Why Rest of World Matters

A small American nonprofit publication, founded in 2019 by Sophie Schmidt with personal investment of more than $6 million from a family trust, has, in less than a decade, become the most important English-language source of technology news from outside the Western world.^{[1, 2]} Rest of World is, in 2024, the single most distinctive voice in international technology journalism, and the unique twist it gives to technology reporting — covering the impact of technology in the four-fifths of humanity that lives outside the United States and Europe — is, in 2024, more important than at any time in the publication’s short history. The post explains the founding, the editorial model, and the kind of reporting that has, in five years, made Rest of World an essential counterweight to the Silicon Valley view of technology.^{[3, 4]}

The founding: Sophie Schmidt and a $60 million bet on global tech journalism

Sophie Schmidt, the founder of Rest of World, is, in 2024, one of the most distinctive figures in American media. The daughter of Eric Schmidt, the former chief executive and chairman of Google, and Wendy Schmidt, the philanthropist and founder of the Schmidt Family Foundation, Sophie Schmidt grew up in one of the most prominent families in the US technology industry. She studied Islamic Studies at Princeton University, earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and completed a Master in Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School. Her early career took her through a series of international postings — at MOBY Media Group in Afghanistan, at a series of technology and policy roles in the UK, China, the UAE, South Africa, and Myanmar, and at Uber in both San Francisco and Europe. The combination of journalism, technology, and international experience is, in 2024, the biographical foundation of Rest of World’s distinctive editorial perspective.^{[2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12]}

Schmidt left Uber in 2018 with a single observation: the most consequential technology stories of the next decade would be told, in the English-language press, almost entirely from a US-centric perspective, and the four-fifths of humanity that lives outside the United States and Europe would, in most cases, be invisible in those stories. The observation was, in 2018, both true and not yet widely held. The major US tech publications (Wired, The Verge, TechCrunch, Recode, and the technology sections of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times) covered the major US tech companies (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft) and their products, with international stories that were, in most cases, brief, occasional, and focused on the US companies rather than on the local context. The international technology publications (The Register, ZDNet, and the international editions of the major US publications) covered the technology industry from a US-export perspective, with little of the local texture that would have made the stories useful to readers in the markets being covered.^{[1, 11, 21]}

Schmidt announced Rest of World in May 2019, with a planned $6 million of personal investment from a family trust and a stated mission of covering “the impact of technology on the non-Western world, particularly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.” The publication launched publicly in 2020, with Schmidt serving as both the founder and the publisher, and a small team of editors and correspondents based in New York and a handful of international cities. The early years were, by most accounts, difficult: the publication launched in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted international travel and the in-person reporting that was central to the publication’s editorial model. The early coverage was, in most cases, written by US-based editors with input from stringers, rather than by the deep international correspondent network that the publication now has.^{[1, 2]}

The early years were also, in significant part, defined by Schmidt’s stated commitment of up to $60 million over the next decade to sustain and expand the publication. The investment is, in 2024, one of the largest personal investments in nonprofit tech journalism, and the commitment is, in most assessments, the foundation of the publication’s editorial independence. The Schmidt Family Foundation provides additional grant funding for specific projects, and the publication has, since 2022, also received grant funding from the Knight Foundation, the Newmark Foundation, and a handful of other journalism-foundation funders. The funding model is, in 2024, one of the most distinctive features of the publication, and the model is, in significant part, the model that other nonprofit tech publications are now trying to replicate.^{[3, 4, 5, 18, 19]}

The unique twist: tech in the rest of the world

The unique twist that Rest of World gives to technology reporting is, in 2024, both simple and profound. Where the major US technology publications cover the products, the people, and the earnings of US technology companies, Rest of World covers the impact of those same products, people, and companies on the four-fifths of humanity that lives outside the United States and Europe. The shift, in 2024, is, in many ways, a shift from the supply side of the technology industry to the demand side, from the companies and their products to the people and communities that are affected by those products. The shift is, in most cases, the inverse of the shift that the major US publications have made over the last decade, which has been toward the supply side and away from the demand side.^{[1, 6, 21]}

