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{{short description|British national daily newspaper}}
{{other uses|The Guardian (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = The Guardian
| logo = [[File:The Guardian 2018.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| image = The Guardian 28 May 2021.jpg
| caption = Front page on 28 May 2021
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]] (1821–2005)<br>[[Berliner (format)|Berliner]] (2005–2018)<br>[[Compact (newspaper)|Compact]] (since 2018)
| owners = [[Guardian Media Group]]
| founder = [[John Edward Taylor]]
| publisher = Guardian Media Group
| editor =
| chiefeditor = [[Katharine Viner]]
| assoceditor =
| maneditor =
| newseditor =
| managingeditordesign =
| opeditor =
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| photoeditor =
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| foundation = {{start date and age|1821|5|5|df=yes}} (as ''The Manchester Guardian'', renamed ''The Guardian'' in 1959)
| political = [[Centre-left]]<ref name="tabloid-uk"/><ref name="left-wing">
* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8282189.stm |title=The politics of UK newspapers |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=30 September 2009 |access-date=24 January 2019 |archive-date=11 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911121642/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8282189.stm |url-status=live }}
* [https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2017/03/07/how-left-or-right-wing-are-uks-newspapers "How left or right-wing are the UK's newspapers?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711060555/https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2017/03/07/how-left-or-right-wing-are-uks-newspapers |date=11 July 2019 }}, MediaPolitics & current affairs, YouGov, 7 March 2017.</ref><ref name="centre-left">
* {{cite journal |last=Payling |first=Daisy |date=20 April 2017 |title=City limits: sexual politics and the new urban left in 1980s Sheffield |journal=Contemporary British Society |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=256–273 |doi=10.1080/13619462.2017.1306194 |doi-access=free| issn = 1361-9462}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Villeneuve |first1=Jean-Patrick |date=9 August 2015 |title={{sic|Wh|o's|nolink=y|expecting=Whose}} fault is it? An analysis of the press coverage of football betting scandals in France and the United Kingdom |journal=Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=191 |doi=10.1080/17430437.2015.1067772|s2cid=146330318}}
* {{cite book |last=Russell |first=Adrienne |title=Journalism and the Nsa Revelations: Privacy, Security and the Press |year=2017 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |location=London |page=53}}
* {{cite journal |last=Copsy |first=Nathaniel |date=21 February 2017 |title=Rethinking Britain and the European Union: Politicians, the Media and Public Opinion Reconsidered |journal=Journal of Common Market Studies |volume=55 |issue=4 |pages=716 |doi=10.1111/jcms.12527 |s2cid=151394355 |url=https://publications.aston.ac.uk/id/eprint/30170/1/Rethinking_Britain_and_EU_politicians_media_and_public_opinion.pdf |access-date=22 July 2019 |archive-date=26 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726141742/https://publications.aston.ac.uk/id/eprint/30170/1/Rethinking_Britain_and_EU_politicians_media_and_public_opinion.pdf |url-status=live }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Harbisher |first1=Ben |date=6 February 2016 |title=The Million Mask March: Language, legitimacy, and dissent |journal=Critical Discourse Studies |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=297 |doi=10.1080/17405904.2016.1141696|s2cid=147508807 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Yuval-Davis |first1=Nira |last2=Varju |first2=Viktor |date=6 January 2017 |title=Press discourses on Roma in the UK, Finland and Hungary |journal=European Roma |volume=40 |issue=7 |pages=1153 |doi=10.1080/01419870.2017.1267379 |s2cid=151843450 |url=http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/28046/3/Roma%20paper%20draft%20for%20BURO.pdf |access-date=22 July 2019 |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809061604/http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/28046/3/Roma%20paper%20draft%20for%20BURO.pdf |url-status=live }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Flew |first1=Terry |date=11 January 2019 |title=Digital communication, the crisis of trust, and the post-global |journal=Communication Research and Practice |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=11 |doi=10.1080/22041451.2019.1561394 |s2cid=159032311 |url=https://eprints.qut.edu.au/127256/2/Flew%20paper%20for%20CRP.pdf |access-date=17 March 2020 |archive-date=22 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822141441/https://eprints.qut.edu.au/127256/2/Flew%20paper%20for%20CRP.pdf |url-status=live }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Helton |first1=Levy |date=17 March 2016 |title=Reporting the 2014 World Cup: football first and social issues last |journal=Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics |volume=20 |issue=5–6 |pages=574 |doi=10.1080/17430437.2016.1158477|s2cid=147644706 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Gill |first1=Alisha K |last2=Harrison |first2=Karen |date=2015 |title=Child Grooming and Sexual Exploitation: Are South Asian Men the UK Media's New Folk Devils? |url=https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view/756/511 |journal=Crime Justice Journal |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=38 |access-date=2 July 2019 |archive-date=22 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822141440/https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view/756/511 |url-status=live }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Painter |first1=James |last2=Neil T |first2=Gavin |date=27 January 2015 |title=Climate Skepticism in British Newspapers, 2007–2011 |journal=Environmental Communication |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=436 |doi=10.1080/17524032.2014.995193|s2cid=143214856}}
* {{cite book | last1=Harmer | first1=Emily | last2=Southern | first2=Rosalynd | title=Political Communication in Britain | chapter=Alternative Agendas or More of the Same? Online News Coverage of the 2017 UK Election | publisher=Springer International Publishing | publication-place=Cham | date=2019 | isbn=978-3-030-00821-5 | doi=10.1007/978-3-030-00822-2_7 | pages=99–116| s2cid=158648099 }}
* {{cite book | last=Bączkowska | first=Anna | title=Contacts and Contrasts in Cultures and Languages | series=Second Language Learning and Teaching | chapter=A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis of "Migrants" and "Migration" in the British Tabloids and Quality Press | publisher=Springer International Publishing | publication-place=Cham | year=2019 | isbn=978-3-030-04980-5 | issn=2193-7648 | doi=10.1007/978-3-030-04981-2_12 | pages=163–181| s2cid=150658204 }}
* {{cite book | last=Boukala | first=Salomi | chapter=Introduction: Kafka in 'Fortress Europe'—The 'Other' within the Walls | title=European Identity and the Representation of Islam in the Mainstream Press | publisher=Springer International Publishing | publication-place=Cham | date=2019 | isbn=978-3-319-93313-9 | doi=10.1007/978-3-319-93314-6_1 | pages=1–17| s2cid=158203231 }}
* Sancho Guinda, Carmen, ed. (2019). [https://books.google.com/books?id=jz2SDwAAQBAJ&dq=guardian+centre+left&pg=PA67 ''Engagement in Professional Genres''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604054806/https://books.google.com/books?id=jz2SDwAAQBAJ&dq=guardian+centre+left&pg=PA67 |date=4 June 2023 }}. John Benjamins Publishing Company.</ref>
| language = [[English language|English]]
| ceased publication =
| headquarters = [[Kings Place]], London
| circulation = 105,134
| sister newspapers = ''[[The Observer]]'' (1993-2025) <br />''[[The Guardian Weekly]]''
| ISSN = 0261-3077
| eISSN = 1756-3224
| oclc = 60623878
| website = {{URL|https://www.theguardian.com/|theguardian.com}}
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| circulation_date = July 2021
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'''''The Guardian''''' is a British daily [[newspaper]]. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as '''''The Manchester Guardian''''' and changed its name in 1959,<ref>{{Cite web |title=collection (The University of Manchester Library) |url=https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/special-collections/exploring/a-to-z/collection/?match=Guardian+(formerly+Manchester+Guardian)+Archive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428161019/https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/special-collections/exploring/a-to-z/collection/?match=Guardian+(formerly+Manchester+Guardian)+Archive |archive-date=28 April 2021 |access-date=12 March 2021 |website=www.library.manchester.ac.uk}}</ref> followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''[[The Guardian Weekly]]'', ''The Guardian''<!-- [[MOS:THETITLE]] --> is part of the [[Guardian Media Group]], owned by the [[Scott Trust Limited]].