She was cited in Brill's Content as being numbered among the nation's leading religion reporters.

With it, religion reporters seemed to be off and running.

Daniel J. Wakin, a religion reporter who joined The Times three years ago, acknowledged that it might be unpleasant to be singled out in such a way.

Our metropolitan staff includes an immigration reporter, a religion reporter, and so on.

Of the religion reporters surveyed, 75 percent said religion was "very important" in their lives, as did 35 percent of the editors.

Jerome Socolovsky is the religion reporter for Voice of America.

Her journalism career began at The Forward, where she was a religion reporter before being named Arts and Culture editor in 2003.

Manya A. Brachear, religion reporter for the Chicago Tribune and a double Wilbur Awards winner in 2009, was master of ceremonies.

But the seven religion reporters who met with Mr. Gore yesterday at the White House did their best.

Ari L. Goldman (born 1949), author and former religion reporter for The New York Times.