Worldcrunch is a
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
-based
English language
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news website that curates and translates news from international media sources or partner organizations. It was launched in 2011 and was founded by Jeff Israely, former bureau chief for ''
Time Magazine'' in
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...
, and Irène Toporkoff, former CEO of
Ask.com France and Angie Interactive. In the words of Jeff Israely, it aims for "The professional (and participatory) selection and translation of the best, most relevant stories in the foreign-language media."
Journalists and translators from around the world contribute to Worldcrunch, which translates articles from top news organizations such as ''
Le Monde
(; ) is a mass media in France, French daily afternoon list of newspapers in France, newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average print circulation, circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including ...
'', ''
Le Temps'', ''
Die Welt'', ''
Folha de Sao Paulo'', ''
The Economic Observer'' or ''
America Economia'' into English. The goal is to compensate for the decline in English-language foreign coverage with translations from quality worldwide media sources. Some partner websites, such as
La Stampa or
Les Echos, include English sections on their websites that display Worldcrunch translations.
Content includes direct translations, articles that are shortened or fitted with additional context, and in-house productions summarizing current world affairs. Currently in development are a feature called "Crunch It!" that would use crowdsourcing to nominate articles for translation as well as a pay meter.
Jeff Israely wrote a series of articles about the experience for the
Nieman Journalism Lab.
See also
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Presseurop
Presseurop was a multilingual Paris-based news portal that translated and published Europe-related news articles daily from over two hundred sources into ten European languages, including English. It was funded by the European Commission and w ...
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Euranet
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Watching America
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Courrier International
References
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External links
Worldcrunch.com
2011 establishments in France
Internet properties established in 2011
French news websites
Translations into English