It also helps, when you are doing a quick, easy religion story, if the religious group in question is nearby. Close physical proximity also increases the odds that your editor will have heard that this particular religious group exists and that this editor may even consider the group important. Suffice it to say that America's media life continues to be dominated by decisions made in institutions in New York City, Washington, D.C., and the major cities of the urban East Coast. The Episcopalians are nearby. Once upon a time, ordained leadership of the Episcopal Church may have had real political clout in the United States.
Some Episcopal leaders act as if they still do.
Also, it is true that a surprisingly high number of the nation's political leaders continue to worship, to one degree or another, in Episcopal pews. These historic ties to the political establishment affect media coverage in another way that is less obvious. Episcopalians tend to link church issues to issues of public policy. These religious debates are then staged using highly political language. Journalists like that.