About Us
The Fuller Project is the global newsroom dedicated to groundbreaking reporting that catalyzes positive change for women.
Our Mission
The Fuller Project is the global newsroom dedicated to groundbreaking reporting that catalyzes positive change for women.
Since we launched in 2015, our reporting has influenced new legislation, helped end life-threatening practices, and led to large scale releases of public data. For example, our investigations have led to increased funding for maternal health care, helped rescue migrant domestic workers held against their will, prompted a major fashion brand to end abuse at their garment factory, introduced legislation to ban virginity testing, and fueled policy changes on the minimum wage for tipped workers.
We report exclusive stories centered on women that otherwise would not be told. Our long-standing focus on women, especially those facing racial or other forms of bias, leads to journalism that by challenging conventional thinking inspires action.
Our journalists spotlight critical issues and expose injustice with in-depth reporting published in renowned news outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post and Foreign Policy, and inside the largest and most respected newsrooms around the world from Afghanistan to India to Kenya. Partnering with legacy news outlets ensures our rigorous reporting reaches the broadest global audiences.
Our reporting is relied on by policymakers, corporate leaders, influencers and individuals across the globe, leading to better outcomes for women and their communities. As women’s standing in society improves, so does the potential for stronger democracies, and economic and political stability. A single authoritative story about women can create awareness to spark change.
Policy on Editorial Independence
We subscribe to the Institute for Nonprofit News’ standards of editorial independence as follows:
The Fuller Project retains full authority over editorial content to protect our best journalistic and organization interests. We will maintain a firewall between news coverage decisions and sources of all revenue.
Acceptance of financial support does not constitute implied or actual endorsement of donors or their products, services or opinions. We accept gifts, grants and sponsorships from individuals and organizations for the general support of our activities, but our news judgments are made independently and not on the basis of donor support.
The Fuller Project also may consider donations to support the coverage of particular topics, but our organization maintains editorial control of the coverage. We cede no right of review or influence of editorial content, nor of unauthorized distribution of editorial content.
Funding for areas of coverage will be disclosed and noted alongside publication.
Our Values
Curiosity
We perpetually seek new knowledge and information; we lead with questions, recognize the limitations of our own perspectives and experience, and demonstrate openness to apply our learnings and try new things; we use our curiosity respectfully; we take responsibility for expanding our own learning about the lived experiences and perspectives of others.
Community
Together we are greater than the sum of our parts; we support each other through teamwork across roles and functions; we treat each other with care and empathy; we assume best intent when our expectations are not met; we are accountable for repair when it’s needed; we are responsible for coming to work with our own emotional needs met; we recognize the global nature of our workplace and seek ways to be in community with each other across distance and cultural difference; we strive to be a place people want to work; we embrace humor, joy, and fun in our work together.
Respect
We treat others as they want to be treated; we prioritize each other’s humanity; we value a diversity of communication styles; we adjust our work styles and use of language to honor each other’s needs; we are accountable for the impact of our actions and responsible for repairing harm to individuals and relationships; we embrace constructive disagreement.
Transparency
Information flows effectively across teams, levels, and locations; we invite and share feedback openly, constructively, respectfully, and with consideration for confidentiality and each other’s personal boundaries; we treat feedback as an opportunity for learning and growth.
Collaboration
We work toward shared goals, coordinate efforts, and support each other; we pitch in as needed regardless of hierarchy or role; we uplift and extend our support to each other and our collaborators across the industry and the globe; we share credit and recognition for success; we are each accountable for our own pieces of work.
Inclusion
We invite and embrace diversity and difference; we strive for everyone to feel they belong and are safe to bring their full selves to work; we are proactive in our efforts to promote team cohesion and consistent communication across the organization.
Equity
We support individuals to grow and succeed according to their needs and our culture goals; we aspire for everyone to thrive at work; we check our biases and regularly assess our ability to achieve equity; we use our privilege to disrupt in how we work together the ways that western- and US-centric journalism as a field has traditionally been inequitable.
Commitment to Mission
Mission centers our decision-making and connects us across our differences; we seek ways to embed our mission into our ways of working together; we recognize that our ability to deliver on our mission is dependent upon our enactment of our other values.
The Fuller Project’s Namesake
“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”
“The new knowledge, the new thought, the new hope.“
Margaret Fuller, groundbreaking journalist, transcendentalist leader, and feminist advocate, is not merely the namesake of our news organization but represents a powerful legacy we strive to uphold. In 1848, Fuller broke barriers as the first woman war correspondent. Her literary work, which sought to dismantle gender norms and advance women as full citizens in society, is considered to be one of the first major feminist works in the United States. Fuller’s trailblazing career, incisive writing, and progressive activism undoubtedly laid the groundwork for feminist movements to come.
