About me

I am a Washington, D.C.-based journalist, editor, and speechwriter with experience delivering high-quality op-eds, blog posts, essays, reported pieces, etc.

I am an award-winning reporter, columnist, and freelancer, covering a wide variety of beats. I have contributed to The Washington Post, The Washington Examiner, The Hill, Quillette, National Journal, Miami Herald, Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Charlotte Observer, The Columbia State, as well as city magazines, local newspapers, publications and sites focusing on health, travel, financial issues, technology, and other specialty publications. My freelance reporting is referenced in two books of note: Thurston Clarke’s The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America, and in Freedom Riders, by Raymond Arsenault.

The subject matter of my writing and communications work has been diverse. One consistent interest has been in the failure of conspiracy thinking regarding 1960s political murders.

I provide strategic communications consulting as well for all manner of organizations, associations, projects, proposals, as well as corporate and individual clients. I edit manuscripts and books, including one by a New York Times-bestselling author. Much of my writing cannot be linked here, but I am adding more public pieces.

I earned a master's degree from Georgetown University and bachelor's degree from Central Michigan University. All design and production on this site is by me, on the Squarespace platform. All content ©2025 Craig Colgan, and various shared entities. Photos via fair use or Creative Commons License. Would love to connect. Please contact me.