Project Syndicate facts for kids
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| Formation | 1995 |
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| Type | Not-for-profit organization |
| Purpose | Promotion of media freedom and increased accessibility to a variety of global opinions. |
| Headquarters | Prague, Czech Republic, registered office at 9 Bay Colony Court, East Hampton, NY 119 37, United States, company ID: 26 – 146 99 01 |
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Official language
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English |
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Staff
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11–50 |
Project Syndicate is a special international group that shares ideas and opinions about important topics from all over the world. It is a nonprofit organization, which means it doesn't aim to make money. Instead, its goal is to spread different viewpoints and help people understand global issues better.
This organization publishes articles and essays written by experts. These articles appear on the Project Syndicate website. They are also sent out to many other news outlets around the world. As of 2019, Project Syndicate worked with 506 media groups in 156 countries. This helps their ideas reach a very wide audience.
What Project Syndicate Does
Project Syndicate shares articles on many different subjects. These topics include how countries manage their money and grow. They also cover human rights, different cultures, and the environment. It even has special monthly series about specific regions. These include Africa, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. There are also series focused on China and Russia.
A writer named Ezra Klein once called Project Syndicate "the world's smartest op-ed page." An "op-ed page" is where newspapers publish opinion pieces. This shows how highly people think of the articles shared by Project Syndicate. In 2012, RealClearWorld also said it was one of the top five world news sites.
How Project Syndicate Works
Since Project Syndicate is a nonprofit group, it gets its money from different sources. Most of its support comes from newspapers in richer countries. These newspapers pay a fee to be part of the network. This money helps Project Syndicate offer its services for free or at a very low cost. This is especially helpful for newspapers in countries where it's harder to get good journalistic resources.
Project Syndicate has also received help from other organizations. These include the ZEIT-Stiftung and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. These grants help them continue their important work.
Languages and Authors
Project Syndicate wants its ideas to reach as many people as possible. Because of this, they translate their articles from English into many other languages. They translate into 18 different languages. These include Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swahili.
About 80 different authors write for Project Syndicate. These authors send in their opinion articles regularly. They share their thoughts on global events and important issues.
See also
In Spanish: Project Syndicate para niños
