Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer

Elizabeth Dias is the national religion correspondent for The New York Times and has reported on religion and politics for 15 years. She covers the shifting expressions of belief and power in American society, and the values, emotions and people that shape public life. She has reported from more than 30 states and written about religion in four presidential elections. She joined The Times in 2018, and reported as part of the national and political reporting teams. Previously she covered religion, politics and national news at Time Magazine, where she traveled with Pope Francis, interviewed the Dalai Lama, and explored conservative Christianity's rise to power with the Trump movement. She is a graduate of Wheaton College and has a masters of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. She is from Arizona, by way of Ohio, Germany and Canada, and now lives in Washington.

Lisa Lerer is a national political correspondent for the New York Times, who has written about American politics, power, and elections for nearly two decades. She has covered five presidential campaigns, the White House, and Congress. Her focus is examining the big personalities, ideas and emotions that drive American politics. She joined The Times in 2018, as the founding author of the On Politics newsletter. Previously, she was a national political writer at The Associated Press, and reported for Politico, Bloomberg News, Businessweek and The American Lawyer magazine.She was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Journalism School. After about a dozen years in Washington, she now lives in New York City with her family.