Jonathan

Jonathan Eyler-Werve is a journalist, designer, and social entrepreneur living in Chicago.

“By far the best primer on corruption I’ve read.”
– Samuel Rubenfeld, Wall Street Journal.

Currently:

  • Working with Community Media Workshop to create reporting tools for journalists covering the G8 & NATO summits in Chicago.
  • Working with The Engine Room to understand how advocacy movements worldwide use network technology.
  • Contributing to Hypothes.is to develop a peer review system for the Web.

Previously:

  • Ten years and first employee at Global Integrity, an innovation lab for the open government movement worldwide.
  • Designer and team leader for the Indaba Fieldwork Platform, a Global Integrity project which helps institutions create original data. Indaba received more than $600,000 in investment from the Omidyar, Hewlett, and Soros foundations, and is currently in use in 50 countries by groups like Public Radio International and the World Wide Web Foundation.
  • Founder of Sparks Custom Publishing, helping institutions create original reporting.
Contacts
Availability

Jonathan will be available to work on new projects starting in July. Interests include:

  • startup social enterprises
  • operations support for distributed teams
  • design and implementation of Web applications and platforms
  • community building, collaboration spaces
  • graphic design, information design, branding
  • journalism
  • facilitation and training, curriculum design
Milestones
  • 2000: Meets gorgeous student-newspaper editor named Kate. Smitten.
  • 2001: Freelance reporting on social movements in Bangkok. Magazine editing in Khon Kaen. Writing for Rough Guides First-Time Around the World in Stockholm.
  • 2002: Early core of Global Integrity network created via lots and lots and lots of emails. Exploring databases and CRM.
  • 2003: Reporting on defense contracting and oil money in Washington, DC. Exploring project management tools.
  • 2004: Co-created Global Integrity Index as a project of The Center for Public Integrity. Exploring programming, graphic design.
  • 2005: Eyler-Werve wedding in Nashville. 1500km honeymoon biking around New Zealand’s South Island.
    Co-founded first for-profit company, Sparks Custom Publishing, an on-demand, scalable editing service focused on social sector. Profitable and employing ten people within one year.
  • 2006: Global Integrity launches as independent non-profit.
    MAGIC platform is built. Consulting for Engage, RSF.
    World Bank describes Global Integrity Index as a “best practice for governance metrics”.
  • 2007: Ashoka “Changemakers” award.
    Joined board of Global Lives Project.
    Global Integrity Commons launches, drawing 100,000 pageviews in the first year.
  • 2008: Human rights journalism award from Archbishop Desmond Tutu and The Elders.
    Co-founded Navigators Guild, a new media strategy company focused on social sector.
  • 2009: Global Integrity scales up Local Integrity Initative.
    Foglamp research service begins client work.
    Global Integrity partners with Omidyar Network.
  • 2010: Designed Indaba fieldwork platform with support of the Hewlett Foundation, Omidyar Network and Open Society Institute.
  • 2011: Indaba fieldwork platform used to complete 3,000+ assignments in 40+ countries in first year of deployment.
    100% of orgs that deploy projects on Indaba return to run new projects.
    Blog post on privacy flaws at Etsy.com sparks media firestorm. Etsy redesigns site in 24 hours.
    In a policy address, Secretary Clinton uses the Global Integrity Report to frame US goals in the Middle East.
    Designed online strategy for the Open Government Partnership with EchoDitto and WireMedia.
    Foglamp featured on front page of the New York Times business section.
Books
Design projects
Journalism projects
Reviews
  • The Global Integrity Report “has been a very important global trend-setter… Global Integrity’s work is unique in that it relies on the contributions of local in-country experts and seeks to assess the opposite of corruption (good governance and anti-corruption mechanisms) rather than corruption itself…. a must read.” — P. Radhakrishnan, Asian Tribune
  • “Well-read philosopher, community journalist, and passionate truthteller…” — Jesse Sunenblick, MainJustice.com