Colleen Carroll Campbell

Ms. Campbell is the author of The New Faithful: Why Young Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy (Loyola Press, 2002), which explores the appeal of traditional religion and morality to a growing number of young Americans. She was awarded a $50,000 Phillips Foundation Journalism Fellowship to research The New Faithful, which has been featured in nearly 100 magazines and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, Washington Post, and Christianity Today. Since its publication, Ms. Campbell has received speaking invitations from institutions across America, including requests to present her research to staff members at the White House and on Capitol Hill. In 2003, Ms. Campbell served as a speechwriter for President Bush. She worked directly with the President on major policy addresses, writing his speeches on such topics as education, the faith-based initiative, the fight against AIDS, and judicial appointments. Ms. Campbell has also worked as a news and editorial writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and as a reporter for the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Ms. Campbell's writing has appeared in a wide variety of publications, including The Weekly Standard, First Things, National Review Online, Washington Times, Crisis, Toronto Star, Charlotte Observer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Washingtonian Magazine, National Catholic Register, and National Catholic Reporter. She has served as a regular columnist for Lay Witness and Our Sunday Visitor, the nation's largest independent Catholic newsweekly, and she has been quoted in the pages of such publications as U.S. News & World Report, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, and Denver Post. A regular commentator on FOX News Live, Ms. Campbell also has appeared on such networks as MSNBC, PBS, ABC News Now, EWTN, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). She is the host of Faith & Culture, a television show that features prominent public intellectuals and authors discussing the day's most contentious social and cultural issues. Faith & Culture airs three times weekly on EWTN, the world's largest religious media network, which reaches more than 105 million homes in 110 countries and 16 territories. For more information about Ms. Campbell and her work, visit www.colleen-campbell.com.