Debra Mason is a former award-winning reporter who has covered, researched and written about religion in the news for nearly 30 years. She is executive director of Religion Newswriters and Director of the Center on Religion & the Professions at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Mason earned an MSJ degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and a Ph.D. in Mass Communication at Ohio University. She also holds an MTS degree.

Find Debra on Twitter, Google+, Facebook and LinkedIn, and on Skype as debramason1.

masondl@rna.org

Wendy Gustofson is the Director of Marketing for Religion News LLC. She has 28 years of experience in broadcast sales and management, most recently as VP of Sales with the Barrington Broadcasting Group. She has served on several boards, and is an active member of Rotary.

Find Wendy on Google+, LinkedIn, and also on Facebook as Wendy Schutz Gustofson and Skype as wendy.gustofson.

wendy@religionnews.com

Yonat Shimron is the development director for Religion News LLC. She was the religion reporter for The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. from 1996 to 2011. During that time she won numerous awards, including the Duke Divinity School's Award for Excellence in Religion Reporting eight times. She is the past president of the Religion Newswriters Association.

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yonat.shimron@religionnews.com

Tracy Gordon joined the Religion News Service staff in 2004. She is the Editorial and Publishing Consultant for RNS. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from The University of Louisville.

tracy.gordon@religionnews.com