Project Syndicate

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Project Syndicate with headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic, describes itself as "an international association of quality newspapers devoted to: bringing distinguished voices from across the world to local audiences everywhere; strengthening the independence of printed media in transition and developing countries; upgrading their journalistic, editorial, and business capacities. Project Syndicate currently consists of 295 newspapers in 123 countries, with a total circulation of 42,812,258 copies. Its activities fall into two broad categories: disseminating the highest quality commentaries and analysis to its member papers; fostering institutional links among member papers."[1]

Background

Project Syndicate is a not-for-profit institution. On its website it states that "financial contributions from member papers in developed countries support the services provided free by Project Syndicate to members in less advanced economies. Additional support comes from the Open Society Institute, Politiken Foundation and Die Zeit Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius Foundation."[1]

Contributors

On its website, Project Syndicate lists past contributors as having come form[1]:

Although some of its authors (Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, George Soros, Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum) are also among its foundation funders, Project Syndicate doesn't routinely display any kind of disclosure notice associated with its articles.[2] Bios for authors are frequently PR blurbs emphasizing positive associations while not revealing potential conflicts of interest, such as the following bio for Tony Blair:

"Tony Blair was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. Since leaving office, he has founded the Africa Governance Initiative, the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, and the Faith and Globalization Initiative."[3]

Board of Overseers

Source (plus others)

Contact

PO Box 130
120 21
Prague 2
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 221 507 666
Fax: +420 221 507 670
Web: http://www.project-syndicate.org

Articles and Resources

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Project Syndicate, "Who We Are", Project Syndicate, accessed April 2009.
  2. See https://lib.reviews/review/27f3bf2f-032d-4852-9d8d-a4599ad8eec3 for a detailed assessment of some of these issues.
  3. https://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/tony-blair ; archived at https://archive.fo/z8udy