A Muslim writer reflects on charity, community care and the Islamic teachings, highlighting everyday acts of generosity often overlooked in the news.
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Reading Time: < 1minuteMeet Laura Stembridge, our women and gender studies writer 1
Please welcome Laura Stembridge to our team of writers.
Stembridge is a recent graduate of Gonzaga University where she studied English Literature with a concentration in women's and gender studies. She also served in the U.S. Army and as a firefighter for Spokane County Fire District 8.
For Spokane Faith & Values she'll be writing about gender issues within the church.
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 FāVS.News, 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 Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
