Richard and Joan Ostling are United States authors and journalists living in Ridgewood, New Jersey. [1] They are the co-authors of Mormon America: The Power and the Promise. The Ostlings are Evangelical Christians. [2] They have two children. [1]
Richard Ostling
Richard N. Ostling (born July 14, 1940) is a journalist who reports on religious topics. He is a senior correspondent for Time magazine [1] and the president of the Religion Newswriters Association. [1] Once a senior editor of The Michigan Daily, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan and holds several post-graduate degrees. He has conducted religious interviews on at least four continents. Richard Ostling previously reported for the Morning News and Evening Journal and Christianity Today [1] as well as once being the chief religion writer for the Associated Press, where he spent eight years. [3] [4] He has written for many cover stories in over 27 years at Time and has a broadcast on CBS Radio as well reporting regularly for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. [1] Over the course of his career, he has interviewed several notable religious figures such as Billy Graham, the Dalai Lama, the late Mother Teresa, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI). [4]
Richard Ostling was born in Endicott, NY. [1]
The Center for Religious Inquiry has called Richard Ostling "one of the most distinguished and honored writers on religion in America." [5] The New York Times Book Review calls Ostling "eminently fair, well researched, and exhaustive." [4]
Awards
- nominee, Pulitzer Prize [4] [5]
- winner, the American Academy of Religion, Supple and Templeton prizes [4]
- Lifetime Achievement Award of the Religion Newswriters Association [4]
Joan Ostling
Joan K. Ostling is an assistant professor of English and journalism at Nyack College. [1] She is also co-author of a comprehensive bibliography of books by and about C. S. Lewis. Joan Ostling has master's degrees in English and political science, and was a writer and editor for the U.S. Information Agency in Washington, D.C. [2] [6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Online News Hour: Richard Ostling". Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ^ a b farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=review&id=389
- ^ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/clips/2005/12/20/mormonsCBS.pdf
- ^ a b c d e f http://www.worldji.com/speakers.asp?speaker_id=117
- ^ a b "Spring 2008 programs" (pdf).
- ^ http://www.irr.org/mit/Mormon-America-review.html
Richard and Joan Ostling are United States authors and journalists living in Ridgewood, New Jersey. [1] They are the co-authors of Mormon America: The Power and the Promise. The Ostlings are Evangelical Christians. [2] They have two children. [1]
Richard Ostling
Richard N. Ostling (born July 14, 1940) is a journalist who reports on religious topics. He is a senior correspondent for Time magazine [1] and the president of the Religion Newswriters Association. [1] Once a senior editor of The Michigan Daily, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan and holds several post-graduate degrees. He has conducted religious interviews on at least four continents. Richard Ostling previously reported for the Morning News and Evening Journal and Christianity Today [1] as well as once being the chief religion writer for the Associated Press, where he spent eight years. [3] [4] He has written for many cover stories in over 27 years at Time and has a broadcast on CBS Radio as well reporting regularly for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. [1] Over the course of his career, he has interviewed several notable religious figures such as Billy Graham, the Dalai Lama, the late Mother Teresa, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI). [4]
Richard Ostling was born in Endicott, NY. [1]
The Center for Religious Inquiry has called Richard Ostling "one of the most distinguished and honored writers on religion in America." [5] The New York Times Book Review calls Ostling "eminently fair, well researched, and exhaustive." [4]
Awards
- nominee, Pulitzer Prize [4] [5]
- winner, the American Academy of Religion, Supple and Templeton prizes [4]
- Lifetime Achievement Award of the Religion Newswriters Association [4]
Joan Ostling
Joan K. Ostling is an assistant professor of English and journalism at Nyack College. [1] She is also co-author of a comprehensive bibliography of books by and about C. S. Lewis. Joan Ostling has master's degrees in English and political science, and was a writer and editor for the U.S. Information Agency in Washington, D.C. [2] [6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Online News Hour: Richard Ostling". Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ^ a b farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=review&id=389
- ^ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/clips/2005/12/20/mormonsCBS.pdf
- ^ a b c d e f http://www.worldji.com/speakers.asp?speaker_id=117
- ^ a b "Spring 2008 programs" (pdf).
- ^ http://www.irr.org/mit/Mormon-America-review.html