Penny Starr joined CNSNews.com in January 2008 after working for more than 25 years in print media. She has worked as an editor, writer, columnist and photographer at newspapers and magazines in California, Nevada, Oregon, Texas and South Carolina before joining the CNSNews.com team in Washington, D.C. She has won numerous awards for her reporting, columns and photography. She has also worked as a media and marketing consultant for clients in the arts and music industries. As a senior staff writer at CNSNews.com, she covers Congress and the White House, as well as a wide range of cultural issues.