Diane Winston

{{short description|American professor of media and religion}}

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| birth_date = December 28, 1951

| employer =University of Southern California

| nationality = American

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Diane Winston is an American professor of Media and Religion at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California, and an author. USC lists her current research interests as media coverage of Islam, Religion, New religious movement, New media, and the place of religion in American identity.[http://uscmediareligion.org/?About Diane Winston, the Knight Chair in Media and Religion], USC[https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/09/08/will-online-faith-communities-replace-churches/churches-spread-the-good-word-now-online The First Church of Facebook], The New York Times, September 8, 2011

She received her B.A. from Brandeis, a Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, a masters in journalism from Columbia, and her Ph.D. in religion from Princeton University.[http://www.materialreligion.org/participants/winston.html Diane Winston], Material History of American Religion Project, Divinity School at Vanderbilt University.

She has previously worked as a journalist at The Baltimore Sun, Dallas Times Herald, and The News and Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina.[http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/5174/tea_party,_circa_1930%3A_a_response_to_michael_kazin/ Tea Party, Circa 1930s: A Response to Michael Kazin], Religion Dispatches, September 26, 2011{{Cite news|last=Winston|first=Diane|title=How the Salvation Army became part of our Christmas tradition|date=December 23, 2018|work=News & Observer}}

She has written about the Salvation Army,[http://www.materialreligion.org/objects/aug97obj.html Doughnuts for Doughboys], Material History of American Religion Project, Divinity School at Vanderbilt University.[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/30/books/onward-christian-soldiers.html Onward, Christian Soldiers!], The New York Times, May 30, 1999 and has been interviewed by the news media about the interrelationships of religion and modern culture.[https://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2011-02-10-Justin_Bieber_evangelical_08_ST_N.htm Tween evangelist? Justin Bieber film packed with prayer], USA Today, February 10, 2011.[https://archive.today/20120718013131/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/818364701.html?dids=818364701:818364701&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+07,+2005&author=David+Zurawik&pub=The+Sun&desc=Television+hopes+ Television hopes to help viewers take part in Vatican ritual; Pictures to tell the story as 2 billion worldwide see funeral at St. Peter's; A WORLD IN MOURNING; THE DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II], The Baltimore Sun, April 7, 2005.[http://www.chron.com/life/houston-belief/article/Separating-fact-from-pop-culture-portrayals-of-1752505.php Separating fact from pop-culture portrayals of polygamy], Houston Chronicle, May 30, 2008