The Steamboat Institute Fellowship was established to honor the legacy of Tony Blankley. Our Fellows are advocates for free-thinking and honest journalism. If you’d like to make a speaker request of our fellows, click the button below and submit the request form.

Carine Hajjar

2025

Opinion Columnist and Member of the Editorial Board of the Washington Post

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Brad Polumbo

2024

Co-founder of BASEDPolitics

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Kaylee McGhee White

2023

Fox News Contributor

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George Bogden

2023

Senior Counsel for Trade at Continental Strategy

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Sarah Bedford

2022

Political and investigative reporter at the Washington Examiner

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Carrie Sheffield

2021

Senior Fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum

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Patrice Onwuka

2020

Political Commentator and Director of the Center for Economic Opportunity at the Independent Women’s Forum

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Saagar Enjeti

2019

Cohost of Breaking Points on YouTube

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Amber Duke

2019

Senior Editor of the Daily Caller

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Philip Wegmann

2018

White House Correspondent for Real Clear Politics

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Kelsey Bolar

2017

Senior Policy Analyst at the Independent Women’s Forum and the Editor of the BRIGHT Newsletter

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Hadley Heath Manning

2016

Director of Steamboat Institute’s Fellowship for Public Policy and American Exceptionalism

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Tom Rogan

2014

Commentary Editor and Foreign Policy Reporter at the Washington Examiner

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Jillian Melchior

August 2015- June 2017

London-based Member of The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board

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