Spencer Ackerman

Spencer Ackerman, a journalist based in Washington, D.C., is a senior fellow and reporter for the Washington Independent, a website operated by the Center for Independent Media. He is a former senior correspondent for The American Prospect; a former reporter-blogger for Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo and TPMmuckraker; and national security correspondent for The Washington Monthly.

Ackerman's articles have also appeared in Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, Men's Journal, Slate, Salon, the Austin American-Statesman, Survival, Congressional Quarterly, and "other publications."

Formerly a reporter with the The New Republic, Ackerman was fired in October 2006 "for comments about the publication that he posted on his personal blog, Too Hot For TNR."

Ackerman, who has "been to Iraq as a reporter twice", has participated since October 2007 in the U.S. Department of Defense's Bloggers' Roundtable.

Profiles
After graduating from Rutgers University, Ackerman "came to Washington in 2002 to work for the New Republic and, while a sometimes-blogger for the magazine, didn't plan a future in it."

Contact information
Web: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com Web: http://www.tpmmuckraker.com Weblog: http://toohotfortnr.blogspot.com/

Related SourceWatch articles
Center for Independent Media

External articles

 * Clint Hendler, "Uncouth, Unrepentent, and Unemployed. How Spencer Ackerman got Too Hot for TNR," New York Magazine, October 2006.

External resources

 * Spencer Ackerman in the Wikipedia.
 * Archived articles at The American Prospect.
 * Archived articles for The New Republic at CBS News.
 * Archived articles at the Washington Independent.