Mary Fitzgerald is a former editor-in-chief of openDemocracy. She is now director of expression at the Open Society Foundation, leading on global work to support journalism and tackle disinformation. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, New York Times, New York Review of Books, Prospect and elsewhere. She has previously worked at Avaaz, the global campaigning organisation, and as a senior editor of Prospect magazine. She has served as a trustee for the human rights charity Reprieve, and on the editorial code committee of Impress, the UK press regulator.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsBrexit dark money revelations trigger MP's question on 'foreign interference'openDemocracy's investigations into Leave donor Arron Banks and the DUP make global headlines, prompting calls for...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsWho bankrolled Brexit?The United Kingdom has transparency laws which should give citizens a full and immediate answer to this question....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLure of Greatness, the videoCaroline Lucas MP, Zadie Smith, John Cleese, Kate Raworth, Aditya Chakrabortty, Peter Oborne, Quentin Skinner, Niki...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsWe've forced a change in the law on 'dark money'. But we still need to do moreThis is why our campaigning journalism is important.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTime to reimagine EuropeOver 17 million Britons voted to leave. The EU must hear this cry to deepen democracy, before it further awakens...
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Published in: ourBeebHow free is our press?Britain’s ‘feral’ press has been mysteriously silent on a sex story involving Culture Secretary John Whittingdale,...