Odyssey of a Derelict Gunslinger: A Saga of Exposing TV Preachers, Corrupt Politicians, Right-Wing Lunatics...and Me
John Camp is a Peabody-award winning reporter, who rode the crest of an investigative reporting tsunami that gained momentum in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal. He was among television's pioneer investigative reporters. In a thirty year career, he has collected multiples of every prize awarded for investigative journalism, including four Peabody medallions. A former CNN Senior Investigative Correspondent, his exposés covered a wide range of subjects ― the rise and fall of televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, the exploits of infamous international drug smuggler, Barry Seal, and the prosecutorial abuses by Whitewater Independent Counsel, Kenneth Starr. What makes Camp's achievments so remarkable is its genesis in 1971 in a New Orleans skid row gutter. He had given up on life, only to discover a new way of living. His accomplishments are a testament to sobriety. The father of nine children and step-children, he and his third wife, Annette, live in St. Francisville, Louisiana.