Terry Mattingly
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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 The Washington Journalism Center, a program run by the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. He lives in MD with his family.
[edit] 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 at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1982).
[edit] 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 U2.
From 1982-1984, Mr. Mattingly worked for The Charlotte News and later the Charlotte Observer, and from 1984-1990, he was a religion writer for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver.
Since 1988, Mattingly has been a religion columnist for On Religion at the Scripps Howard News Service in Washington, D.C. Mattingly also runs a well-known religion blog, Get Religion.
As Director of the Washington Journalism Center, Mattingly teaches journalism to students in Washington, D.C.
Mattingly goes by the nickname of Tmatt, often calls himself a prodigal Texan, and is a practicing member of the Orthodox Church.