<ref>{{Cite news |title='Guardian' newspaper trust keeps journalism at top of its agenda |language=en |newspaper=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/guardian-newspaper-trust-keeps-journalism-at-top-of-its-agenda-1.339116 |url-access=limited |access-date=12 March 2021 |archive-date=4 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104215037/https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/guardian-newspaper-trust-keeps-journalism-at-top-of-its-agenda-1.339116 |url-status=live }}</ref> The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference".<ref name="GST1"/> The trust was converted into a [[limited company]] in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or [[shareholder]]s.<ref name="GST1">{{cite news |date=26 July 2015 |title=The Scott Trust: values and history |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/the-scott-trust/2015/jul/26/the-scott-trust |url-access=registration |access-date=5 May 2019 |archive-date=9 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509170504/https://www.theguardian.com/the-scott-trust/2015/jul/26/the-scott-trust |url-status=live }}</ref> It is considered a [[newspaper of record]] in the UK.<ref name="FrostWeingarten2017">{{cite book|author1=Corey Frost|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7rGhDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27|title=The Broadview Guide to Writing: A Handbook for Students|author2=Karen Weingarten|author3=Doug Babington|author4=Don LePan|author5=Maureen Okun|date=30 May 2017|publisher=Broadview Press|isbn=978-1-55481-313-1|edition=6th|pages=27–|access-date=9 March 2020|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629112957/https://books.google.com/books?id=7rGhDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BartonWeller2014">{{cite book|author1=Greg Barton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uZzNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA28|title=The Muslim World and Politics in Transition: Creative Contributions of the Gülen Movement|author2=Paul Weller|author3=Ihsan Yilmaz|date=18 December 2014|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-4411-5873-4|pages=28–|access-date=9 March 2020|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629113502/https://books.google.com/books?id=uZzNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA28|url-status=live}}</ref>

The editor-in-chief [[Katharine Viner]] succeeded [[Alan Rusbridger]] in 2015.<ref name="Guardian200315">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/20/guardian-appoints-katharine-viner-new-editor-in-chief |title=Guardian appoints Katharine Viner as editor-in-chief |newspaper=The Guardian |date=20 March 2015 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=20 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720094734/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/20/guardian-appoints-katharine-viner-new-editor-in-chief |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RusbridgerFarewell">{{cite news |last1=Rusbridger |first1=Alan |date=29 May 2015 |title='Farewell, readers': Alan Rusbridger on leaving The Guardian after two decades at the helm |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/29/farewell-readers-alan-rusbridger-on-leaving-the-guardian |url-status=live |url-access=registration |access-date=29 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529152711/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/29/farewell-readers-alan-rusbridger-on-leaving-the-guardian |archive-date=29 May 2015}}</ref> Since 2018, the paper's main newsprint sections have been published in [[tabloid format]]. {{As of|2021|July}}, its print edition had a daily circulation of 105,134.<ref name="circlead"/> The newspaper is available online; it lists UK, [[Guardian US|US]] (founded in 2011), [[Guardian Australia|Australian]] (founded in 2013), European, and International editions,<ref>{{cite web| title=Latest news, sport and opinion| work=The Guardian| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk| access-date=9 August 2024| archive-date=7 December 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207124639/https://www.theguardian.com/uklatest/story/0,,-6935370,00.html| url-status=live}}</ref> and its website has sections for World, Europe, US, Americas, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Africa, [[Guardian New Zealand|New Zealand]],<ref>{{cite web | title=New Zealand | work=The Guardian | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/newzealand | access-date=9 August 2024 | archive-date=10 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910064004/https://www.theguardian.com/world/newzealand | url-status=live }}</ref> Inequality, and Global development. It is published Monday-Saturday, though from 1993 to 2025, ''[[The Observer]]'' served as its Sunday sister paper.

