# Garance Franke-Ruta
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{{short description|American journalist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Garance Franke-Ruta
| image = Garance Franke-Ruta (cropped).jpg
| caption = Franke-Ruta in 2007
| birthname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|July 29, 1972}}
| birth_place = [Cavaillon](/source/Cavaillon), [Vaucluse](/source/Vaucluse), France
| alma_mater = [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University)
| occupation = {{flatlist|
*[Journalist](/source/Journalist)
*[author](/source/author)}}
| family =
| spouse =
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| parents = [Peter Ruta](/source/%3Ade%3APeter_Ruta)
| relatives = {{ubl|[Nelson Frank](/source/Nelson_Frank) (grandfather)|[Vanessa Ruta](/source/Vanessa_Ruta) (sister)|[Johanna Hurwitz](/source/Johanna_Hurwitz) (aunt)|[Ted Frank](/source/Ted_Frank) (cousin)}}
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'''Garance Franke-Ruta''' is the executive editor of Inside Philanthropy. She has worked as executive editor of GEN by Medium, Washington editor of Yahoo News and editor in chief of Yahoo Politics, Voices columnist and politics editor of [''The Atlantic'' Online](/source/Atlantic_Monthly), national web politics editor for the ''[Washington Post](/source/Washington_Post)'',[{{cite web|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/the_revolving_door/news_from_posts_political_team_and_garance_frankeruta_gets_hired_72508.asp |title=News From Post's Political Team (And Garance Franke-Ruta Gets Hired) |date=2007-12-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724152514/http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/the_revolving_door/news_from_posts_political_team_and_garance_frankeruta_gets_hired_72508.asp |archive-date=2008-07-24 }}] senior editor at the ''[American Prospect](/source/American_Prospect)'' and senior writer at the ''[Washington City Paper](/source/Washington_City_Paper)'', D.C.'s [alternative weekly](/source/alternative_weekly) newspaper. Her work has also appeared in ''Medium'' magazine, ''New York'', ''The New York Times'',''The'' ''Wall Street Journal'', ''The Atlantic'', ''[The New Republic](/source/The_New_Republic)'', ''Slate'', [''Salon''](/source/Salon.com), ''[The Washington Monthly](/source/The_Washington_Monthly)'', ''[Legal Affairs](/source/Legal_Affairs_(magazine))'', ''[Utne Reader](/source/Utne_Reader)'' and ''[National Journal](/source/National_Journal)''. After first attending [Hunter College](/source/Hunter_College), she transferred to [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University), where she graduated magna cum laude in 1997.[{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1270556 |title=College Grads in Debt |website=[NPR](/source/NPR) |accessdate=2007-04-26 |date=2003-05-21 |format= }}]
== Early life ==
Franke-Ruta was born on July 29, 1972, in [Cavaillon](/source/Cavaillon), France, while her parents were staying in [Lacoste, Vaucluse](/source/Lacoste%2C_Vaucluse),[{{cite web |last=Franke-Ruta |first=Garance |title=What Kind of Name is That? |work=The Garance |publisher=Garance Franke-Ruta |url=http://thegarance.com/what-kind-of-name-is-that/ |access-date=2008-11-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924025143/http://thegarance.com/what-kind-of-name-is-that/ |archive-date=2008-09-24 }}] and grew up in [San Cristóbal de las Casas](/source/San_Crist%C3%B3bal_de_las_Casas) in [Chiapas, Mexico](/source/Chiapas%2C_Mexico), [Santa Fe, New Mexico](/source/Santa_Fe%2C_New_Mexico), and New York City.[{{cite web|title=Garance Franke-Ruta |work=9/11 Security and Liberty Fellowships, 2004–2005 |publisher=Institute for Justice and Journalism |url=http://justicejournalism.org/fellowships/fellows/911/2004_garance_ruta.html |access-date=2008-11-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205175344/http://justicejournalism.org/fellowships/fellows/911/2004_garance_ruta.html |archive-date=December 5, 2010 }}] Her first name is a [French](/source/French_language) word referring to [rose madder](/source/rose_madder), a [shade](/source/Tints_and_shades) of red, and is the name of the main character in ''[Les Enfants du Paradis](/source/Les_Enfants_du_Paradis)''.[ Franke-Ruta is the daughter of painter [Peter Ruta](/source/%3Ade%3APeter_Ruta), granddaughter of [Nelson Frank](/source/Nelson_Frank), sister of 2019 MacArthur Fellow][{{Cite web|url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/1049/|title=Vanessa Ruta - MacArthur Foundation|website=www.macfound.org|access-date=2019-09-30}}] [Vanessa Ruta](/source/Vanessa_Ruta), niece of [Johanna Hurwitz](/source/Johanna_Hurwitz), and cousin of [Ted Frank](/source/Ted_Frank).
She attended [Santa Fe High School](/source/Santa_Fe_High_School_(New_Mexico)) and a private high school in [Santa Fe, New Mexico](/source/Santa_Fe%2C_New_Mexico){{which|date=March 2025}}, each for one year, before obtaining a G.E.D. from the state of New Mexico in 1988.
She then moved to [New York City](/source/New_York_City) and was a central part of activist group [ACT UP](/source/ACT_UP), participating in many protests to fight [AIDS](/source/HIV%2FAIDS), as seen in the documentary film ''[How to Survive a Plague](/source/How_to_Survive_a_Plague).''
==Awards==
*2019 [https://vermontstudiocenter.org/ Vermont Studio Center] residency
*2019 [http://www.pocoapocomx.com/about pocoapoco] residency, Oaxaca, Mexico
*2018 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center practitioner residency
*2018 Downtown Las Vegas [http://www.writingdowntown.com/ Plympton-Writer's Block residency]
*2016 [https://www.lls.edu/newsroom/journalistlawschool/pastjournalistlawschools/2016/ Journalist Law School fellow], Loyola Law School
*2013 [https://techland.time.com/2013/03/25/140-best-twitter-feeds-of-2013/slide/garance-franke-ruta/ The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2013], ''Time'' magazine
*2007 ''Iowa Independent'' senior fellow in Des Moines, Iowa
*2007 [Hillman Prize](/source/The_Hillman_Prize) [http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/hillman-prizes/us/honorees?field_category_value=All&field_year_value=All&field_honoree_value=&page=10&order=title&sort=asc for "Tapped", ''The American Prospect'']
*2006 Shorenstein Center fellow, Harvard University's [John F. Kennedy School of Government](/source/John_F._Kennedy_School_of_Government)
*2004 [https://news.usc.edu/24384/Annenberg-Announces-9-11-Fellowships/ 9/11 Security and Liberty fellow]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}, USC Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism
==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.bloggingheads.tv/search/?participant1=Franke-Ruta,%20Garance Video (and audio) of debates and discussions involving Franke-Ruta] at [BloggingHeads.tv](/source/BloggingHeads.tv)
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