Robert Bluey

Robert B. Bluey (born August 23, 1979) is an American conservative blogger and journalist. He is vice president of publishing for The Heritage Foundation, where he also serves as editor-in-chief of The Daily Signal, the think tank’s multimedia news organization. Bluey is the former editor of Human Events. He has written for The Daily Caller,RedState,Big Government and the Washington Examiner.

Early life and education

Bluey was born in upstate New York and graduated from Ithaca College with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. While a student, Bluey was the editor of the college newspaper, The Ithacan. After graduating, he spent one year as a fellow at the Student Press Law Center in Arlington, Virginia.

Career

In 2004, while a reporter at Cybercast News Service, Bluey gained national recognition as one of the "Rathergate bloggers," a group of bloggers and reporters who questioned the authenticity of documents relied upon by CBS in its investigation of President George W. Bush’s service in the Air National Guard. The incident became known as "Rathergate" or the Killian documents controversy.