Joshua J. McElwee
American journalist
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Joshua J. McElwee is an American journalist covering the Catholic Church.
Career
McElwee was previously a news editor for the National Catholic Reporter.[1] His reporting, feature writing, and analysis have earned many awards from the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada and have been featured in a number of other outlets.[2]
McElwee was awarded third-place for the Magazine Religion News Report prize of the Religion Newswriters Association in 2013,[3] for which he also was a finalist in 2012.[4] He was also a finalist for the Multiple Media award of that organization in 2014 and its Religion Feature Writer award in 2013.[5]
McElwee has reported widely on the pontificate of Pope Francis, covering the pontiff since his election in March 2013.[6][7] He has also focused his reporting on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious,[8][9] the main umbrella organization of US Catholic women religious, and on the tensions between Catholic theologians and bishops in the US.[10][11][12]
McElwee is also a frequent analyst for US radio and television programs. He has appeared regularly on National Public Radio programs including Morning Edition,[13][14] On Point,[15] and The Diane Rehm Show.[16] McElwee became a Vatican correspondent for Reuters in 2024.
Personal life
He is married to Kate McElwee, the executive director of the Women's Ordination Conference.[17] As of 2018 both live in Rome, and both serve on the pastoral council of the Caravita Community.[18]