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 the co-author of the national bestselling book The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America, with her New York Times colleague Lisa Lerer — a work that chronicles the legal, political and personal forces that dismantled federal abortion rights and reshaped American society. Dias is a graduate of Wheaton College and holds a master of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary.