Amanda Carpenter is an online journalist and columnist, who covers Capitol Hill to report breaking news for Human Events Online and questions members about current issues for Human Events' weekly Page 3 feature. She is a 2005 graduate of Ball State University, where she founded a conservative news website, bsyou.net, and was a national debate champion. Before coming aboard at Human Events, Carpenter came to Washington, D.C. to intern at the Leadership Institute, teaching college students how to start their own conservative publications. Carpenter was honored with the Campus Leadership Program's Investigative Journalism Award in 2005.