The paper's readership is generally on the [[mainstream left]] of British political opinion.<ref name="International Socialism 2003">''[[International Socialism]]'', Spring 2003, {{ISBN|1-898876-97-5}}.</ref><ref name="Ipsos MORI">{{cite web |url=http://www.ipsos-mori.com/content/polls-05/voting-intention-by-newspaper-readership-quarter-1.ashx |title=Ipsos MORI |publisher=Ipsos MORI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523104959/http://www.ipsos-mori.com/content/polls-05/voting-intention-by-newspaper-readership-quarter-1.ashx |archive-date=23 May 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=6 March 2016}}</ref> In an [[Ipsos MORI]] research poll in September 2018 designed to interrogate the public's trust of specific titles online, ''The Guardian'' scored highest for digital-content news, with 84% of readers agreeing that they "trust what [they] see in it".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/guardian-trusted-sun-least-trusted-online-news-brand-pamco-reveals/1492881 |title=The Guardian most trusted and The Sun least trusted online news brand, Pamco reveals |access-date=17 December 2018 |website=Press Gazette |date=13 November 2017 |archive-date=2 December 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201202223259/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/guardian-trusted-sun-least-trusted-online-news-brand-pamco-reveals/1492881 |url-status=live}}</ref> A December 2018 report of a poll by the Publishers Audience Measurement Company stated that the paper's print edition was found to be the most trusted in the UK in the period from October 2017 to September 2018. It was also reported to be the most-read of the UK's "quality newsbrands", including digital editions; other "quality" brands included ''[[The Times]]'', ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', ''[[The Independent]]'', and the ''[[i (British newspaper)|i]]''. While ''The Guardian''{{'}}s print circulation is in decline, the report indicated that news from ''The Guardian'', including that reported online, reaches more than 23 million UK adults each month.<ref>{{cite news |last=Waterson |first=Jim |date=17 December 2018 |title=Guardian most trusted newspaper in Britain, says industry report |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/dec/17/guardian-most-trusted-newspaper-in-britain-says-industry-report |url-access=registration |access-date=17 December 2018 |archive-date=17 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217032103/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/dec/17/guardian-most-trusted-newspaper-in-britain-says-industry-report |url-status=live }}</ref>

Chief among the notable "[[scoop (news)|scoops]]" obtained by the paper was the 2011 [[News International phone hacking scandal|News International phone-hacking scandal]]—and in particular the hacking of the murdered English teenager [[Milly Dowler]]'s phone.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/tim-de-lisle/can-guardian-survive?page=0%2C2 |title=Can The Guardian survive? |newspaper=The Economist |publisher=Intelligent Life |date=July–August 2012 |access-date=3 July 2012 |archive-date=1 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701204849/http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/tim-de-lisle/can-guardian-survive?page=0%2C2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The investigation led to the closure of the ''[[News of the World]]'', the UK's best-selling Sunday newspaper and one of the highest-circulation newspapers in history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/comment/articles/2012-07/03/interview-with-the-guardian-newspaper-editor-alan-rusbridger-on-hacking |title=Could the newspaper that broke the hacking scandal be the next to close? |first=Nicky |last=Woolf |publisher=GQ.com |date=3 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706181914/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/comment/articles/2012-07/03/interview-with-the-guardian-newspaper-editor-alan-rusbridger-on-hacking |archive-date=6 July 2012}}</ref> In June 2013, ''The Guardian'' broke news of the secret collection by the [[Obama administration]] of [[Verizon]] telephone records,<ref name="reuters.com">{{cite web |last=Hosenball |first=Mark |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-wiretaps-verizon-idUSBRE95502920130606 |title=Obama administration defends massive phone record collection |publisher=Reuters |date=6 June 2013 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924181927/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/06/us-usa-wiretaps-verizon-idUSBRE95502920130606 |url-status=live }}</ref> and subsequently revealed the existence of the surveillance program [[PRISM]] after knowledge of it was leaked to the paper by the [[whistleblower]] and former [[National Security Agency]] contractor [[Edward Snowden]].<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite web |last1=Greenwald |first1=Glenn |author-link=Glenn Greenwald |last2=MacAskill |first2=Ewen |last3=Poitras |first3=Laura |date=9 June 2013 |title=Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726212540/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance |archive-date=26 July 2013 |access-date=6 March 2016 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> In 2016, ''The Guardian'' led an investigation into the [[Panama Papers]], exposing then–Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]'s links to [[Offshore bank|offshore bank accounts]]. It has been named "newspaper of the year" four times at the annual [[British Press Awards]], most recently in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thepressawards.com/press-awards-results-2023/ |title= The Press Awards Results 2023 |website= The Press Awards |access-date= 13 February 2025}}</ref>

