Citiscope

In this fast urbanising world, Citiscope spurs innovations to help cities work better for all of their people through the power of independent journalism.

The majority of the world’s peoples now live in cities, yet there’s relatively light coverage of urban experiments and breakthroughs — how cities are inventing new ways to cope with such challenges as climate change, poverty, congestion and environmental quality.

Today’s global media, for all its diversity and assets, suffers clear market failure on issues of immense concern to city builders and reformers everywhere. The prevailing focus, in print and broadcast, is on politics, central governments’ policies, personalities, and disasters. Digital media are picking up some of the slack, but long-term, focused coverage is still insufficient.

Citiscope seeks to fill some of the gap and act as a conduit of experimentation to public officials, administrators, and decision-makers of cities worldwide. We also aim to serve the broader world of problem solvers and change-makers in business, nonprofits, academia, neighborhoods, foundations and the media — anyone sharing a stake in the urban future.