Columbia, Mo. — Religion Newswriters Association today released the list of finalists in its 17 contests. The finalists are listed below by medium rather than contest category: Books, Broadcast, Multiple Media, Print. Winners will be notified by June 10 and made public at the RNA Annual Banquet Sept. 20, 2014, in suburban Atlanta.
The announcement is also available here.
BOOKS
- Joel Baden, “The Historical David: The Real Life of an Invented Hero”
- Kate Bowler, “Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel”
- Jeff Chu, “Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America”
- Larry Eskridge, “God’s Forever Family: The Jesus People Movement in America”
- Tom Krattenmaker, “The Evangelicals You Don’t Know: Introducing the Next Generation of Christians”
- Candida Moss, “The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom”
- Judith Valente, “Atchison Blue: A Search for Silence, a Spiritual Home and a Living Faith”
BROADCAST
- Jeff Abell & David Larson, WBFF-Baltimore
- Center for Investigative Reporting & KQED-San Francisco
- Adam Cotterell, KBSX-Boise State
- Steven Cuevas, KQED-San Francisco
- James Edwards, WGBH-Boston
- Bob Faw, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
- Tony Ganzer, for work at Deutsche Welle
- Liz Harrison & Richard Harmelink, KFSN-Fresno
- Interfaith Voices
- Mark Johnson, CML Micro-Rwanda Freedom 2013
- Elizabeth Kineke & Mary Alfieri, CBS
- Kim Lawton, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
- Eric Marrapodi & Miguel Marquez, CNN
- Erin McPike & Eric Marrapodi, CNN
- Kellie Moore, ColumbiaFAVS
- Michael O’Sullivan & Deyane Moses, Voice of America
- Monique Parsons, for work @ WBEZ-Chicago & NPR
- Deena Prichep, for work @ NPR
- Betty Rollin, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
- Lucky Severson, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
- Jerome Socolovsky, Voice of America
- Jake Tapper & Eric Marrapodi, CNN
- Judy Valente, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
- Debra Gonsher Vinik, Diva Communications
- Stuart Watson, John Gray & Corrie Harding, WCNC-Charlotte
- Ben Winslow, KSTU-Salt Lake City
MULTIPLE MEDIA
- Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service
- TK Barger, The Blade
- Michelle Bearden, for work at The Tampa Tribune
- Jason Berry, GlobalPost
- Christa Case Bryant, Christian Science Monitor
- Daniel Burke, CNN & work at Religion News Service
- Jeff Chu, Beacon-Reader. com
- Elizabeth Dias, TIME
- Megan Fincher, National Catholic Reporter
- Renee K. Gadoua, for work at Religion & Politics
- David Gibson, Religion News Service
- GlobalPost Special Reports
- Jennifer Berry Hawes, The Post & Courier
- Tom Heneghan, Reuters
- Jaweed Kaleem, The Huffington Post
- KidSpirit Online
- Don Lattin, Spirituality & Health
- G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Christian Science Monitor
- Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter
- Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Sarah Posner, Moment Magazine
- Reading Eagle
- Religion News Service
- Religion & Politics
- Yair Rosenberg, Tablet Magazine
- Salt Lake Tribune
- Robert Sibley, Ottawa Citizen
- Peter Smith, for work at The Courier-Journal
- Elizabeth Tenety, Washington Post
- Douglas Todd, The Vancouver Sun
- Tim Townsend, for work at The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Jeffrey Weiss, for work at Real Clear Religion & CNN
- Rhett Wilkinson, for work at Utah Policy Daily
- Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service
- Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service
- TK Barger, The Blade
- Christa Case Bryant, Christian Science Monitor
- Christianity Today
- Bernard T. Davidow, The Hartford Courant
- Elizabeth Dias, TIME
- Steve Duin, The Oregonian
- Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post
- David Gibson, Religion News Service
- Catherine Godbey, The Decatur Daily
- Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times
- Heidi Hall, The Tennessean
- Kevin Hardy, Chattanooga Times Free Press
- Betsy Hiel, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- Carla Hinton, The Oklahoman
- Kyle D. Huckins, for work at Marion Chronicle-Tribune
- Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Kathryn Joyce, The American Prospect
- Jaweed Kaleem, The Huffington Post
- Sala Levin, Moment Magazine
- Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service
- Bret Mavrich, for work at Christianity Today
- Holly Meyer, Post-Crescent Media
- Matthew Miller, Lansing State Journal
- Moment Magazine
- Mark Mueller, The Star-Ledger
- Manya Brachear Pashman, Chicago Tribune
- Jennifer Preyss, Victoria Advocate
- Ann Rodgers, for work at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Brian Roewe, National Catholic Reporter
- Rev. Alexander M. Santora, The Jersey Journal
- Jeff Sheler, The Virginian-Pilot
- Bill Sherman, Tulsa World
- Peter Smith, for work at The Courier-Journal & Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Alessandro Speciale, Bloomberg News
- Sojourners
- Christie Storm, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- Tikkun Magazine
- TIME
- Tim Townsend, for work at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Cori Urban, The Republican
- JoAnne Viviano, The Columbus Dispatch
- David Waters, The Commercial Appeal
- Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer
- Naomi Zeveloff, Jewish Daily Foward
- Rachel Zoll, The Associated Press
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