==History==
===1821 to 1972===
====Early years====
[[File:The Manchester Guardian, May 5 1821.jpg|thumb|''Manchester Guardian'' Prospectus, 1821]]

''The Manchester Guardian'' was founded in [[Manchester]] in 1821 by cotton merchant [[John Edward Taylor]] with backing from the [[Little Circle]], a group of [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|non-conformist]] businessmen.<ref name="G">{{cite news |title=Battle for the memory of Peterloo: Campaigners demand fitting tribute |work=The Guardian |date=13 August 2007 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/aug/13/britishidentity.artnews |access-date=26 March 2008 |location=London |last=Wainwright |first=Martin |archive-date=5 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705035053/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/aug/13/britishidentity.artnews |url-status=live }}</ref> They launched the paper, on 5 May 1821 (by chance the very day of [[Napoleon]]'s death) after the police closure of the more [[Radicalism (historical)#Popular agitation|radical]] ''[[Manchester Observer]]'', a paper that had championed the cause of the [[Peterloo massacre]] protesters.<ref>{{cite news|author=Editorial|title=The Manchester Guardian, born 5 May 1821: 190 years&nbsp;– work in progress|date=4 May 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/may/05/manchester-guardian-work-in-progress|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202122132/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/may/05/manchester-guardian-work-in-progress|url-status=live}}</ref> Taylor had been hostile to the radical reformers, writing: "They have appealed not to the reason but the passions and the suffering of their abused and credulous fellow-countrymen, from whose ill-requited industry they extort for themselves the means of a plentiful and comfortable existence. They do not toil, neither do they spin, but they live better than those that do."<ref>''Manchester Gazette'', 7 August 1819, quoted in {{cite book| title= 'Guardian' : biography of a newspaper | last= Ayerst | first= David | year= 1971 | publisher=Collins | location= London | isbn= 978-0-00-211329-8 | page=20}}</ref> When the government closed down the ''Manchester Observer'', the mill-owners' champions had the upper hand.<ref>{{cite book| title= Poor men's guardians : a record of the struggles for a democratic newspaper press, 1763–1973 | url= https://archive.org/details/poormensguardian0000harr | url-access= registration | last= Harrison |first= Stanley | year= 1974 | publisher=Lawrence and Wishart | location= London | isbn= 978-0-85315-308-5 | page=[https://archive.org/details/poormensguardian0000harr/page/53 53]}}</ref>

The influential journalist [[Jeremiah Garnett]] joined Taylor during the establishment of the paper, and all of the Little Circle wrote articles for the new paper.<ref name="dnbGarnett">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Garnett, Jeremiah|last=Garnett|first=Richard|author-link=Richard Garnett (writer)|volume=21|quote=''citing:'' [''Manchester Guardian'', 28 September 1870; ''Manchester Free Lance'', 1 October 1870; Prentice's Historical Sketches and Personal Recollections of Manchester; personal knowledge.]}}</ref> The prospectus announcing the new publication proclaimed that it would "zealously enforce the principles of civil and religious Liberty ... warmly advocate the cause of Reform ... endeavour to assist in the diffusion of just principles of Political Economy and ... support, without reference to the party from which they emanate, all serviceable measures".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Scott Trust: History |publisher=Guardian Media Group |url=http://www.gmgplc.co.uk/ScottTrust/History/tabid/193/Default.aspx |access-date=26 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080728175652/http://www.gmgplc.co.uk/ScottTrust/History/tabid/193/Default.aspx |archive-date=28 July 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1825, the paper merged with the ''British Volunteer'' and was known as ''The Manchester Guardian and British Volunteer'' until 1828.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_3593893 |title=The Manchester guardian and British volunteer – JH Libraries |publisher=Catalyst.library.jhu.edu |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212731/https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_3593893 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[working-class]] ''Manchester and Salford Advertiser'' called ''The Manchester Guardian'' "the foul prostitute and dirty [[parasite]] of the worst portion of the mill-owners".<ref>21 May 1836</ref> ''The Manchester Guardian'' was generally hostile to labour's claims. Of the [[Factory Acts#The first 'Ten Hour Bill' – Sadler's Bill (1832), Ashley's Bill (1833)|1832 Ten Hours Bill]], the paper doubted whether in view of the foreign competition "the passing of a law positively enacting a gradual destruction of the cotton manufacture in this kingdom would be a much less rational procedure."<ref>{{cite news|title=Editorial|work=The Manchester Guardian|date=28 January 1832}}</ref> ''The Manchester Guardian'' dismissed strikes as the work of outside agitators, stating that "if an accommodation can be effected, the occupation of the agents of the Union is gone. They live on strife ... ."<ref>{{cite news|title=Editorial|work=The Manchester Guardian|date=26 February 1873}}</ref>

