menachem Wecker for work at EducationNext and Mosaic magazine
Third Place: Brian Roewe, National Catholic Reporter

Excellence in Overall Magazine Religion Coverage

Moment magazine

Outstanding Religion News Story in a Radio Broadcast

Doug Fabrizio, RadioWest, KUER

Excellence in Short Religion Video

Andrew Rush, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Excellence in Television News Magazine Reporting

Tony Carnes, A Journey Through NYC Religions

Excellence in Television Local News Religion Reporting

Josh Robin, Zoe Slemmons, Brianne Berry, Gena Wolfson, Serjio Rios, Pablo Bujosa, Andrea Marroquin, Enrique Adanez and Sam Mark, NY1 News

Best Religion Documentary

Gerald Krell and Adam Krell, “Guru Nanak: The Founder of Sikhism — Life & Legacy”

Photography: Single Image

Stephanie Strasburg, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Photography: Series

Mukhtar Khan, The Associated Press

Outstanding Religion Podcast

First Place: Michael J. O’Loughlin, America magazine
Second Place: Sarah Delia, WFAE

Excellence in Nonfiction Religion Books

First Place: Duncan Ryūken Williams, “American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War”
Second Place: Steven Waldman, “Sacred Liberty: America’s Long, Bloody, and Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom”