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Orb Media has several unique qualities.
Our perspective is global : All our media is crafted to reveal our interdependent world to a global audience. We produce journalism that has been liberated from the political, cultural and national biases that often impact which stories are told and how.
Our work is driven by original data analysis and research: We pursue fresh, sophisticated angles in our investigative reporting and data analysis. Orb digs deep on the issues we report, endeavoring to bring a globally comparative, holistic understanding of the topic, as well as what is new that we’ve discovered.
Our focus is long-term sustainability: While sustainability can be defined in many ways, our investigations are prompted by the opportunity to rethink society’s collective impact on future generations. To our team, a sustainable future will result in enhanced environmental quality, economic prosperity and social capital and equity. We choose not to feature short-term, stop-gap measures that fulfill the immediate needs of already privileged populations without consideration of environmental or social cost to broader current population and future generations.
Our approach is proactive: Rather than delivering event-driven, reactive content, Orb uses our data analysis and research network to identify emerging and important stories. Through the stories we tell, Orb demonstrates that our world is built on interlocking human and natural systems, rather than a series of random events.
Our distribution system is radically different: We work alongside media organizations and other networks, instead of in competition with them. In addition to supporting a host of media organizations with journalistic materials and assets, we also parter across sectors, working with NGOs, organizations and stakeholders in the topics we cover. By working in this way, Orb both catalyzes global dialogue and empowers individuals to act, shaping our world.
Our media supports a global network of knowledge and action: In a quickly moving world where information and reporting is often reactive, we work to provide as many organizations as possible to make informed decisions.
We provide our Media Network partners with the building blocks for robust, fascinating, future-facing storytelling even as local story budgets and staff fluctuate. Our media support services are modeled closely after the local newsroom support models of nonprofit news networks pioneered by ProPublica and others.
In addition, we use our findings to provide investors with complementary journalistic research that supports their goals of staying on top of global opportunities and enhancing the social impact of their investments.