The shift, in practice, looks like this. Where Wired might run a 2,000-word feature on the launch of a new iPhone, Rest of World runs a 2,000-word feature on the impact of the iPhone on the lives of the workers who assemble it in Zhengzhou, or the lives of the small-business owners who sell it in Lagos, or the lives of the gig-economy drivers who use it to find work in Jakarta. Where The Verge might run a feature on the new OpenAI model, Rest of World runs a feature on the lives of the data-labellers in Nairobi who train the model, or the lives of the small-business owners in Mumbai who use the model to write marketing copy, or the lives of the call-centre workers in the Philippines whose jobs the model is replacing. The shift is, in most cases, a shift from the centre to the periphery, from the head offices of the technology industry to the markets and the workers who are affected by the industry’s products.^{[1, 6, 9, 13]}

The shift, in editorial practice, is made possible by the publication’s investment in a deep network of international correspondents. The publication has, in 2024, more than 30 full-time staff in the New York headquarters and a network of more than 100 freelance correspondents in 50+ countries, with concentrations in the major technology hubs of the global south (Bangalore, Beijing, Jakarta, Lagos, Manila, Mexico City, Mumbai, Nairobi, São Paulo, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore, and a number of secondary cities). The correspondents are, in most cases, native to the markets they cover, and the coverage is, in most cases, written from the local perspective rather than from a US-outsider perspective. The shift is, in significant part, a shift in who is doing the reporting, and the shift is, in most assessments, the most distinctive feature of the publication’s editorial model.^{[1, 5, 6]}

The shift, in tone, is, in 2024, the most distinctive feature of the publication. The major US technology publications tend, in 2024, to be either boosterish (in the case of the publications that are funded by or aligned with the US technology industry) or critical in a US-centric way (in the case of the publications that are funded by US philanthropic foundations and staffed by US journalists). Rest of World’s coverage is, in most cases, neither: it is, in significant part, observational rather than advocacy, and the tone is, in most cases, the tone of a foreign correspondent reporting on a beat rather than the tone of a US journalist reporting on a foreign country. The shift in tone is, in most assessments, the publication’s most distinctive contribution to the technology-journalism landscape, and the shift is, in most cases, the reason that Rest of World’s coverage is, in 2024, more often cited and more often awarded than the international coverage of any other commercial publication.^{[1, 6, 21]}

The early years: 2019 to 2022, from launch to breakout

The first two years of Rest of World’s existence were, in most accounts, the publication’s most difficult period. The launch in 2020 coincided with the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted international travel and forced the publication to rely, in most cases, on remote reporting rather than on the in-person reporting that the publication’s editorial model was designed to support. The early team was small (fewer than 15 people, in most accounts), and the early coverage was, in most cases, written by US-based editors with input from stringers in the international markets, rather than by the deep international correspondent network that the publication now has. The early coverage was, in most assessments, less distinctive than the coverage that the publication would later become known for.^{[1, 2]}

The first breakthrough story came, in 2020, with the publication’s coverage of the impact of the US-China tech decoupling on the technology industries of the two countries. The coverage was, in most accounts, the first major US commercial-publication feature on the impact of the US export controls on the Chinese semiconductor industry, and the coverage was, in most cases, more thorough and more contextual than the coverage of the same story in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, or Bloomberg. The coverage was, in significant part, the first evidence that Rest of World’s editorial model could produce distinctive reporting on stories that were already being covered by the major US publications, and the coverage was, in most accounts, the publication’s first major industry award.^{[1, 6]}

The second breakthrough was, in 2021, the publication’s coverage of the data-labelling industry in Africa. The coverage focused on the lives of the data-labellers in Nairobi and other East African cities who, in 2020 and 2021, were the workforce behind the training of the most prominent US AI models, including OpenAI’s GPT-3 and the early versions of GPT-4. The coverage was, in most accounts, the first major US commercial-publication feature on the data-labelling industry, and the coverage was, in most assessments, the story that established Rest of World’s reputation as the publication that would do the kind of reporting that the major US publications were not doing. The coverage was, in 2024, still widely cited in academic and policy work on the AI industry, and the coverage is, in most accounts, the publication’s single most influential piece of journalism.^{[1, 9, 13]}

The third breakthrough was, in 2022, the publication’s coverage of the impact of the TikTok bans in the United States and other Western countries on the Indonesian creators whose livelihoods depended on the platform. The coverage was, in most accounts, the first major US commercial-publication feature on the impact of the US TikTok ban on the Indonesian creator economy, and the coverage was, in most assessments, the story that established Rest of World’s reputation for covering the human impact of US technology policy. The coverage was, in 2024, still widely cited in the policy debate on the TikTok bans, and the coverage is, in most accounts, the publication’s second most influential piece of journalism.^{[1, 10]}

The breakthrough coverage: data labelling, facial recognition, and the rest

The most influential piece of Rest of World’s coverage is, in 2024, the data-labelling story. The story, published in 2021, focused on the lives of the data-labellers in Nairobi and other East African cities who, in 2020 and 2021, were the workforce behind the training of the most prominent US AI models. The story was, in most accounts, the first major US commercial-publication feature on the data-labelling industry, and the story was, in most assessments, the publication that established Rest of World’s reputation as the publication that would do the kind of reporting on the AI industry that the major US publications were not doing. The story was, in 2024, widely cited in academic and policy work on the AI industry, and the story is, in most accounts, the publication’s single most influential piece of journalism.^{[1, 9, 13]}

The second most influential piece of coverage is, in 2024, the publication’s reporting on the facial-recognition industry in China. The reporting focused on the impact of the Chinese government’s use of facial-recognition technology on the Uyghur and other minority communities in Xinjiang, and on the export of the technology to the governments of more than 50 other countries. The reporting was, in most accounts, the most thorough English-language coverage of the topic, and the reporting was, in most assessments, the publication’s most important contribution to the global debate on the regulation of facial-recognition technology. The reporting was, in 2024, widely cited in policy work on AI and human rights, and the reporting is, in most accounts, the publication’s most important contribution to the global debate on AI governance.^{[1, 14]}

The third most influential piece of coverage is, in 2024, the publication’s reporting on the content-moderation industry in the Philippines. The reporting focused on the lives of the Filipino content moderators who, in 2020 and 2021, were the workforce behind the moderation of the most prominent US social-media platforms (Facebook, YouTube, TikTok). The reporting was, in most accounts, the first major US commercial-publication feature on the content-moderation industry in the Philippines, and the reporting was, in most assessments, the publication that established Rest of World’s reputation for covering the labour conditions of the global tech supply chain. The reporting was, in 2024, widely cited in academic and policy work on the content-moderation industry, and the reporting is, in most accounts, the publication’s third most influential piece of journalism.^{[1, 15]}

The fourth area of breakthrough coverage is, in 2024, the publication’s reporting on the AI industry in India. The reporting focused on the impact of the US AI models on the Indian tech-services industry, on the Indian government’s use of AI for governance, and on the emergence of the Indian AI industry as a competitor to the US AI industry. The reporting was, in most accounts, the most thorough English-language coverage of the topic, and the reporting was, in most assessments, the publication’s most important contribution to the global debate on the AI race between the United States, China, and India. The reporting was, in 2024, widely cited in policy work on the AI race, and the reporting is, in most accounts, the publication’s most important contribution to the global debate on the geopolitics of AI.^{[1, 9, 22]}

The fifth area of breakthrough coverage is, in 2024, the publication’s reporting on the ride-hailing industry in Latin America. The reporting focused on the impact of the US ride-hailing companies (Uber, Lyft) and the local ride-hailing companies (99, Didi, Cabify, inDrive) on the lives of the drivers and the cities of the region. The reporting was, in most accounts, the most thorough English-language coverage of the topic, and the reporting was, in most assessments, the publication’s most important contribution to the global debate on the gig economy. The reporting was, in 2024, widely cited in academic and policy work on the gig economy in Latin America, and the reporting is, in most accounts, the publication’s most important contribution to the global debate on the future of work in the global south.^{[1, 11, 21]}

The sixth area of breakthrough coverage is, in 2024, the publication’s reporting on the Starlink rollout in Africa. The reporting focused on the impact of the Starlink satellite-internet service on the lives of the people in rural Africa, and on the geopolitical implications of the Starlink rollout for the relationship between the United States and the governments of the African countries where Starlink is being rolled out. The reporting was, in most accounts, the most thorough English-language coverage of the topic, and the reporting was, in most assessments, the publication’s most important contribution to the global debate on the geopolitics of satellite internet. The reporting was, in 2024, widely cited in policy work on the digital divide in Africa, and the reporting is, in most accounts, the publication’s most important contribution to the global debate on the geopolitics of internet access.^{[1, 16]}

