Explore the proposed changes to gender categories in school sports for trans youth. Learn about the debate surrounding fairness and inclusion in athletic competitions.
Learn about the changing trends in attending church during Christmas. Discover why less than half of Americans will attend church during this festive season.
Exploe the ongoing impact of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on national debates about school safety and gun policy, including gun laws in Washington and Spokane County.
Learn about The Salvation Army of Spokane's empty food pantry, a Krampus event at a local library, a pastor beomg sued for running a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme and more in this week's FāVS Religion News Roundup.
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.
