FāVS News News and Commentary about Religion and Ethics in Eastern Washington and North Idaho
Each week, the five Faith and Values sites compile their top photos to give you a glance at what is happening in communities around the country. Here's a look at Dec. 6 to 13. In this week's mix, we've got Hanukkah underway, Christmas coming, a concert happening, same-sex couples getting marriage licenses in Washington state and some monks making fruitcake.
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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.
