OjoPúblico was founded in 2014 in Lima as an investigative journalism association. Its mission is to promote transparency, accountability, and access to public information. The association runs an investigative unit covering organized crime and corruption, and provides training for journalists on a variety of tools and applications. OjoPublico was created by veteran journalists from El Comercio, Peru’s leading newspaper, who wanted an independent digital base.
Our Members
Oorvani Foundation
Founded 2014
Oorvani Foundation is a nonprofit working on open knowledge platforms that helps catalyze better cities. Our initiatives include Citizen Matters (citizenmatters.in) — an independent news media focused on cities and citizens, with insightful reporting from professional journalists, practitioners and citizen reporters, offering insights and solutions to India’s urban issues. Citizen Matters is an award-winning media known for its in-depth investigative stories, analysis and data journalism. The trust also supports Open City (opencity.in), an urban data platform and Co Media Lab that serves as a resource center for collaborative projects and citizen media.
openDemocracy
openDemocracy (United Kingdom) is an independent global media organization. Through reporting and analysis of social and political issues, it seeks to educate citizens to challenge power and encourage democratic debate across the world. Its projects cover, among other topics, human trafficking and slavery, and women and LGBTQ rights.
Openpolis (Italy)
Founded 2006
Openpolis (Italy) is an independent nonprofit that promotes free access to data and information, in order to improve the culture of transparency and democratic participation. This mission means collecting relevant data concerning democracy and information, in order to build a freely accessible data repository. Openpolis analyzes data regarding power, politics, economy, territories and local communities and believes in increasing public awareness on data use, in order to create data-knowledgeable communities. It currently designs and manages open government and openbudget platforms. It monitors political power, analyzes traditional institutions and new actors. It also designs, develops and manages data oriented ICT platforms in order to produce information, tell stories, carry out investigations and improve public awareness on specific matters.
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), Bosnia
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project is a non-profit media organization dedicated to reporting on organized crime and corruption around the world. It provides an investigative reporting platform for the OCCRP Network: non-profit investigative centers in more than 30 countries, scores of journalists and several major regional news organizations across Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. OCCRP works to turn the tables on corruption and build greater accountability through exposing the abuse of power at the expense of the people.
Oštro, Slovenia
Oštro is a center for investigative journalism in the Adriatic region based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It nurtures investigative and data journalism, champions the right to information, and contributes to the cultivation of future generations of muckrakers. Besides Oštro’s main mission of investigating stories of public interest in Slovenia, Croatia and the region, it also runs a daily media fact-checking project, Razkrinkavanje.si.
Oxpeckers Center for Investigative Environmental Journalism
Founded 2013
The Oxpeckers Center for Investigative Environmental Journalism is Africa’s first investigative journalism unit focusing on environmental and related development issues. Oxpeckers combines traditional investigative reporting with data driven journalism, cutting-edge geo-narrative techniques, and digital engagement tools. Oxpeckers operates a core newsroom, bolstered by Oxpecker Fellows, and a range of special digital projects designed to create public resources to improve citizen access to environmental justice.