The Global Mail
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Type of site | News |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Dissolved | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Lauren Martin, Managing Editor. Jane Nicholls, CEO |
| URL | theglobalmail.org |
| Advertising | None |
| Launched | 6 February 2012 |
The Global Mail was a not-for-profit multimedia site for longform and project-based journalism in the public interest operating from 2012 to 2014. Based in Sydney, Australia, the site launched in February 2012 with philanthropic funding from internet entrepreneur Graeme Wood,[1] who committed funding for five years.
In July 2013, The Global Mail became the first institutional member of the Washington-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), as part of an effort to bolster cross-border investigative reporting.[2] The partnership involves funding a new Global Investigative Journalism Fellowship for an Australian journalist and full-time research desk for the consortium.
The Global Mail was free to access and free of advertising. By contrast with other news sites, it primarily focuses on investigative, long-form and data journalism and analysis, electing not to "swim in the 24/7 news cycle."
The Global Mail partnered with transparency groups on data led investigations. In February 2013, The Global Mail partnered with OpenAustralia.org to create a tool to search Australia's Hansard database. During the Australian Federal Election, the site produced a data tool allowing Australian voters to see how all parties on the September federal election ballot would allocate their preferences; the tool was shared on the Guardian Australia site. Partnering with DetentionLogs.com.au and RightoKnow.org.au it created a vehicle for crowd-sourcing Freedom of Information requests for information through a data visualisation, Behind the Wire.
Partnerships
The Global Mail frequently partnered with larger commercial media organisations to increase impact for its stories. The site has published with The Guardian and the Guardian Australia, Radio National's Background Briefing, The Daily Beast, Time, SBS Dateline, and CNN International.