Discover the importance of soccer chaplains in the professional soccer world. Learn how Spokane's chaplains provide holistic support for athletes' physical, emotional and spiritual needs.
Two Trinity Church members face child sex abuse charges as police records reveal pattern of handling abuse allegations internally. Former deacon and pastor's son arrested.
Spokane NAACP responds to surveillance footage of KKK-robed figure in Colbert, WA. Local authorities seek information as MLK Unity Rally approaches. Security measures increased.
New Pew Research report reveals 87% of the 119th Congress identifies as Christian, while religious 'nones' remain underrepresented despite growing US population trends.
Local news roundup: Chewelah's Christmas tree labyrinth offers meditation, Kent mosque faces vandalism, climate anxiety group launches, and Coeur d'Alene artist completes Christ sculpture.
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This week Taylor Weech, host of the radio program Praxis on KYRS, interviewed me about SpokaneFāVS, journalism and religion reporting.
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.