LifeNews.com is an independent news agency specifically devoted to reporting news that affects the pro-life community. With a team of experienced journalists and reporters, LifeNews.com reaches more than 250,000 pro-life advocates each week via its web site, email news reports, and weekday radio program.

LifeNews.com also acts as a service provider to furnish news content to media that share the pro-life perspective. The topics covered by LifeNews.com include abortion, assisted suicide and euthanasia, bioethics issues such as human cloning and stem cell research, campaigns and elections, and legal and legislative issues.

Formerly the Pro-Life Infonet, LifeNews.com has been harnessing the power of the Internet since 1992 to bring pro-life news to the pro-life community. We've developed a reputation for fairness, accuracy and timeliness in our fifteen years of service.

LIFENEWS.COM STAFF

Steven Ertelt - Editor and CEO
As the founder and Editor of LifeNews.com, Steven Ertelt has provided the pro-life community with news via the Internet for more than thirteen years. Previously, Mr. Ertelt served as the executive director of Montana Right to Life. Prior to that, he was the public affairs director for Indiana Citizens for Life, where he served as the lobbyist and media representative. Mr. Ertelt holds a bachelor's degree in politics from Hendrix College in Arkansas.

Julie Ertelt - Business Manager
Julie Ertelt is the LifeNews.com Business Manager and coordinates advertising, promotions and speaking engagements. She is a former Senior Account Executive and Assistant Branch Manager for Beneficial Finance and the winner of numerous sales and performance awards. Julie holds a Bachelors of Science in Human Development and Family Studies with a minor in Criminal Justice from Colorado State University.

Jim Anderson - LifeNews.com Radio
Jim Anderson helped start three religious radio stations and is currently with Sacred Heart Radio in Seattle. He worked as an announcer and newscaster for several stations around the Pacific Northwest including KCMS in Seattle and stations in Portland, Seattle and Wenatchee, Washington. Over the last 16 years, Jim has served on the campaign staffs of pro-life gubernatorial and state house candidates in Washington state. He has been a foster parent, a volunteer in prison ministry, and has worked with troubled and homeless youth including youth in crisis pregnancies.

Laura Echevarria - LifeNews.com Opinion Columnist
Laura Echevarria was the Director of Media Relations and a spokesperson for the National Right to Life Committee for seven years. Before joining NRLC in April of 1994, Ms. Echevarria was a radio announcer, a freelance writer and was active in local politics. Echevarria holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech communications. She is currently completing the first of three planned books and recently has written for Touchstone magazine and Human Life Review. She has also been a frequent contributor to the opinion pages of The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Echevarria lives with her husband, their eight-year-old daughter, Gabrielle, and their two sons, Peter, who is four, and Nathan, two-and-a-half-years-old. Both sons have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders.

Maria Vitale - LifeNews.com Opinion Columnist / Former Staff Writer
Maria Vitale has written and reported for various broadcast and print media outlets, including National Public Radio, CBS Radio, and AP Radio. She has covered the Ohio legislature as the statehouse correspondent for Ohio Public Radio and was a news producer at WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio. Currently, she serves as the Public Relations Director for the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation.

Paul Nowak - Staff Writer
Paul Nowak worked in the public relations department of Franciscan University of Steubenville while studying political science and journalism. Mr. Nowak was a representative of the pro-life lobby's NGO coalition to the Cairo+5 conference at the United Nations. He worked the talent, production and management functions at three different radio stations, and as a cameraman for a cable TV program.