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Independent Journal Review
The Independent Journal Review (IJR, stylized as IJR.) is a conservative American news and opinion website based in Alexandria, Virginia. The publication was founded in 2012 by Alex Skatell. Skatell serves as its CEO, with Camden Stuebe as President and Shushanna Walshe, former political director at ABC News as the Editor-At-Large. The site covers general interest topics from a conservative point of view, including politics, culture, entertainment, and viral news content.
In 2012, Alex Skatell, a former digital director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, launched the Independent Journal Review, using $40,000 that Skatell had earned via a software application that he developed at college and $20,000 borrowed from his parents. He believed that there was a gap in the market for a publication that would appeal to "a more mainstream center-right audience" and began aggregating news stories on a Facebook page called Conservative Daily. Skatell promoted the page and later launched the Independent Journal Review.
Skatell then teamed up with Phil Musser, a former executive director of the Republican Governors Association, to launch IMGE and Media Group of America. Atkinson then hired a staff of writers and editors to contribute to and grow the journal. In 2012, Skatell hired Bert Atkinson as chief editor. By November 2014, the organization employed over 62 staff across Media Group of America.
The site attracted an audience that largely lived outside Washington D.C. political circles that had broader interests than average consumers of political news.
In March 2015, the site was named "Best New Publisher of the Year" by Digiday.
In June 2015, IJR hired Benny Johnson as a "creative director" from National Review. Johnson had previously worked at BuzzFeed, being fired after plagiarizing content from other websites.
During the 2015 campaign season, a number of Independent Journal Review political videos acquired national attention, such as Lindsey Graham destroying his cell phone and Ted Cruz making "machine gun bacon."
Then, Independent Journal Review partnered with ABC News to host the Republican Presidential Debate on February 6, 2016.
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Independent Journal Review
The Independent Journal Review (IJR, stylized as IJR.) is a conservative American news and opinion website based in Alexandria, Virginia. The publication was founded in 2012 by Alex Skatell. Skatell serves as its CEO, with Camden Stuebe as President and Shushanna Walshe, former political director at ABC News as the Editor-At-Large. The site covers general interest topics from a conservative point of view, including politics, culture, entertainment, and viral news content.
In 2012, Alex Skatell, a former digital director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, launched the Independent Journal Review, using $40,000 that Skatell had earned via a software application that he developed at college and $20,000 borrowed from his parents. He believed that there was a gap in the market for a publication that would appeal to "a more mainstream center-right audience" and began aggregating news stories on a Facebook page called Conservative Daily. Skatell promoted the page and later launched the Independent Journal Review.
Skatell then teamed up with Phil Musser, a former executive director of the Republican Governors Association, to launch IMGE and Media Group of America. Atkinson then hired a staff of writers and editors to contribute to and grow the journal. In 2012, Skatell hired Bert Atkinson as chief editor. By November 2014, the organization employed over 62 staff across Media Group of America.
The site attracted an audience that largely lived outside Washington D.C. political circles that had broader interests than average consumers of political news.
In March 2015, the site was named "Best New Publisher of the Year" by Digiday.
In June 2015, IJR hired Benny Johnson as a "creative director" from National Review. Johnson had previously worked at BuzzFeed, being fired after plagiarizing content from other websites.
During the 2015 campaign season, a number of Independent Journal Review political videos acquired national attention, such as Lindsey Graham destroying his cell phone and Ted Cruz making "machine gun bacon."
Then, Independent Journal Review partnered with ABC News to host the Republican Presidential Debate on February 6, 2016.