On this week’s episode, Aaron Hedge pre-recorded an interview with Tracy Simmons, the editor and Executive Director of FāVS News.

FāVS is an acronym for “Faith and Values” news, which is an online publication that covers religion and ethics across Washington State and Idaho.

Along with her role at FāVS, Tracy is a scholarly associate professor of journalism at Washington State University and writes for the Spokesman Review and national publications.

The two of them talked about the history of FāVS and how it came to be, Tracy’s work and involvement with FāVS, the religious beat in journalism, and why religion reporting is important right now, in this current moment.

The Pacific Northwest isn’t godless. We just haven’t been paying attention. (Tracy Simmons, FāVS News)

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