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Julia Duin

Seattle
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Covers:  religion. travel. Arctic affairs, mental health, culture wars and politics
Doesn't Cover: sports and courts
Religion writer for Newsweek (2021-2023), author of 7 books, mom of Veeka and lover of Alaska, Greenland, Mongolia, mountains, skiing and Puget Sound ferries.

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Julia Duin’s Biography

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Julia Duin (pronounced Deen) is a Seattle-based journalist who was Newsweek’s contributing editor for religion from 2021-early 2023. She was an assistant national editor and religion editor for the Washington Times for more than 14 years and also worked stints at the Houston Chronicle and several other newspapers. During the 2014-2015 academic year, she occupied the Snedden Chair as a journalism professor at the University of Alaska/Fairbanks, after which she joined the Washington Post Talent N…

Julia Duin’s Journalist Portfolio

Stories by Julia Duin : Contently

Stories by Julia Duin : Contently

I'm a journalist and blogger. Features, all varieties of religion, biographies, travel, Alaska/Arctic issues,…

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For Christian prophets who predicted Donald Trump's reinstatement in 2021, no apologies

For Christian prophets who predicted Donald Trump's reinstatement in 2021, no apologies

Whatever happened to the "Trump prophets," those charismatic/Pentecostal Christians who said that God told th…

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The country Trump tried to buy: Greenland markets its new ice museum, pristine fjords as it reinv...

The country Trump tried to buy: Greenland markets its new ice museum, pristine fjords as it reinv...

NUUK, Greenland - Seated on the second floor of the chic Spanish restaurant Tapasimut, we were waiting to see…

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‘Days of Fire and Glory’ traces charismatic communities — and the roots of today’s Christian nationalism

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By Julia Duin
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). By Julia Duin | FāVS News Columnist The views expressed in this opinion column are those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the views of FāVS News. I’d like to recommend my book “Days of Fire and Glory: The Rise and Fall of a Charismatic Community” to anyone who wants to know what happened to the best and brightest of the Jesus people of their parents’ generation.
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Wilbur Award

2015 - magazines - national/top 15 markets

"From Rebel to Reverend," by Julia Duin for More magazine, published in December 2014. Awarded by the Religion Communicators Council.

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RNA, various press association and Wilbur awards

2015 - various

2015 - First place, Wilbur Award/best magazine article for More magazine. 2012 - For work done for the Washington Post: Two 2nd places for religion feature writer of the year and best magazine religion article; 3rd place for best writing for religion reporting/large newspapers 2010, 2005 - First place for religion reporting for dailies over 75,000 from the Maryland Delaware-D.C. Press Association 2009, 1989 - Second place, Religion Reporter of the Year 2007 - Best news series, Chesapeake Associated Press Mark Twain Award Three-time Washington Times Pulitzer nominee in 2006, 2004 and 2002 2004 - First place, Virginia Press Association, features; 2nd place George Cornell award 2002 - First place, Wilbur Award/religion reporting 1996 - Second place, Louis Cassels Award, best religion reporting 1987, 1989 - Second place, best religion section 1986 - First place, Louis Cassells Award, best religion writing/small newspapers

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Religion Newswriters Association

2022 - Religion reporting/online; magazine, feature writing

First Place, Religion Reporting/Online News Second Place, Religion Reporting/Feature writing Second Place, Religion Reporting/Religion Story of the Year

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