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Announcement
Journalist Fellows for the Spiritual Exemplars Project

Posted April 15, 2019

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Journalist Fellows

The following journalists were selected from a very competitive pool of 300 journalists who applied to take part in “Spiritual Exemplars: A Global Project on Engaged Spirituality.” Journalist fellows (2019-2021) are reporting on and profiling spiritual exemplars around the globe.

Athar Ahmad
Journalist Fellow
Athar Ahmad is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. He is based in London.
Beenish Ahmed
Journalist Fellow
Beenish Ahmed is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She is based in Brooklyn, NY, and her work specializes in race, gender, sexuality and religion.
Ken Chitwood
Journalist Fellow
Ken Chitwood is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. He is based in Gainesville, FL, and his work specializes in global Islam, the Americas and Christian-Muslim relations.
Jeneé Darden
Journalist Fellow
Jeneé Darden is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She is from Oakland, CA.
Cheryl Devall
Journalist Fellow
Cheryl Devall is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project and editor with the Spiritual Edge podcast.
Daysha Eaton
Journalist Fellow
Daysha Eaton is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project.
Jess Engebretson
Journalist Fellow
Jess Engebretson is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She is based in New York, NY, and her work focuses on West Africa and human rights.
Emmanuel Innocent Eteng
Journalist Fellow
Emmanuel Innocent Eteng is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. He is based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria and his work focuses on Africa, sustainable development, environmental and health.
Kiratiana Freelon
Journalist Fellow
Kiratiana Freelon is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She is based in Rio de Janeiro.
Rowan Moore Gerety
Journalist Fellow
Rowan Moore Gerety is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. He is based in New York City.
Clément Girardot
Journalist Fellow
Clément Girardot is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. He focuses on in-depth stories about the Caucasus region and Turkey.
Kevin Douglas Grant
Journalist Fellow
Kevin Douglas Grant is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. He is based in Washington, D.C., and he specializes in collaborative journalism, religion reporting and nonprofit media.
Chris Herlinger
Journalist Fellow
Chris Herlinger is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. He is based in Astoria, NY. His work focuses on conflict/post-conflict areas and theology.
Jude Joffe-Block
Journalist Fellow
Jude Joffe-Block is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She is based in Phoenix, Arizona, and her work focuses on Latin America, immigration and the US-Mexico border.
Kim Lawton
Journalist Fellow
Kim Lawton is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She is based in Arlington, VA, and her work specializes in interfaith relations, US and international religion, and humanitarian issues.
Julia Lieblich
Journalist Fellow
Julia Lieblich is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She specializes in human rights and post-conflict trauma. Lieblich is based in Chicago.
Maria Emilia Martin
Journalist Fellow
Maria Emilia Martin is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She based in Texas and Guatemala.
Monique Parsons
Journalist Fellow
Monique Parsons is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She is based in Chicago.
Julien Pebrel
Journalist Fellow
Julien Pebrel is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. He is based in Tbilisi, Georgia, and his work specializes in photography, event organization, and Georgia.
Mary Annette Pember
Journalist Fellow
Mary Annette Pember is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She is based in Cincinnati, OH and her work focuses on Native American issues, sexual violence and the impact of historical trauma.
Magdalena Rojo
Journalist Fellow
Magdalena Rojo is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She is based in Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico. Her work focuses on migration, women rights, environmental issues and indigenous people rights.
Noel Rojo
Journalist Fellow
Noel Rojo is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project and a photographer with a focus on migration and environmental issues.
Rhonda Roumani
Contributing Fellow
Rhonda Roumani is a freelance journalist who writes about both the Middle East and Islam in the Muslim world and in the United States.
Stephanie Saldaña
Journalist Fellow
Stephanie Saldaña is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She is based in Jerusalem. Her work focuses on refugee issues, Muslim-Christian dialogue and intangible cultural heritage.
Priyadarshini Sen
Journalist Fellow
Priyadarshini Sen is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She is based in Delhi and focuses on religion, human rights and social justice.
Soumya Shankar
Journalist Fellow
Soumya Shankar is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She is based in New York City.
Meara Priyanka Sharma
Journalist Fellow
Meara Priyanka Sharma is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She is based in London and her work focuses on the environment, post-conflict societies and religion.
Shaina Shealy
Journalist Fellow
Shaina Shealy is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. Her work specializes in the Middle East, women’s health, and religious identity.
Heidi Shin
Journalist Fellow
Heidi Shin is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project, who is based in Boston, MA. She is interested in telling stories about migrants and immigrant communities, women’s issues and those on the margins.
Judy Silber
Journalist Fellow
Judy Silber is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project and executive producer of the Spiritual Edge podcast.
Krithika Varagur
Journalist Fellow
Krithika Varagur is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She is based in London, and her work focuses on religion and politics, particularly in Southeast Asia.
Diane Winston
University Fellow
As a journalist and scholar, Diane Winston is a national authority on religion, politics, the news media and entertainment.
Kimberly Winston
Journalist Fellow
Kimberly Winston is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She is based in the Bay Area, and her work focuses on religion and popular culture and religious “nones.”
Naomi Zeveloff
Journalist Fellow
Naomi Zeveloff is a journalist fellow with the Spiritual Exemplars Project. She is based in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel, and her work specializes in the Israel and Palestinian Territories and religion.