ToddStarnes.com is a website that covers politics, faith and culture news. The website is run by a team of award-winning, professional journalists and includes original content. The website also features a number of prominent columnists and opinion makers. The website was launched in 2005 and has quickly become one of the nation’s top digital choices for news and information. ToddStarnes.com was founded by best-selling author and journalist Todd Starnes. Starnes is the recipient of an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award and the Associated Press Mark Twain Award for Storytelling.
Fact-checking
ToddStarnes.com is committed to excellence in journalism and opinion. Reporters must be precise with their words, headlines, and URLs. In doing so, reporters must verify the information they gather. This includes identifying information such as names and positions, but also includes factual statements and accounts. Reporters conduct their own fact checking using their own judgment guided by the ethics policy. Information obtained through social media pages goes through a strict vetting process before publication. ToddStarnes.com will use outside fact checkers in certain circumstances it deems warranted.
Corrections Policy
ToddStarnes.com strive to provide fair, balanced and accurate reporting. There are times, however, when mistakes happen. Corrections are made immediately and are prominently posted at the top of the story, just below the reporter’s byline. Should the error be in a headline, the headline will be corrected and a notation will be posted below the reporter’s byline. Additionally, any social media posts that included the erroneous copy will also be updated and corrected.
Ethics Policy
Starnes Media Group LLC exists to shine a bright light on government and to serve as an advocate for the American people. We boldly report the news without fear or favor.
Ownership
ToddStarnes.com is owned and operated by Starnes Media Group LLC, a privately held broadcasting and digital company. Starnes Media Group also owns KWAM New Talk Radio in Memphis, Tennessee. The company also produces the SMG podcast network. SMG syndicates the Todd Starnes Radio Show as well as the Todd Starnes Daily Commentary.
Editorial Team
Publisher: Todd Starnes. Starnes is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author. He worked at Fox News Channel for 15 years. Prior to that he was a news anchor at KFBK in Sacramento, California. He is a conservative.
Chief Executive Officer: Dalton Glasscock is a graduate of Wichita State University and obtained a post-graduate degree from George Washington University. He is the past chairman of the Republican Party in Wichita and is active in GOP politics.
Managing Editor: Caleb Parke. Parke is a veteran of Fox News Channel. He served as a writer and editor for Fox Nation as well as FoxNews.com. Parke is a graduate of Grove City College.
Digital Director: Joseph Huntley. Huntley is an award winning designer who previously worked for Media General. He is a graduate of North Greenville University.
Copy Editor: Joni Hannigan. Hannigan is a Navy veteran and retired journalism professor.
Staff Writer: Grace Baker. Baker is an on-air personality at KWAM and a recent graduate of the University of Memphis, where she studied journalism.
Staff Writer: Benjamin Deeter. Deeter covers political and cultural news. He is a political science and broadcasting major from Cedarville University.
Student Writer: Avery Bryson. Bryson covers cultural news and is a student at Liberty University.
Student Writer: Charlotte Hazzard. Hazzard previously worked at Just The News and Media Research Center. She is a journalism major at Liberty University.
Staff Writer: Chris Woodward. Woodward is an on-air reporter for One News Now and American Family Radio. He is a graduate of Mississippi State University.