In March 2023, an academic review commissioned by the [[Scott Trust]] determined that John Edward Taylor and nine of his eleven backers had links to the [[Atlantic slave trade]] through their interests in Manchester's textile industry.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 March 2023 |title=The Guardian's owner apologises for historical slave trade links |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-65113058 |access-date=31 March 2023 |archive-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330153650/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-65113058 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Slavery and the American Civil War ====
The newspaper opposed slavery and supported [[free trade]]. An 1823 leading article on the continuing "cruelty and injustice" to slaves in the [[West Indies]] long after the abolition of the slave trade with the [[Slave Trade Act 1807]] wanted fairness to the interests and claims both of the planters and of their oppressed slaves.<ref name="Guardian 1511 2012">{{cite web | title=The cruelty and injustice of negro slavery: From The Guardian archive, 15 Nov 1823 | website=The Guardian | date=15 November 2012 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/nov/15/slavery-injustice-abolition-british-1823 | access-date=28 June 2020 | archive-date=30 June 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630185615/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/nov/15/slavery-injustice-abolition-british-1823 | url-status=live }}</ref> It welcomed the [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833]] and accepted the "increased compensation" to the planters as the "guilt of slavery attaches far more to the nation" rather than individuals. Success of the Act would encourage emancipation in other slave-owning nations to avoid "imminent risk of a violent and bloody termination."<ref name="Guardian 0705 2011">{{cite web | title=15 June 1833: Striking off the fetters from the limbs of the slave | website=The Guardian | date=7 May 2011 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2011/may/07/newspapers-national-newspapers | access-date=28 June 2020 | archive-date=9 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809070124/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2011/may/07/newspapers-national-newspapers | url-status=live }}</ref> However, the newspaper argued against restricting trade with countries that had not yet abolished slavery.<ref name="Guardian 2403 2012">{{cite web | title=From the archive, 24 March 1841: Editorial: Anti-free trade | website=The Guardian | date=24 March 2012 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/mar/24/archive-1841-editorial-anti-free-trade-slavery | access-date=28 June 2020 | archive-date=2 July 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702152458/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/mar/24/archive-1841-editorial-anti-free-trade-slavery | url-status=live }}</ref>

Complex tensions developed in the United States.<ref name="Stoddard 2015">{{cite web | last=Stoddard | first=Katy | title=Looking back: American civil war | website=The Guardian | date=20 July 2015 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/jul/20/looking-back-american-civil-war | access-date=29 June 2020 | archive-date=30 June 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630151953/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/jul/20/looking-back-american-civil-war | url-status=live }}</ref> When the abolitionist [[George Thompson (abolitionist)|George Thompson]] toured, the newspaper said that "[s]lavery is a monstrous evil, but civil war is not a less one; and we would not seek the abolition even of the former through the imminent hazard of the latter". It suggested that the United States should compensate slave-owners for freeing slaves<ref name="Guardian 1212 2008">{{cite web | title=From The Guardian archive: On slavery and civil war | website=The Guardian | date=12 December 2008 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2008/dec/12/slavery-american-civil-war | access-date=28 June 2020 | archive-date=30 June 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630031046/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2008/dec/12/slavery-american-civil-war | url-status=live }}</ref> and called on President [[Franklin Pierce]] to resolve the 1856 "civil war", the [[Sacking of Lawrence]] due to pro-slavery laws imposed by Congress.