Opendemocracy

openDemocracy aims to challenge power, educate citizens, and encourage a democratic debate around social and political issues. Its multimedia content exposes abuses and misinformation and tackles the global backlash against democracy and human rights through investigative journalism, analysis, and comments.

The coverage is international and available in four languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian.

As a well-established international independent media organisation that has been operating since 2001, the newsroom encompasses various reporting projects, publishing critical and in-depth coverage of diverse issues.

The 50.50 project reports on gender, sexuality, and social justice worldwide. It tracks the international backlash against women and LGBTIQ+ rights and spotlights stories of feminist resistance.

The Beyond Trafficking and Slavery project helps to understand forced labour, trafficking, and slavery by combining the rigour of academic scholarship with the clarity of journalism.

The openDemocracy Latin America project, democraciaAbierta, published the series Rainforest Defenders. This project combines video and photography with reportage to centre the voices and perspectives of communities in the Amazon battling to defend their way of life.

openDemocracy fosters pluralism and stimulates the growth of a more inclusive international media ecosystem, building skills and capacity among groups underrepresented in journalism, such as women, LGBTIQ+ people, and people of colour. The organisation also runs the fellowship Tracking the Backlash, a six-month professional experience for young women and LGBTIQ+ journalists.

openDemocracy maintains its work with the support of individual donations, grants, and funds from organisations.