Jonathan
Jonathan Eyler-Werve is a journalist and social entrepreneur living in Chicago. He works as Director of Operations for Global Integrity. He’s currently working to make the Indaba platform a beautiful tool for NGO fieldwork.
Contacts
- Reach Jonathan by email here.
- Facebook profile is here.
- Global Integrity Twitter feed is here and EylerWerve Twitter feed is here.
- LinkedIn profile (rarely used) is here.
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Milestones
- 2000: Enrolls at Colorado College.
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.
- 2002: Graduates from Colorado College.
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. Honeymoon biking 1500km lap 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 launch.
- 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.
Books
- The Corruption Notebooks 2008. (Global Integrity) 2009, Editor
- A Users’ Guide to Measuring Corruption. (UNDP) 2008, Co-author. Available in English, Spanish, French (Arabic translation pending).
- Alice’s Kitchen. (Sparks Custom Publishing) 2008, Editor
- The Corruption Notebooks 2007. (Global Integrity) 2008, Editor
- The Corruption Notebooks 2006. (Global Integrity) 2007, Editor
- The Corruption Notebooks (Public Integrity Books) 2004, Project Manager
Design projects
- The Global Integrity Report, Winner, APEX Award (Awards of Excellence 2008).
- Indaba fieldwork platform user interface.
Journalism projects
- Internet Censorship: A Comparative Study, Winner, The Elders’ Every Human Has Rights Media Award.
- Windfalls of War, Winner, George Polk Award for Internet Reporting.
- The Politics of Oil, Winner, Society of Environmental Journalists Award for Outstanding Online Reporting; Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Investigative Reporting Online (Independent); Finalist, Investigative Reporters and Editors (Online).
- Making a Killing: The Business of War, Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Investigative Reporting Online (Independent); Finalist, ONA Online Journalism Awards, Enterprise Reporting (Independent).
- The Water Barons, Winner, Investigative Reporters and Editors award (Online Journalism); Finalist, ONA Online Journalism Awards (Enterprise Reporting).
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
- “By far the best primer on corruption I’ve read…” @srubenfield, Dow Jones Newswire
- “Well-read philosopher, community journalist, and passionate truthteller…” — Jesse Sunenblick, MainJustice.com