{"id":13,"date":"2022-05-19T16:17:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T15:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2023-10-04T13:18:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T12:18:20","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who are the Citizens?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Citizens was founded in 2020 by Pulitzer-nominated journalist Carole Cadwalladr in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica\/Facebook scandal. It is a not-for-profit journalism organisation with a focus on democracy, data rights and disinformation. We fight to hold political leaders, Big Tech executives, and disinformation superspreaders to account. Why? Because a toxic information space undermines our democratic rights and freedoms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We are not just a collection of researchers, journalists, and activists.<\/strong> We are experimenters, change-makers, and storytellers, committed to curbing the unchecked power of corporations, investigating foreign interference in democracies, and exposing the bad actors waging \u2018culture wars\u2019 to further their own aims.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We are unlike any other.<\/strong> When you support The Citizens, you\u2019re helping us produce original investigative journalism, take legal actions against powerful institutions, create content that demystifies how disinformation works and thrives, and gain access behind closed doors for intimate conversations with the leading voices in these fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But, we don\u2019t stop there. <\/strong>Experimental by design, we are constantly looking to create new projects that mobilise global support for our campaigns and turn the pressure up on our governments. Without a doubt, the twenty-first century is operating against a global backdrop of huge social, economic and political disruption fuelled by rapid advances in digital technology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need you to help us build a future that holds power accountable in an age where accountability has failed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f5697c\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/subscribe\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SUPPORT US NOW.<\/span><\/a><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Democracyprotest-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Protestors with banners\" class=\"wp-image-1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Democracyprotest-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Democracyprotest-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Democracyprotest-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Democracyprotest-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/the-citizens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Democracyprotest-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Hollie Adams\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some highlights from our first year<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class='iframe-wrapper'><iframe width='100%' height='315' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3tlucj15H74' frameborder='0' allow='accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How are the Citizens funded?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Citizens is funded through grants from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fordfoundation.org\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ford Foundation<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/luminategroup.com\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Luminate<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/\">Open Society Foundations<\/a> and via public donations from our supporters. We are a non-profit organisation, limited by guarantee: company information <a href=\"https:\/\/find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk\/company\/12811369\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Studio Citizen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Studio Citizen is our commercial production studio which was founded in 2022 to take the subjects we care about to the widest possible audience. It brings together investigative journalism and documentary filmmaking to create premium documentary features, series and podcasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Investigative journalism fellowships<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Citizens is committed to supporting independent journalism so we are pleased to be partnering with Canadian non-profit organisation the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalreportingcentre.org\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Global Reporting Centre<\/span><\/a>, to offer a series of fellowships for investigative journalists whose work relates to the role of technology in abuses of power. Read more about the Tiny Foundation Fellowships for Investigative Journalism and see the full list of fellows <a href=\"https:\/\/globalreportingcentre.org\/updates\/tiny-foundation-fellowships-announcement\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contact us<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>General enquiries: <a href=\"mailto:info@the-citizens.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">info@the-citizens.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Press enquiries: <a href=\"mailto:media@the-citizens.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">media@the-citizens.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who are the Citizens? The Citizens was founded in 2020 by Pulitzer-nominated journalist Carole Cadwalladr in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica\/Facebook scandal. It is a not-for-profit journalism organisation with a focus on democracy, data rights and disinformation. 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