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Independent Journalism

The Open Society Foundations support journalism that verifies, exposes, and explains the world around us, especially where trustworthy information is scarce, or where media freedom is constrained by those who hold political or economic power. 

AI and Journalism

Q&A: Giving Journalists the Tools to Harness AI

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Marina Walker Guevara, executive editor at the Pulitzer Center, speaks on the organization’s efforts to support journalists who are exposing the destabilizing effects of AI misuse.

July 30, 2024

Inside Open Society

Time to Revive Asia’s Tradition of Openness

Premesh Chandran

Premesh Chandran has personal experience of the struggle to share ideas freely in a highly regulated media environment. Now he leads Open Society’s work in a politically diverse region that stretches from Pakistan to the Pacific.

March 6, 2023 | Premesh Chandran

Investigative Journalism

This Reporter Helped Free 1,600 Yemeni Prisoners

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Yemen is one of the most dangerous countries on earth for journalists. Yet against all odds, Wael Sharha conducted an investigation into unlawful detainments. The story of how his work resulted in 1,600 inmates being freed.

December 2, 2021 | Rawan Damen

Strength in Numbers

Q&A: How Collaborative Journalism Defeats Censorship

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Responding to increasingly violent attacks on reporters all over the world, the organization Forbidden Stories brings journalists together to amplify the stories that enemies of a free press want to keep hidden.

July 24, 2020

Newsroom Innovation

Q&A: What We Can Learn from Journalists in Latin America

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Journalists the world over are under increasing economic and political pressure. Here's what innovators in Latin America are doing to keep working—and to continue holding power accountable.

September 11, 2019

EVENT RECAP

The Promise and Peril of Internet Governance

The internet was designed to be a kind of free-speech paradise—but the reality has become something much different. How should policymakers, civil society members, business leaders, and concerned citizens respond?

July 30, 2019

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Building a Citizen-Driven Media for the African Continent

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Journalists and entrepreneurs are coming up with new ways to inform and connect their fellow citizens. A novel initiative seeks to bring these innovators together for the benefit of all.

June 21, 2018 | Tshepo Tshabalala

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Journalism Needs Freelancers, and Freelancers Need Protection

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Despite often working out of the spotlight, freelancers play an indispensable role in journalism today. News organizations, and readers, must do more to ensure their safety.

February 23, 2018 | Elisabet Cantenys
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