<ref name="Guardian 1006 2015">{{cite web | title='Civil war' in Kansas threatens to spread: from the archive, 10 June 1856 | website=The Guardian | date=10 June 2015 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/10/american-civil-war-united-states-kansas-archive-1856 | access-date=28 June 2020 | archive-date=28 June 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628213636/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/10/american-civil-war-united-states-kansas-archive-1856 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1860, ''[[The Observer]]'' quoted a report that the newly elected president [[Abraham Lincoln]] was opposed to abolition of slavery.<ref name="The Guardian 1712 2014">{{cite web | title=Lincoln opposes abolition of slavery: From the Observer archive, 17 December 1860 | website=The Guardian | date=17 December 2014 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/17/abolition-slavery-abraham-lincoln-1860 | access-date=28 June 2020 | archive-date=3 July 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703094212/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/17/abolition-slavery-abraham-lincoln-1860 | url-status=live }}</ref> On 13 May 1861, shortly after the start of the [[American Civil War]], the ''Manchester Guardian'' portrayed the Northern states as primarily imposing a burdensome trade monopoly on the [[Confederate States]], arguing that if the South was freed to have direct trade with Europe, "the day would not be distant when slavery itself would cease". Therefore, the newspaper asked "Why should the South be prevented from freeing itself from slavery?"<ref name="Guardian 2305 2011">{{cite web | title=From the archive, 13 May 1861: America and direct trade with England | website=The Guardian | date=13 May 2011 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/may/13/america-trade-england-1861 | access-date=28 June 2020 | archive-date=15 June 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615145651/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/may/13/america-trade-england-1861 | url-status=live }}</ref> This hopeful view was also held by the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] leader [[William Ewart Gladstone]].<ref name="Kettle">{{cite news|last=Kettle|first=Martin|author-link=Martin Kettle|date=24 February 2011|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/feb/24/1865-guardian-stance-us-civil-war|title=Lincoln, evil? Our certainties of 1865 give us pause today|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=26 June 2020|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627145624/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/feb/24/1865-guardian-stance-us-civil-war|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Square, Manchester.jpg|thumb|Statue of [[Abraham Lincoln]] in [[Manchester]], with extracts from the working men's letter and his reply on its base]]
There was division in Britain over the Civil War, even within political parties. The ''Manchester Guardian'' had also been conflicted. It had supported other [[Age of Revolution|independence movements]] and felt it should also support the rights of the Confederacy to self-determination. It criticised Lincoln's [[Emancipation Proclamation]] for not freeing all American slaves.<ref name="Kettle"/> On 10 October 1862, it wrote: "It is impossible to cast any reflections upon a man so evidently sincere and well-intentioned as Mr Lincoln but it is also impossible not to feel that it was an evil day both for America and the world, when he was chosen President of the United States".<ref name="Ayerst1971">{{cite book|first=David|last=Ayerst|title=The Manchester Guardian: Biography of a Newspaper|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RhZlAAAAMAAJ|year=1971|pages=154–155|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-0642-3|access-date=2 July 2020|archive-date=7 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407174556/https://books.google.com/books?id=RhZlAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> By then, the [[Union blockade]] was causing [[Lancashire Cotton Famine#Politics|suffering in British towns]]. Some including [[Liverpool]] supported the Confederacy as did "current opinion in all classes" in London. On 31 December 1862, cotton workers held a meeting at the [[Free Trade Hall]] in Manchester which resolved "its detestation of negro slavery in America, and of the attempt of the rebellious Southern slave-holders to organise on the great American continent a nation having slavery as its basis". There was a comment that "an effort had been made in a leading article of the ''Manchester Guardian'' to deter the working men from assembling together for such a purpose". The newspaper reported all this and published their letter to President Lincoln<ref name="Rodrigues 2013">{{cite web | last=Rodrigues | first=Jason | title=From the archive: 1863, Lincoln's great debt to Manchester | website=The Guardian | date=4 February 2013 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2013/feb/04/lincoln-oscars-manchester-cotton-abraham | access-date=3 July 2020 | archive-date=1 July 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701081412/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2013/feb/04/lincoln-oscars-manchester-cotton-abraham | url-status=live }}<br>{{cite web | title=Full text of "Manchester and Abraham Lincoln : a side-light on an earlier fight for freedom" | website=Internet Archive | date=10 June 2020 | url=https://archive.org/stream/manchesterabraha00hour/manchesterabraha00hour_djvu.txt | access-date=3 July 2020 }}</ref> while complaining that "the chief occupation, if not the chief object of the meeting, seems to have been to abuse the ''Manchester Guardian''".<ref name="Ayerst1971"/> Lincoln replied to the letter thanking the workers for their "sublime Christian heroism" and American ships delivered relief supplies to Britain.<ref name="Rodrigues 2013"/>

