Award-winning R&E stories:

Lawton received a 2015 Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media for this profile of Rev. Amy Butler of Riverside Church in NYC.

Lawton received a 2013 Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media for this story about evangelical speaker Joni Eareckson Tada and her fight against breast cancer.

Lawton received a 2012 Wilbur Award from the Religion Communicators’ Council for this story about the relationship between Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr and a white Lutheran pastor, Rev. Robert Graetz:

Religion & Politics:

*Faith-based activism on climate change:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2015/11/25/june-19-2015-faith-based-activism-climate-change/26216/

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2015/09/04/september-4-2015-jewish-environmentalism/26943/

 *Religion and LGBTQ issues:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2015/08/07/april-24-2015-evangelicals-lgbt/25850/

*Religion in the 2012 Election:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2012/11/02/november-2-2012-religion-in-the-2012-election/13685/ 

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2012/01/27/january-27-2012-the-evangelical-vote/10177/

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2012/09/07/september-7-2012-religion-and-the-democratic-national-convention/12924/

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2012/08/31/august-31-2012-religion-and-the-republican-convention/12813/

 Profiles:

*Best-selling Novelist Geraldine Brooks

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2015/10/16/october-16-2015-author-geraldine-brooks/27485/

*Singer/Songwriter Paul Simon

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2012/06/01/january-6-2012-paul-simon/10056/

*Artist Bobby McFerrin

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2013/08/09/may-24-2013-bobby-mcferrin/18435/

*Football Great Jim Kelly and his wife Jill

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2015/12/04/march-27-2015-jim-and-jill-kelly-faith/25631/ 

*(Now former) USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2012/02/17/february-17-2012-usaid-administrator-rajiv-shah/10313/

The Civil Rights Movement:

50th Anniversary of the Selma March

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2015/03/20/march-6-2015-selma-march-50th-anniversary/25336/

50th Anniversary of the Childrens’ March

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2013/04/26/april-26-2013-birmingham-and-the-childrens-march/16051/ 

50th Anniversary of the Birmingham Church Bombing

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2013/09/13/september-13-2013-birmingham-church-bombing-50th-anniversary/20089/

1963, A Pivotal Year

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2013/11/27/june-21-2013-1963-civil-rights-50th-anniversary/18918/

Rep. John Lewis

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2004/01/16/january-16-2004-john-lewis/1791/