Tracy Simmons

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.

Darwin on the Palouse coming to WSU campus

January 25, 2016 News 0

Darwin on the Palouse, a free annual even hosted by Humanists of the Palouse "to celebrate humanity, science and rational thought," will be held Feb. 6 on the Washington State University campus in Pullman.

Meet the newest FāVS’ journalism intern

January 21, 2016 News 0

SpokaneFāVS is pleased to welcome Eliza Kinnaman to the FāVS journalism team.

Welcome MacKenzie Bills, FāVS’ newest writer

January 20, 2016 Community, News 0

SpokaneFāVS is pleased to welcome MacKenzie Bills to its growing team of writers. Bills is one of the few writers who comes to FāVS from out of state.

January Coffee Talk: Dialoguing Through Our Differences

January 14, 2016 Community 0

“Celebrating our Differences” by Ayesha Malik I was 6 years old when I did my first public speaking event. It was picture day at school and I decided to wear my favorite outfit, which happened to be traditional Pakistani clothing. (READ MORE) “Abide With Me” by Liv Larson Andrews Growing up …

Upcoming series: Traveling Your Road to Joy

January 13, 2016 News 0

Next week St. Joseph Family Center,1016 N. Superior St., will kick off its continuing Thomas Merton Bridges to Contemplative Living series.

Conference to Focus on Responsibility and The Common Good

January 11, 2016 News 1

The 2016 Eastern Washington Legislative Conference, coming up Jan. 30, will offer speakers and workshops calling people of faith to consider “Our Responsibility for the Common Good.”