Ruthie Ackerman
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Ruthie Ackerman is an award-winning journalist focusing on Africa, women and politics. She has special expertise on refugee issues, post-conflict environments, and security and is a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute. She is the founder of Ceasefire Liberia, a blog-bridge for Liberian youth with the mission of promoting citizen journalism and creating a dialogue between Liberians around the world. She was the recipient of a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting fellowship in 2007 for which she produced and directed a short documentary on the rehabilitation of Liberian youth that premiered on Foreign Exchange. Her reporting has been featured in Salon, The Nation, The New York Times, World Policy Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Forbes, Fast Company, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Hartford Courant, Women's Media Center, CSIS Policy Forum, Recessionwire and Women's E-news.

Blog Entries by Ruthie Ackerman

To Publish or Not to Publish

Posted May 20, 2010 | 13:01:27 (EST)

It was the Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia in October 1993 that changed everything.

Not only did the United States pull out of Somalia without completing its mission, the images streaming out of the country of U.S. Staff Sgt. William David Cleveland being dragged, naked, through the streets of...

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Citizen Media: Drown Out the Noise

Posted February 3, 2010 | 13:44:57 (EST)

This story was originally published on Ceasefire Liberia.

We all know the routine: the journalist, who is viewed as the authority (traditionally white and male), goes into a community and comes back with a story to share with the world. His version of events, experienced through his eyes...

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Liberia: The Real Danger is Not Spending Enough

Posted November 3, 2009 | 13:56:13 (EST)

After four years of being considered the beacon of hope for the entire West Africa region, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is about to be tested like never before.

Last month, a massacre in neighboring Guinea erupted, threatening Liberia's fragile peace. Claims were made that it was actually...

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