Kimberly Winston is a religion reporter with over 30 years on the beat. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Houston Chronicle, Newsday, and online at Religion News Service, Five-Thirty-Eight, and NPR. She is a two-time recipient of a journalism grant from the USC Dornsife Center for Religion and Civic Culture and is the 2026 recipient of the Religion News Association’s lifetime achievement award. She lives and works in Northern California.






