Reporting Global Tech Stories

Licensing Guidelines

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Any republished or licensed content must include the following:

  • This tagline at the top of the republished article: 

“This article was originally published by Rest of World, a nonprofit newsroom covering the effect of technology outside the West.”

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Photography and illustrations

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Any republished or licensed photographs or illustrations must include the following:

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Writers and photographers involved in a story should be credited in any social promotion. If they have relevant social accounts, they should be tagged.

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