Robert H. Knight, Director

Robert Knight heads the Culture and Media Institute at the Media Research Center in Alexandria, Virginia. Knight frequently appears on network and cable television and radio programs, and is published and quoted in major newspapers and magazines. Of special interest are media influence, religious freedom, family issues, television and film.

A veteran journalist, Knight was a news editor and writer for the Los Angeles Times, and a Media Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Most recently he directed the Culture & Family Institute at Concerned Women for America (CWA), founded the cultural studies program at the Family Research Council and held a fellowship at the Heritage Foundation. He wrote and directed CWA's video documentary Hidden Truth: What You Deserve to Know about Abortion, and a Family Research Council video about sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, The Children of Table 34.

A draftsman of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, he is the author of The Age of Consent: The Rise of Relativism and the Corruption of Popular Culture (Spence Publishing, 1998, 2000). He frequently debates on college campuses, including appearances at UC Berkeley, Cornell, Kent State, North Carolina State, Liberty University, University of Central Oklahoma and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Knight has testified before the U.S. Senate's Labor and Human Resources Committee as well as the Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Services and for several other congressional and state legislative committees.

Writing: He has written articles for The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, National Review, Insight, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Arizona Republic, Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun, The Washington Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Townhall.com, Human Events, Orange County Register, World, WorldNetDaily.com, Whistleblower and others.

TV & Radio: Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, Fox Morning News, Fox News Live; NPR's Fresh Air, Talk of the Nation, The Diane Rehm Show, and All Things Considered; BBC; Irish National Radio; CBS Evening News; NBC Nightly News; ABC's World News Tonight and Nightline; CNN's Crossfire, Paula Zahn Now, and CNN News; Oprah; CNBC's Hardball, McLaughlin, MSNBC's Scarborough Country, PBS' Firing Line and Nightly Business Report; Focus on the Family; The Coral Ridge Hour and Point of View.

Knight has a Master’s and a B.S. in Political Science from American University. He lives in the Washington D.C. area with his wife and children.

Brian Fitzpatrick, Senior Editor

Brian Fitzpatrick joined the staff of the Culture and Media Institute in October 2006 as Senior Editor.  In his first week on the job, Fitzpatrick wrote “Tempting Target: Media Try to Persuade Conservatives to Stay Home,” for Human Events Online.  Rush Limbaugh cited the column on October 23, 2006, giving CMI immediate notoriety.

Fitzpatrick is the former editorial director for Salem Communications Corporation, the nation’s largest religious radio broadcasting company, where he supervised the company’s editorial board.   He wrote, edited, and produced house editorials on politics, religion, culture, and current events.  He also provided daily guidance on political and cultural issues to the company’s network of talk show hosts.

As executive director of Accuracy in Academia, Fitzpatrick wrote news stories, editorials and commentaries about free speech and academic freedom on American college campuses.  He quadrupled the circulation of Accuracy in Academia’s newspaper, Campus Report, and expanded the number of participating universities from 100 to over 500, giving AIA a truly national footprint.  He wrote first-hand news reports, delivered speeches, and debated at many universities across the country, including Duke, UC-Berkeley, Ithaca College, UMass Amherst, Dartmouth, and Harvard.

Fitzpatrick served on the board of directors of Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, and wrote editorials and book reviews for AFTAH’s publication, Lambda Report.  He specialized in rebutting errant analyses of Biblical teaching about moral issues.  More recently, he ran an editorial services business, editing two books in a bestselling series of World War II histories, and a third book about U.S. Marines fighting in Iraq.

Fitzpatrick has a B.A. in Government from Dartmouth College, and a Biblical Studies Certificate from Capital Bible Seminary.

Kristen Fyfe, Senior Writer

Kristen Fyfe joined the staff of the Culture and Media Institute on November 20, 2006. Fyfe will serve as a Senior Writer for CMI. Fyfe was recently employed by the Alexandria, VA office of the Parents Television Council as a Senior Writer and Editor.   In the spring of 2006 she authored a study documenting the violent content of children’s television.  That study received unparalleled press coverage for the organization. 

Fyfe is also an Emmy-nominated producer and writer having worked most recently for South Carolina Educational Television.  There she hosted and produced two weekly public affairs programs and specials that aired on the statewide network.   She graduated summa cum laude with a Master’s of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University.  Very active in her church and community, Fyfe lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her two children.