Fair Observer

Fair Observer is an online platform that provides analysis of issues, events, and trends of global significance. Fair Observer was founded in 2010 with offices in Washington, D.C., and Munich. Fair Observer recently received an award from German Silicon Valley Accelerator to spend six months in Silicon Valley's Plug and Play Tech Center, an organization that brings together entrepreneurs, corporations, universities, governments, investors, and other key players in the Silicon Valley ecosystem. Fair Observer is enhancing its current web platform to incorporate innovative technologies to both aggregate and disseminate news, analysis, and multimedia content from all over the world. Fair Observer has over 300 contributors and aims to compete with The Economist, BBC, Al Jazeera English, and Die Zeit.
Whereas other leading global analysis organizations often interpret issues from a particular national, regional, or ideological viewpoint, Fair Observer provides a plurality of perspectives so as not to privilege a particular viewpoint. Fair Observer additionally publishes a unique feature known as its 360° View of the world. A notable example of the 360° View is their analysis of the 2011 UN vote on Palestinian statehood: which included input from Israelis, Palestinians, and others writing on the topic thus giving a more complete picture than many traditional mainstream media.
Founders
Founders are Atul Singh (Wharton MBA, Oxford PPE) from India and Fabian Neuen (INSEAD MBA, WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management graduate) from Germany.
It is supported by a number of notable advisors from around the globe, including
- John Bruton
- Anil K. Gupta
- Wolfgang Ischinger
- Klaus F. Zimmermann
- C. Brian Rose
- David Vines
- Jolyon Howorth
- Sanjay Sarma
- Franklin Allen
- Tim Besley
- Patrick Chovanec
Press
Fair Observer has been making waves as an emerging source of global news and has been noted as one of the most promising start ups begun by graduates of the Wharton Business School in the past year. Other recent coverage includes an interview with founder Atul Singh in a February 2012 episode of PBS's White House Chronicles. Singh has also been interviewed in his capacity as the founder of Fair Observer on topics such as education reform, as well as on the widely publicized statement made by Goldman Sachs regarding the dismal future of the U.S. economy. Additionally, Fair Observer has gained exposure on an international scale, consistently ranking among the top as one of the best new sources of digital media in India and Germany.

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