She was the religion reporter at the Austin American-Statesman for seven years, writing hard news, features, investigative stories and columns. She created the Statesman blog "Of Sacred and Secular." Flynn left daily journalism in 2009 to care for her daughter but continues to write a twice-monthly faith column for the Statesman. She also maintains the blog "The Grand Scheme" at eileenflynn.wordpress.com and teaches the course Journalism and Religion at the University of Texas.