Don Lattin
Don Lattin is one of the nation's leading journalists covering alternative and mainstream religious movements and figures in America. He is the author of the upcoming book “Jesus Freaks - A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge” (HarperOne 2007). He also wrote “Following Our Bliss - How the Spiritual Ideals of the Sixties Shape Our Lives Today” (HarperSanFrancisco 2003) and is the co-author (with Richard Cimino) of “Shopping for Faith - American Religion in the New Millennium" (Jossey Bass 1998).
His work has appeared in dozens of U.S. magazines and newspapers, including the San Francisco Chronicle, where Don covered the religion beat for nearly two decades. He has also worked as a consultant and commentator for Dateline NBC; PrimeTime Live and Good Morning America on ABC Television; American Morning on CNN and Religion and Ethics News Weekly on PBS.
Don has taught religion writing at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley, where he holds a degree in sociology. During the summer of 2007, Don is working as the managing editor for “News21” at UC Berkeley.
Related Links
- Jesus Freaks: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge.
- Following Our Bliss - How the Spiritual Ideals of the Sixties Shape Our Lives Today
- Shopping for Faith - American Religion in the New Millennium
