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: HomeFreedom and control in the surveillance age (Part 1)What (if any) is the 'right level' of surveillance? openDemocracy's editors introduce a new partnership with the...
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Published in: E-i-C BlogNine questions for the Telegraph and HSBCA month after explosive allegations about advertisers' influence over the UK Telegraph's editorial decisions, the...
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Published in: E-i-C BlogOur dirty little secretsPeter Oborne’s revelations about the Telegraph and HSBC must be the beginning, not the end. Time for us all to come...
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Published in: HomeHelp set journalism freePeter Oborne's HBSC/Telegraph revelations expose a fundamental threat to press freedoms. Contribute to openDemocracy...
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Published in: E-i-C BlogBad businessPeter Oborne's resignation from the Daily Telegraph, revealed on openDemocracy, asks fundamental questions about...
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Published in: oD BlogCharlie Hebdo [insert 'offence' here]Why did hundreds of media outlets across the world publish the most offensive images of all? (And I'm not talking...