Contributors
What MPs Do (Political Watch)
What MPs Do (QHLD) is a parliamentary monitoring and analysis project that began its work in 2011 by monitoring the activities of the Spanish Congress of Deputies. Behind the project is Political Watch, an independent organisation which, through the development of civic technologies, advocacy and research, fights for a fairer, more democratic and sustainable society. It is made up of a multidisciplinary group of civic hackers and social researchers united by a passion for accountability and a commitment to bridging the gap between citizens and their political representatives.
QHLD is now launching, in partnership with Demócrata, a journalistic experimentation lab from which to innovatively analyse the news hidden within parliamentary big data.
Flat26
FLAT26 is a small design studio with big ideas. We work with people all over the world, creating honest designs to bring their ideas to life. We tackle a wide range of projects, from branding and graphic design to product design and motion graphics. If it can be designed, we can do it!
This is the studio responsible for defining the graphic style and creating the illustrations for Demócrata’s pieces. Conceptual and metaphorical images that contrast with the realism of the photographs accompanying the other articles.
Blossom
Blossom is a creative and strategic consultancy. Since 2008, it has carried out communication projects for leading commercial brands and international non-profit organisations. Using creativity, strategy and analysis, it creates work that engages people, adds value and drives change.
Blossom developed the visual identity, the audio identity and designed the entire Demócrata website: a comprehensive project to support the publication’s commitment to civic responsibility.
Ethosfera
Ethosfera is a centre for research, training and deliberation linked to the Autonomous University of Madrid and the Círculo de Bellas Artes. The organisation promotes systems of ethics and governance within institutions and works to combat the risks to liberal democracy in the digital environment.
Ethosfera has designed Demócrata’s governance model and heads the newspaper’s standards and ethics unit.
Ethosfera was founded out of the need to mitigate the risks of polarisation that hinder effective spaces for deliberation, as well as the risks of disinformation that undermine citizens’ right to receive accurate information.