FāVS News News and Commentary about Religion and Ethics in Eastern Washington and North Idaho
Faith and the Democratic Process, Stella’s Cafe
“When your religion is hijacked by politics” by Patricia Bruininks
This election season has been a boon to satirists and political cartoonists. (READ MORE)
“Politics and Faith Go Together” by Melissa Carpenter
Politics and Faith DO go together, despite what the popular adage might say. (READ MORE)
“Being Christian and Political” by Andy CastroLang
Growing up in a certain kind of Roman Catholic household I heard the stories of and knew, some very activist priests and bishops and nuns. (READ MORE)
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of SpokaneFāVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
