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Reading Time: < 1minutePeter Houston-Hencken
SpokaneFāVS is pleased to add to Peter Houston-Hencken to its team of journalists this summer.
Houston-Hencken is a Journalism/Mass Communication major at Whitworth University, where is also studying political science.
He grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada and is the son of a Presbyterian pastor. He said SpokaneFāVS is an opportunity for him to pursue two of his passions — journalism and following Christ.
When he’s not writing stories, he enjoys reading comic books. You can read more about Houston-Hencken on the SpokaneFāVS staff page.
SpokaneFāVS is currently seeking journalism, copy editing, social media, marketing and business interns. To apply email Tracy Simmons at tracysimmons@favs.news. Volunteers are also needed.
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.
