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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 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 Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil held in Spokane

This year Spokane lost three members of its transgender community. In July Amanda Blanchard’s body was discovered after a mobile home fire, which police are calling a murder-suicide.

BRIEF: Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil to be held Saturday in Spokane

Each November, communities around the country gather to remember those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice, known as transphobia.

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Please welcome journalist Jo Miller to SpokaneFAVS

We are pleased to welcome Jo Miller, a recent graduate from Whitworth University, to the Spokane Faith & Values team of writers.

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Mars Hill Church to open satellite campus in Spokane

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