Our Story
Noosphere was created out of the trenches of field reporting in some of the toughest environments in the world. Journalists who spent careers filming, photographing and writing on global events have helped build a new future for the industry here.
Founder Jane Ferguson spent 15 years on the road as an award-winning war reporter across the Middle East, Africa and beyond. While she was reporting on crises overseas, the news industry stumbled from one financial and credibility crisis to another. The institutions that once brought the best reporting to people were foundering.
The answer, she realized, was in disintermediation. The world's best journalists could reach people, together, without a news organization. They could build a real community around them, fund their work, and keep telling stories that connect people around the world to our shared humanity.
