We don't play favorites here at GetReligion.
OK, sometimes we do — such as where Pittsburgh Post-Gazette religion writer Peter Smith is concerned.
When it comes to quality journalism on the religion beat, a Peter Smith byline generally is a slam dunk.
So we weren't surprised over the weekend when Smith won the Religion Newswriters Association's first-place award for religion reporting at metropolitan newspapers.
The Pittsburgh writer was just one of a number of Godbeat all-stars who received recognition at the RNA's annual awards banquet in Philadelphia (see the full list of winners).
You can find links to all the winning stories on RNA's website.
Smith's first-place entry included his in-depth project on immigrant religion — the subject of a 5Q+1 interview last November.