Bettie K. Johnson Mbayo is a Liberian journalist, with a decade of experience in journalism. She has investigated and reported on major scandals involving major security institutions in Liberia, which has placed her in harms way with those involved. Her thematic areas of focus are on womens issues, politics and writing on the judiciary or security system of Liberia. Her career took a national stage when she started working as a reporter at FrontPage Africa, where she was nominated for the Thomson Reuters Young Journalism Fellowship and the Media Foundation for West Africa-Anti-Corruption award. She is a Co-Partner of The Stage Media- Liberia, the first fact-checking institution in Liberia that is also focused on Investigative Journalism