- Terry Mattingly
Terry L. Mattingly (born January 31, 1954) is a journalist, author, and professor. As columnist for the Scripps Howard News Service, Mattingly has written "On Religion," a nationally syndicated column, since the summer of 1988. He is also Director of the [http://wjc.bestsemester.com/faculty.asp The Washington Journalism Center] , a program run by the
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities . He lives inMaryland with his family.Early life
Mattingly attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, Texas. He later attended
Baylor University earning his B.A. in Journalism and American History (1976) and his M.A. in Church-State Studies (1984). He then earned his M.S. in Journalism atUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1982).Career
Mattingly's first major break was with the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette. As a staff writer and copy editor, he wrote Backbeat, a rock 'n' roll column. While writing Backbeat, one of Mattingly's subjects included a 1982 tour by [http://www.getreligion.org/?p=300 U2] .
From 1982-1984, Mr. Mattingly worked for
The Charlotte News and later theCharlotte Observer , and from 1984-1990, he was a religion writer for theRocky Mountain News inDenver .Since 1988, Mattingly has been a religion columnist for [http://tmatt.gospelcom.net/column/ On Religion] at the
Scripps Howard News Service inWashington, D.C. Mattingly also runs a well-known religion blog, [http://www.getreligion.org Get Religion] .As Director of the Washington Journalism Center, Mattingly teaches journalism to students in Washington, D.C. Mattingly has a long association with
Howard Ahmanson Jr. and his wife Roberta. Roberta was an original financial backer of [http://www.getreligion.org Get Religion] and Ahmanson has funded the Washington Journalism Center and the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life, which currently hosts the website.Mattingly goes by the nickname of Tmatt, often calls himself a prodigal Texan, and is a practicing member of the
Eastern Orthodox Church .External links
* [http://tmatt.gospelcom.net Terry Mattingly's personal web page]
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