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: ourNHS: OpinionWhy we’re suing over the £23m NHS data deal with PalantirThe UK government is battling ‘vaccine hesitancy’. How does sneaking through a massive deal with a controversial spy...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsMPs demand answers from Gove over Freedom of Information concernsSenior Tories to seek answers from Cabinet ministers, after newspaper editors unite behind openDemocracy’s call for...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsFleet Street editors unite to demand ‘urgent’ action on Freedom of InformationGove under pressure as Guardian, Times, Telegraph, FT, Mirror and others sign openDemocracy letter calling for...
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Published in: Home: OpinionBoris Johnson and his government are attacking press freedom. We must not let them winOne journalist has been arrested. A minister has attacked another on Twitter. These are not isolated incidents – and...
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Published in: HomeTrump’s legacy isn’t just violence and QAnon. It’s a broken information systemTalking to voters across the US, from gentle MAGA moms to armed militias, it’s clear why Trumpism has taken a deep...
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Published in: Podcasts: AnalysisPodcast: How Democrats won Georgia – and what happens nowTravelling across Georgia, we saw a radically different way of doing politics. The violence in DC should not obscure...