The Role of Media Covering Religion

Prof Joel Campbell

Professor Joel L. Campbell is an associate teaching professor of journalism in Brigham Young University School of Communications. He holds a master’s degree in journalism from Ohio State University. Previously, he worked for nearly 20 years as a reporter and editor for newspapers in Salt Lake City. He teaches media writing, journalism principles, media and religion, media ethics, and research courses. His research interest is media and religion but he has also been active in First Amendment and Freedom of Information research and advocacy. He is a former correspondent for Columbia Journalism Review’s States Project and is the 2015 Utah researcher for the Global Integrity Transparency Project.