Project Syndicateis an international nonprofit media organization that publishes and syndicates commentary and analysis on a variety of global topics. All opinion pieces are published on theProject Syndicatewebsite, and also distributed to a wide network of partner publications for print. As of 2019,[update]it has a network of 506 media outlets in 156 countries.[2]
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| Formation | 1995 |
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| Type | Not-for-profit organization |
| Purpose | Promotion of media freedom and increased accessibility to a variety of global opinions. |
| Headquarters | Prague,Czech Republic,registered office at 9 Bay Colony Court, East Hampton, NY 119 37, United States, company ID: 26 – 146 99 01 |
Official language | English |
| Staff | 11–50[1] |
| Website | www |
Project Syndicate,whichEzra Kleindescribed as "the world's smartest op-ed page",[3]provides commentaries on a wide range of topics, from economic policy and strategies for growth worldwide to human rights, Islam, and the environment. It also offers monthly series dedicated to Africa, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, as well as to China and Russia.RealClearWorldalso namedProject Syndicateone of the top five world news sites for 2012.[4]
A not-for-profit organization,Project Syndicaterelies primarily on contributions from newspapers in developed countries, which make up roughly 60% of its membership base, to enable it to offer its services at reduced rates, or for free, to newspapers in countries where journalistic resources may not be readily available.[5]Project Syndicatehas also received grants fromZEIT-Stiftungand theBill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[6]
Project Syndicatetranslates its columns from English into 18 languages:Arabic,Bengali language,Chinese,Czech,Dutch,French,German,Hindi,Indonesian,Italian,Kazakh,Norwegian,Persian,Polish,Portuguese,Russian,Spanish,andSwahili.[7][8]
Contributors
editProject Syndicatehas around 80 authors who submit opinion commentaries on a regular or monthly basis.[9]
References
edit- ^"Project Syndicate".Retrieved21 April2011.
- ^"Project Syndicate economists | Business".The Guardian.Retrieved28 February2017.
- ^Klein, Ezra."Ezra Klein – The World's Smartest Op-Ed Page".Voices.washingtonpost. Archived fromthe originalon 10 January 2014.Retrieved30 April2014.
- ^"RealClearWorld".RealClearWorld.Retrieved21 February2017.
- ^"Int'l Syndicate Bringing Op-Eds to the U.S. – Editor & Publisher".editorandpublisher.Archived fromthe originalon 1 March 2017.Retrieved28 February2017.
- ^"Awarded Grants".Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.Retrieved28 February2017.
- ^"Project Syndicate".Patria Online.Retrieved28 February2017.
- ^"About Project Syndicate".Project Syndicate.Retrieved12 April2022.
- ^Our Contributors,Project Syndicate