JP Lindsley worked at
The Weekly Standard in Washington,
D.C., before serving as the executive director of the Collegiate Network. Frustrated with what he saw to be the lethargy and wastefulness of the American conservative movement, he left to start his own nonprofit to promote excellence in reporting. Roger Ailes, the founder and chairman of the Fox News Channel, hired Lindsley as editor-in-chief of two weekly newspapers in New York's Hudson Valley, the
Putnam County Courier and the
Putnam County News & Recorder. Lindsley then became Ailes's protégé and aide-de-camp. After two years, for reasons unexplained, Lindsley fled. Media worldwide reported that Ailes dispatched henchmen to chase Lindsley through the Hudson Valley. He currently lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.
