Doug Ritter

Douglas S. Ritter founded Knife Rights in 2006 in order to forge a Sharper Future for all Americans™.

Mr. Ritter is an award-winning journalist and authority in the areas of survival and survival equipment.

Mr. Ritter served as a contributing editor to The Aviation Consumer and Aviation Safety for over a decade and was also Safety and Survival Editor for Practical Sailor and Powerboat Reports. He served as the News Editor of AVweb for nearly two years (1998-1999) and won the National Air Transportation Association’s 1999 “Aviation Journalism Award” for excellence in aviation journalism.

Doug is a Cornerstone founding member of POMA, the Professional Outdoor Media Association, as well as being a full member of BWI, Boating Writers International. Doug won the 2000 Boating Writers International Annual Writing Contest in the category of Safety, Seamanship and Rescue for his five-part series of articles, “Life Rafts: The Good, Bad and The Ugly.” He is also a former officer and pilot in the Civil Air Patrol.