Editorial Consultants

Ira Rifkin is Lead Editorial Consultant for The Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue™. An award-winning journalist, author, and book editor, he has been a News Producer for Beliefnet and a Washington-based correspondent for Religion News Service. He has also contributed to a variety of print and Web publications, including MSNBC.com, the Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. He is author of Spiritual Perspectives on Globalization: Making Sense of Economic and Cultural Upheaval.

Frank Fredericks is a Media Consultant for The Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue™ and Executive Director of World Faith, an interfaith community service non-profit now active in five countries. He is also the founder of Çöñár Records, an independent record label and an alumnus of the Fellows Alliance of the Interfaith Youth Core.

Hannah McConnaughay is Publicity Consultant for The Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue™. She is also a recent graduate of the University of Chicago, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and named a University Scholar. She currently serves as an Outreach and Training Associate of the Interfaith Youth Core, having already taken part in its Fellows Alliance.