Daniel Burke

Daniel Burke has covered religion for more than twenty years. He is the Senior Editor of Religion & Spirituality at NPR. Previously, he had been religion editor at CNN (2013-2020) and a senior correspondent at Religion News Service (2005-2013). His writing has been awarded by the Society for Features Journalism, the National Headliner Awards, the American Academy of Religion and the Religion News Association, among other organizations. Burke graduated from a dual-degree program at Columbia University, where he earned an MS in journalism and MA in comparative religion. Before that, he attended Georgetown University, where a course on "The Problem of God" set him on the path to writing about religion.