Floyd Brown

Floyd Gregory Brown (born March 10, 1961) is an American author, speaker, and media commentator. He is currently CEO of USA Radio Network. Brown founded the website WesternJournalism.com in 2008, and it has grown to become one of the largest multiblogs covering political and cultural news in America. Brown in his early career worked as a political consultant and conducted opposition research for political campaigns. Brown is noteworthy for founding Citizens United in 1988 and for his introduction of the "Willie Horton" television ad during the Bush-Dukakis presidential race.

The son of a sawmill worker, and the grandson of a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, Brown grew up in the Pacific Northwest in a family of Democrats with 100-year-old roots in the area. He graduated from Olympia High School in Olympia, Washington in 1979, and from the University of Washington. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics. He was appointed to, but chose to leave, the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Brown credits meeting Ronald Reagan at a Masonic Temple in 1976 for sparking his interest in public service when he was fifteen years old. He is married to NYT Bestselling author Mary Beth Brown, author of The Faith of Ronald Reagan, and they have 3 children.

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