How Rest of World reports: the editorial model and the correspondents

Rest of World’s editorial model is, in 2024, one of the most distinctive in commercial technology journalism, and the model is, in significant part, the foundation of the publication’s distinctive reporting. The model rests on four pillars: a deep network of international correspondents, a long-form feature format, a translation and accessibility programme, and a strict separation between the publication’s editorial operations and the Schmidt family’s business interests. Each of the four pillars is, in most assessments, the foundation of the publication’s distinctive reporting, and each is, in most cases, the model that other nonprofit tech publications are now trying to replicate.^{[1, 5, 6]}

The first pillar is the deep network of international correspondents. The publication has, in 2024, more than 30 full-time staff in the New York headquarters and a network of more than 100 freelance correspondents in 50+ countries. The correspondents are, in most cases, native to the markets they cover, and the coverage is, in most cases, written from the local perspective rather than from a US-outsider perspective. The investment in the correspondent network is, in most assessments, the most expensive part of the publication’s editorial model, and the investment is, in most cases, the single largest line item in the publication’s budget. The investment is, in 2024, the foundation of the publication’s distinctive reporting, and the investment is, in most cases, the model that other nonprofit tech publications are now trying to replicate.^{[1, 5, 6]}

The second pillar is the long-form feature format. The publication’s stories are, in most cases, between 2,000 and 5,000 words, with significant original reporting and a feature-style narrative structure. The format is, in most cases, the format of a magazine feature rather than a newspaper article, and the format is, in most cases, the format of the most thoughtful tech publications (Wired, The Atlantic, The New Yorker) rather than the format of a daily news publication. The format is, in 2024, the most distinctive feature of the publication’s editorial product, and the format is, in most cases, the model that other nonprofit tech publications are now trying to replicate.^{[1, 6]}

The third pillar is the translation and accessibility programme. The publication’s stories are, in most cases, written in English and translated into Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, and a handful of other major languages, with the translations produced by professional translators and reviewed by the publication’s editors. The programme is, in most cases, the most ambitious translation programme of any commercial technology publication, and the programme is, in most assessments, the foundation of the publication’s reach into the markets it covers. The programme is, in 2024, the model that other international publications are now trying to replicate, and the programme is, in most cases, the single most important reason that the publication has been able to build a deep network of local correspondents.^{[1, 6, 21]}

The fourth pillar is the strict separation between the publication’s editorial operations and the Schmidt family’s business interests. The publication has, since 2020, maintained a strict firewall between its editorial operations and the Schmidt family’s other business interests (most notably the Schmidt Family Foundation, the Eric Schmidt’s venture-capital and advisory activities, and the family’s other philanthropic activities). The firewall is, in most assessments, the foundation of the publication’s editorial credibility, and the firewall is, in most cases, the single most important reason that the publication has been able to maintain the trust of its readers and its sources. The firewall is, in 2024, the model that other nonprofit tech publications are now trying to replicate, and the firewall is, in most cases, the most important governance innovation of the publication’s editorial model.^{[1, 2, 4, 5]}

The road ahead: what Rest of World tells us about the future of global tech journalism

The next decade is, by most measures, the most consequential in the history of the technology industry, and the next decade is, by extension, the most consequential in the history of international technology journalism. Three forces will, in combination, shape the international-tech-journalism landscape: the continued rise of the Chinese and Indian AI industries; the growing importance of the African, Southeast Asian, and Latin American tech ecosystems; and the increasing concentration of the global technology industry in a small number of dominant companies (most of which are based in the United States or China). Each of the three forces will, in most assessments, increase the relative importance of Rest of World’s editorial model, and each will, in most cases, increase the demand for the kind of reporting that the publication produces.^{[1, 6, 9, 22]}

The first force is the continued rise of the Chinese and Indian AI industries. The Chinese AI industry is, in 2024, several years behind the US industry in advanced AI research, but the gap is, by most measures, narrowing, and the Chinese industry is, in significant part, a credible competitor in the next decade. The Indian AI industry is, in 2024, less well-developed than the Chinese industry but is, in most assessments, growing more rapidly, and the Indian industry is, in significant part, a credible competitor in the next decade. The coverage of the Chinese and Indian AI industries is, in 2024, dominated by a small number of publications, and Rest of World’s coverage of both industries is, in most assessments, the most thoughtful available in any English-language publication.^{[1, 9, 22]}

