Diane Winston

Diane Winston is an American professor of Media and Religion at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California (USC), 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.

She received her B.A. from Brandeis, a master's degree in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, a master's in journalism from Columbia, and her Ph.D. in religion from Princeton University.

She has previously worked as a journalist at The Baltimore Sun, Dallas Times Herald, and The News and Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina.

She has written about the Salvation Army,