openDemocracy has been shortlisted in two categories of the inaugural Media Freedom Awards. The independent international media outlet is in the running for National Campaign of the Year and National Investigation of the Year, up against five major national media organisations in each list.
The UK's Society of Editors is launching this new competition. It previously ran the Press Awards, now administered by Haymarket Media Group.
openDemocracy's campaign entry is for its high-impact work on transparency in British public life. This has led to the closure of the ‘Clearing House’, a controversial government unit that vetted ‘sensitive’ Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, to changes in how members of the House of Lords must report their interests and to record levels of reader involvement in openDemocracy journalism.
