About Dan

I’ve spent my career figuring out why people stop, watch, and care.

I’m a Catholic media professional, digital audience strategist, content creator, and writer. My work sits between two things I care deeply about: meaningful ideas and the people those ideas are trying to reach.

Dan Spada in Vatican City

The work

Digital experience brought into Catholic media.

Before moving into Catholic media, I created and managed online content that reached hundreds of millions of people through my own projects and through social media work with The LEGO Group.

Today, I work at EWTN, where I manage YouTube strategy across several of the network’s English-language channels and help Christian content reach large audiences around the world.

I also created Inspired Catholics, an independent Catholic media project built on curiosity, careful research, and the belief that Catholicism is endlessly worth exploring.

Dan Spada presenting a YouTube strategy workshop
Presenting a YouTube strategy workshop for EWTN colleagues
01

Audience first

Good communication begins by respecting the person on the other side of the screen, page, or room.

02

Curiosity matters

People are more open to learning when a story gives them a real reason to lean in.

03

Accuracy earns trust

Catholic stories deserve careful sources, honest framing, and a willingness to say what we know and what we don’t.

Where this is going

I’m building a body of work that can live beyond any one platform.

That includes Inspired Catholics, my first book, future speaking, and media projects that help people see Christianity with greater clarity. I’m a layperson, not a priest or theologian. My role is to bring people with me as I find something worth understanding.