The Claremont Institute recently chose Washington Free Beacon assistant editor Blake Seitz to participate in its selective 2016 Publius fellowship program.
Seitz will join 13 other young professionals and graduate students in Newport Beach, California, for two weeks this summer to study conservative political thought and its influence on American government.
The program was launched in 1979 to educate conservatives who could be the nation’s future leaders, statesmen, journalists, and academics.
Fellows will attend seminars on American, conservative, and progressive political thought taught by Claremont Institute scholars and allies. They will also study founding documents including the Declaration of Independence and the Federalist Papers along with readings ranging in topics from slavery to modern foreign policy.
Avi Snyder, a former fellow who now directs the group’s digital communications team, said that the core mission of the nonprofit organization is to "stand above the day-to-day hustle and bustle" of politics and focus instead on policy that shaped America’s founding.
Seitz’s work with the Washington Free Beacon focuses on politics, public policy, and culture. He has also contributed to the Weekly Standard, National Review Online, and the Washington Examiner.
He graduated from the University of Georgia in 2015.
