Joel Campbell is an associate teaching professor of journalism in the Brigham Young University School of Communications. He has researched, written and taught about the intersection of media and religion. His peer-reviewed articles include, “Mitt Romney’s Religion: A Five Factor Model for Analysis of Media Representation of Mormon Identity,” and “Artemus Ward: The Forgotten Influence of the Genial Showman’s Mormon Lecture on Public Opinion of Mormons in the United States and Great Britain.” He holds a certificate from the Religious Freedom Center in Washington, D.C. and most recently spent two months with BYU students studying media, religion, class, gender and race in New York City. He is a former editor and reporter at the Deseret News.
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