Sandi Dolbee
Sandi Dolbee has been the religion and ethics editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune since 1992. Her science-related stories have explored the intersection of spirituality and health, the ethical and social implications of the human genome project and embryonic stem cell research, as well as the brave new worlds of singularity, transplantation, and aid-in-dying. Twice in the last three years she won first place in the Templeton Religion Reporter of the Year contest. She also is a past president of the Religion Newswriters Association, which represents journalists who cover religion for the secular media in the United States and Canada.
Tim Folger
Tim Folger is a contributing editor at Discover magazine and the series editor for the annual anthology The Best American Science and Nature Writing. He has been writing about science for 20 years, and his work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, Science Digest, Onearth, and Popular Science. In 2007, he won the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award for an article published in Discover, "If an Electron Can Be in Two Places at Once, Why Can’t You?"
Marc Kaufman
Marc Kaufman writes about NASA and space issues for the Washington Post, where he has been a reporter on the national staff for ten years. He has also worked as a foreign correspondent at the Post, reporting from Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks, and as New Delhi bureau chief for the Philadelphia Inquirer. His articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday, and New York magazines, as well as Smithsonian and Condé Nast Traveler.
Michael McGough
Michael McGough is senior editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times and writes about law, national security, politics, and religion from its Washington bureau. Before joining the Times in 2006, he worked for more than two decades at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where he was part of a team that received first place in the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Schnader Media Awards. He has written for Slate.com, the New York Times, Washington Post, New Republic, American Spectator, Commonweal, and the Tablet. He is a frequent guest on television programs, including Larry King Live.
Jeffery Paine
Jefferey Paine has written for most major national publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, New Republic, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Wall St. Journal, Nation, and U.S. News & World Report. His books include Adventures with the Buddha, The Poetry of Our World, Father India, and Re-enchantment, which was named by Publishers Weekly a best book of the year in 2004. He was the literary editor of the Wilson Quarterly and has been judge of the Pulitzer Prize and vice president of the National Book Critics Circle. He appears regularly on C-Span, NPR, and other radio and TV programs.
Mark Pinsky
Mark Pinsky is a religion writer for the Orlando Sentinel and has published widely on popular culture, evangelicals, and Christian broadcasting. His work also appears in the Guardian, USA Today, and Los Angeles Times, where he was previously a staff writer, as well as Harvard Divinity Bulletin and Columbia Journalism Review. His books include A Jew Among the Evangelicals: A Guide for the Perplexed, named one of the ten best books in religion by Publishers Weekly in 2006; The Gospel According to The Simpsons; and The Gospel According to Disney.
Mark Vernon
Mark Vernon writes regularly for the Guardian, Financial Times, Times Literary Supplement, Management Today, and Philosophers’ Magazine, among many other publications. He broadcasts from a variety of news outlets, including BBC Radio 2, Radio 3, Radio 4, Five Live, BBC Radio London, BBC TV, and ABC Radio National. His books include After Atheism: Science, Religion, and the Meaning of Life; The Philosophy of Friendship; 42: Deep Thought on Life, the Universe, and Everything. His most recent book, Teach Yourself Humanism, will be published later this year.
Christine Whelan
Christine Whelan publishes in newspapers and magazines including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Post, and Forbes on topics ranging from psychology to religion to finance. On the web, she writes for National Review Online, Huffington Post, and BustedHalo. Her first book, Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women, was published in 2006. She broadcasts on CNN, CNBC, and NBC television and has appeared on TV programs including Good Morning America and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.
Emily Yoffe
Emily Yoffe writes the Dear Prudence and Human Guinea Pig columns for Slate.com. As Prudence she offers advice on love, work, relationships, and family. As the Human Guinea Pig she takes on readers’ challenges. For example, she has let 23 medical students perform their first physical exam on her, taken a vow of silence, and made her singing debut (despite being tone deaf). For Slate, she has also written on science, medicine, politics, and popular culture. Her work has appeared in many publications, including, the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, New Republic, New York Times, Esquire, O, Oprah magazine, and Weekly Standard.
Jason Zengerle
Jason Zengerle is a senior editor at the New Republic, where he has worked since 1997. He writes about politics, culture, and (when his editors indulge him) college basketball. His work has also appeared in GQ, New York, the New York Times magazine, and other publications; and it has been anthologized in several books, including The Best American Political Writing.