Sarah Ventre

A bit of personal news… I’m the new Senior Producer of Religion & Spirituality at @npr!! Can’t wait for lots of collaborations with brilliant colleagues in and out of NPR!

@kateshellnutt @UpFirst 😂💁🏻‍♀️

Heard the great @sarazonah bagel-splain the New York mayoral primary on @UpFirst this morning! 🥯 npr.org/2025/06/24/125…

@bobbyross @judylthomas @eriktryggestad @JKayWardarski @mwecker So honored to be included…thanks so much, Bobby!

14. 🏆 Year in review: The best religion journalism of 2024 🔌 The list includes stories by @judylthomas, @eriktryggestad, @sarazonah, @JKayWardarski and @mwecker. religionunplugged.com/news/2024/12/2…

🚨🚨🚨 WEEKEND PLUG-IN 🔌🔌🔌 1. 🏆 Year in review: The best religion journalism of 2024 🔌 More than 60 of the nation's Godbeat pros make their picks religionunplugged.com/news/2024/12/2…

Still looking for folks who have sought repair with a friend or family member or other dear one around the High Holidays. I want to hear how you went about the difficult process of trying to make it right, whether or not it worked. Message me at sventre@npr.org if this is you? 🙏

Working on a story for NPR about atonement at Yom Kippur. Specifically looking for folks who engage in a process of repair around the holidays, and/or those who are working to make amends with someone complicated in their life or who have done this before. Lmk if this is you!

@amywestervelt 🎉🎉🎉

At the @RNS 90th anniversary symposium…and “cults” came up before 10:30 AM! Interestingly, it was brought up in the context of Nones. In my experience this is not often how NRMs are framed. Rather, they’re often talked about the same way as we talk about the “ultra” religious.

Hi internet -- I need your help again! Trying to compile a list of the best feature length (ideally no longer than 7ish mins) radio stories about religion. What have you loved? What have you learned from? What stuck with you? #religionjournalism #godbeat #reallygoodradio

@sarahstankorb Congratulations!!

I am thrilled to share that I am among the American Academy of Religion's Journalism Award recipients for this year. Who is headed to San Diego this November? I'll see you there!

@reporterdeepa @bobsmietana 👀👀👀

@bobsmietana Wow, that must've been quite an experience! I see a monologue at RNA "Provocations." @sarazonah

I know rattlesnakes are just being themselves. But, this is the stuff of my nightmares. 😳

@jackmjenkins I’mma have to challenge her on this one.

Spouse has informed me that apparently the appropriate response when someone comments on how awesome or adorable your child is (which happens a lot!) is "thank you" and not "I KNOW, RIGHT?!" My apologies.

Wanted to share a side project I’ve been working on. It’s a sign of how much these stories have meant to me that in between election- year madness I made time for it! So hope you will too (coming this fall!) app.frame.io/presentations/…

@asmamk This looks so interesting!!! So glad you did this and can’t wait to watch it!! ❤️

Really fascinating article from Peggy Fletcher Stack. I know some of this work has been done on other faiths too...curious if anyone knows if it's aggregated anywhere, or if there's comparative data?

NEW from me: Five faith faith facts about Harris's VP pick Tim Walz, a ‘Minnesota Lutheran’ Dad who, if elected, would be the second (or, maybe, first) Lutheran VP in U.S. history religionnews.com/2024/08/06/fiv…

@ReligionReport @skestenbaum If you haven’t already, give it a read. @skestenbaum is an amazing reporter and a beautiful writer. (And this one comes with gorgeous photos by another friend of mine, Victor Blue.) Here’s to more meaningful and messy conversations! /end harpers.org/archive/2024/0…

@ReligionReport @skestenbaum . @skestenbaum & I don’t always see eye to eye on approaches. But I’m grateful that we take each other’s work seriously enough that we can really engage in the messiness of it all. His piece has given me lots to think about (much of which isn’t even mentioned in this thread). 12/

Belatedly read @skestenbaum’s cover story in Harper’s, there is so much THERE there! I was struck in particular by this passage that I’m still trying to tease out, particularly in the context of a number conversations I’ve been fortunate to have with Sam over the years. 1/