| File:Opednews logo.gif Progressive • Tough • Liberal | |
Type of site | Progressive/liberal news, opinion, editorial, activism, community |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Rob Kall |
| Editor | Sheila Samples, Linda Milazzo, John Moffett, Meryl Ann Butler |
| URL | opednews |
| Commercial | No[1] |
| Registration | Optional |
| Users | 200,000–800,000 |
| Launched | February 10, 2003[2] |
| Current status | Active |
| [3][4] | |
OpEdNews (OEN) is a United States–based news website founded in 2003,[6] ranked by Technorati as a Top 100 Blog.[7] Providing news, opinion, editorial, activism, and community from a progressive/liberal standpoint, the site reports 200,000–800,000 unique visitors every month and over 90,000 registered members.[3]
Its stated mission is to "provide a content management, social networking website that supports bottom-up, progressive visions, communications and tools for activism and organizations."[3] As an award-winning political hybrid blog "accessible by anyone ... enabling them to share articles," OpEdNews aggregates news, well-considered analysis, diaries, and surreal satire into what it calls "the Drudge Report for progressives".[3][8][9]
The site regularly features articles by journalists (such as Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges),[10] politicians (such as U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders),[11] commentators, and activists (such as filmmaker Michael Moore),[12] as well as first-time writers.
OpEdNews' fiscal sponsor is the CICJ—Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism.
