Turi Munthe
Turi Munthe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976 Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | British, French |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, Entrepreneur |
Turi Munthe (1976) is an Anglo-French journalist and entrepreneur.[1] He is the founder of Demotix, which became the largest network of photojournalists in the world,[2] as well as Parlia, an encyclopaedia of opinion.[3]
Education
Munthe studied Arabic and History at Oxford, Hebrew at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and dropped out of a PhD at NYU in Anthropology of Religion[4] to start a (failed) biofuels business in Ghana.[5]
Work
Munthe began his career with IBTauris, while writing for the British and US press on Middle East politics.[6][7] He published the Saddam Hussein Reader,[8] before covering the 2nd Gulf War as a freelance journalist[9]. He then launched The Beirut Review, a cultural magazine published with the Daily Star under Rami Khouri,[10] before returning to London as Head of the Middle East Programme at the Royal United Services Institute[11].
In late 2007, he founded Demotix with Jonathan Tepper.[12] Demotix built a network of 75,000 contributors around the world and exited to Corbis Corporation in 2012.[13] Munthe joined Marcus Brauchli and Sasa Vucinic’s North Base Media as a Venture Partner in 2015,[14] before founding Parlia in 2019.
In 2015, he co-curated the Global Art Forum[15] with Sultan al-Qassemi and Shumon Basar.[16]
- ^ Jan 27; 2019 (2019-01-27). "Turi Munthe". Alain Elkann Interviews. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Demotix Hits A Million Images, Proving The Crowd-Sourced Picture Agency Can Work". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "OII | Parli: building an encyclopaedia of opinion by Turi Munthe — Oxford Internet Institute". www.oii.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ Axline, Keith (2010-03-14). "Demotix Hooks DIY Journos Into Mainstream". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ [https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/09/17/100259542/index.htm "BP produces biodiesel fuel�from African plant - September 17, 2007"]. money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
{{cite web}}: replacement character in|title=at position 27 (help) - ^ "Turi Munthe". The Nation. 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Author Page". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ THE SADDAM HUSSEIN READER by Turi Munthe | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "Will harsh weed-out allow Iraqi academia to flower?". Times Higher Education (THE). 2003-07-25. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "St. Croix Review - Article". www.stcroixreview.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Terrorism in the UK". RUSI. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Turi Munthe Founder of Demotix". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Exit Q&A — Demotix Founder Turi Munthe Gives His Advice On How To Build A Startup". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "North Base Media – North Base Media is a vertical VC focusing on media-tech and media in growth markets". Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Global Art Forum 9". Ibraaz. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Kate Sutton at the 9th Global Art Forum". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.