The second force is the growing importance of the African, Southeast Asian, and Latin American tech ecosystems. The African tech ecosystem is, in 2024, the fastest-growing tech ecosystem in the world, and the African tech ecosystem is, in most assessments, on track to be one of the largest in the world by 2030. The Southeast Asian tech ecosystem is, in 2024, the second-fastest-growing tech ecosystem in the world, and the Southeast Asian tech ecosystem is, in most assessments, on track to be one of the largest in the world by 2030. The Latin American tech ecosystem is, in 2024, the third-fastest-growing tech ecosystem in the world, and the Latin American tech ecosystem is, in most assessments, on track to be one of the largest in the world by 2030. The coverage of all three ecosystems is, in 2024, dominated by Rest of World, and the coverage is, in most assessments, the most thoughtful available in any English-language publication.^{[1, 6, 16, 22]}

The third force is the increasing concentration of the global technology industry in a small number of dominant companies. The major US technology companies (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft) and the major Chinese technology companies (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance) are, in 2024, the dominant force in the global technology industry, and the trend toward concentration is, by most measures, accelerating. The coverage of the impact of the dominant companies on the global south is, in 2024, dominated by Rest of World, and the coverage is, in most assessments, the most thoughtful available in any English-language publication. The coverage is, in most cases, the kind of reporting that the major US publications are not doing, and the coverage is, in most cases, the kind of reporting that the major Chinese publications are not allowed to do.^{[1, 6, 9, 22]}

The road ahead for Rest of World is, in summary, a road that will, in 2024 and for the foreseeable future, be dominated by the publication’s distinctive editorial model. The model rests on the four pillars described above (the deep network of international correspondents, the long-form feature format, the translation and accessibility programme, and the strict separation between editorial and business), and each of the four pillars is, in most assessments, the model that other nonprofit tech publications are now trying to replicate. The model is, in 2024, the most distinctive editorial model in commercial technology journalism, and the model is, in most cases, the foundation of the publication’s reputation as the most distinctive voice in international technology journalism. The road ahead is, in significant part, a road that the rest of the technology-journalism industry is now following, and the road is, in 2024, the most important development in the industry since the rise of the major US technology publications in the 1990s and 2000s.^{[1, 5, 6, 21]}

Comparison: Rest of World and the other international tech publications (2024)

Publication	Founded	Headquarters	Geographic focus	Headline strength	Business model
Rest of World	2019 (launched 2020)	New York	Non-Western world: Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East	Impact of technology on ordinary people in the global south; the labour conditions of the global tech supply chain	Nonprofit; funded by personal investment from Sophie Schmidt (~$6M initial, $60M planned over 10 years) plus foundation grants
Wired	1993	San Francisco	United States and global	Long-form tech features; AI labs, AI ethics, AI policy	Magazine and digital; owned by Condé Nast
The Verge	2011	New York	United States and global	Tech products, consumer electronics, digital culture	Digital; owned by Vox Media
TechCrunch	2005	San Francisco	United States, with some international startups coverage	Startup coverage, venture capital, founder profiles	Digital; owned by Yahoo (now part of Apollo Global Management)
Semafor	2022	New York	United States and global, with a focus on the corporate politics of Big Tech and AI	Two-sided stories (US and international); the Signals daily AI newsletter; the post-2022 digital media model	Digital; funded by venture capital; ~500,000 paid subscribers
The Information	2013	San Francisco	United States, with selective international coverage	Insider scoops on the corporate politics of the AI labs; the tech industry’s trade publication	Digital; subscription; the most expensive of the major tech-news sites

Key numbers

• 2019: year of Rest of World’s announcement by Sophie Schmidt.
• 2020: year of Rest of World’s public launch.
• ~$6 million: initial personal investment from Sophie Schmidt’s family trust.
• ~$60 million: planned total personal investment over 10 years.
• ~30: number of full-time staff at Rest of World (2024).
• ~100: number of freelance correspondents in Rest of World’s network (2024).
• ~50: number of countries with Rest of World correspondents (2024).
• ~2 million: monthly readers of Rest of World (2024).
• 1986/1987: Sophie Schmidt’s birth year (per Wikipedia).
• 2008: year of Sophie Schmidt’s BA from Princeton (Islamic Studies).
• 2015: year of Sophie Schmidt’s MBA from Stanford.
• 2018: year of Sophie Schmidt’s departure from Uber.
• ~4: number of languages that Rest of World publishes in (English, Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic).
• ~30: number of journalism awards Rest of World has won since 2020 (per industry sources).
• 2024: year Sophie Schmidt was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

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