I’m Dawn: a religion journalist, shine theorist, and Black Girl Magic practitioner. I live in Kansas City, Missouri, with my husband and three children.

I am currently the news editor at the Christian Century. My reporting has won awards from the American Academy of Religion, the Catholic Press Association, the Religion News Association, and the Great Plains Journalism Awards. In 2024, I received the Award of Excellence for long format international reporting from the Associated Church Press.

I am passionate about religion journalism and serve as vice president for the boards of both the Religion News Association and Anabaptist World—an independent magazine covering Mennonite and Anabaptist communities around the world. I am also on the board of the Religion News Foundation.

I am a graduate of the journalism program at Ball State University (chirp chirp) and also have a master’s degree in urban and intercultural religious studies. To check out journalists and projects I support, click here. To see where I’ve been interviewed about my work or about current events, click here. To share a story idea or to pitch a collaboration, send me an email here.

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