Charlie Fern

Charlie Fern
Headshot of Charlie Fern, 2010
Born	Charlene Fern 1968 Newport, Rhode Island
Education	University of North Texas (1990)
Occupation	Business owner, Public speaker, Adjunct professor, Speechwriter, Journalist
Notable credit(s)	Award-winning journalist, White House speechwriter, speechwriter for First Lady Laura Bush, adjunct professor of public relations, nationally known public speaker, publicist and consultant.
Children	Elliot Harrison Moore
Relatives	great-uncle Charles J. Fern
Family	daughter of Col. Albert Fern (USA-ret.)
Website	http://www.charliefernink.com/

Charlene "Charlie" Fern (born in 1968) is an American speechwriter, business owner, public speaker and journalist who served as First Lady Laura Bush's speechwriter for six years, first in the Texas Governor's Office, then at the White House, through October 2002. Fern's speeches included the first Presidential radio address delivered by a U.S. First Lady, in November 2001, and a May 2002 Radio Free Afghanistan address, following the September 11 attacks. She also wrote for President George W. Bush.

Fern was born in Newport, Rhode Island, and spent her childhood and school-age years in Fairfax County, Virginia, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, and Dallas, Texas. Fern graduated from Lakeview High School in Garland, Texas.

In 1990, she earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of North Texas where she was a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha honor society. While in college, she worked as a reporter and editor on the school's newspaper, the North Texas Daily. Also during college, she worked for the Denton Record-Chronicle, first in the press shop, then as a sports stringer covering Denton County high school football and as a freelance lifestyles writer.

After college, Fern joined the Galveston Daily News as a writer and lifestyles editor until, six months later, she was offered a reporting position at the San Diego Union-Tribune. After a year, Charlie, at age 23, was promoted to managing editor of Universal Press Syndicate's A&M Publications. While there, she wrote, edited and directed the news content for four publications in north San Diego County, including The Vista Press, a daily newspaper.