Postponed because of snow with a slight change of personnel, still an inspiring first airing of LREL's new exploration of the synergies between religious studies and journalism. Biery is a current student, who did sterling work in the course "Literary Journalism and Religion," taught by Korb, who directs our First Year Writing program, along with being a prolific author of books and articles, many on religion. Percy won the 2017 National Magazine Award for Feature Writing for her deeply affecting New York Times Magazine article on survivors of the 2011 tsunami in Japan.