The newspaper reported the shock to the community of the [[assassination of Abraham Lincoln]] in 1865, concluding that "[t]he parting of his family with the dying President is too sad for description",<ref name="Guardian 1402 2015">{{cite web | title=The assassination of President Lincoln, 14 April 1865 | website=The Guardian | date=14 April 2015 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/from-the-archive-blog/2015/apr/14/president-lincoln-assassination-1865 | access-date=3 July 2020 | archive-date=1 July 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701153414/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/from-the-archive-blog/2015/apr/14/president-lincoln-assassination-1865 | url-status=live }}</ref> but in what from today's perspective looks an ill-judged editorial wrote that "[o]f his rule we can never speak except as a series of acts abhorrent to every true notion of constitutional right and human liberty", adding: "it is doubtless to be regretted that he had not the opportunity of vindicating his good intentions".<ref name="Kettle"/>

According to [[Martin Kettle]], writing for ''The Guardian'' in February 2011: "''The Guardian'' had always hated slavery. But it doubted the Union hated slavery to the same degree. It argued that the Union had always tacitly condoned slavery by shielding the southern slave states from the condemnation they deserved. It was critical of Lincoln's emancipation proclamation for stopping short of a full repudiation of slavery throughout the US. And it chastised the president for being so willing to negotiate with the south, with slavery one of the issues still on the table."<ref>{{cite news|last=Kettle|first=Martin|date=24 February 2011|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/feb/24/1865-guardian-stance-us-civil-war|title=Lincoln, evil? Our certainties of 1865 give us pause today|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=26 June 2020|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627145624/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/feb/24/1865-guardian-stance-us-civil-war|url-status=live}}</ref>

====C. P. Scott====
[[C. P. Scott]] made the newspaper nationally recognised. He was editor for 57 years from 1872, and became its owner when he bought the paper from the estate of Taylor's son in 1907. Under Scott, the paper's moderate editorial line became more radical, supporting [[William Gladstone]] when the Liberals split in 1886, and opposing the [[Second Boer War]] against popular opinion.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Hampton, Mark|year=2011|title=The Press, Patriotism, and Public Discussion: C. P. Scott, the "Manchester Guardian", and the Boer War, 1899–1902|journal=The Historical Journal|volume=44|number=1|pages=177–197|jstor=3133966|doi=10.1017/S0018246X01001479|s2cid=159550361}}</ref> Scott supported the movement for [[women's suffrage]], but was critical of any tactics by the [[suffragettes]] that involved [[direct action]]:<ref name="suffragettes">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2007/nov/13/research.highereducation |title=Unladylike behaviour |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=13 November 2007 |access-date=28 July 2009 |publisher=Guardian News and Media |last=Purvis |first=June |author-link=June Purvis |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006010805/http://www.theguardian.com/education/2007/nov/13/research.highereducation |url-status=live }}</ref> "The really ludicrous position is that [[Mr Lloyd George]] is fighting to enfranchise seven million women and the militants are smashing unoffending people's windows and breaking up benevolent societies' meetings in a desperate effort to prevent him." Scott thought the Suffragettes' "courage and devotion" was "worthy of a better cause and saner leadership".<ref>Quoted in David Ayerst, ''The Guardian'', 1971, p. 353.</ref> It has been argued that Scott's criticism reflected a widespread disdain, at the time, for those women who "transgressed the gender expectations of [[Edwardian society]]".<ref name="suffragettes"/>

Scott commissioned [[J. M. Synge]] and his friend [[Jack Yeats]] to produce articles and drawings documenting the social conditions of the west of Ireland; these pieces were published in 1911 in the collection ''Travels in Wicklow, West Kerry and Connemara''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Arnold |first=Bruce |title=To the waters and the wild |newspaper=[[Irish Independent]] |location=Dublin |date=27 November 2012 |url=http://www.independent.ie/incoming/to-the-waters-and-the-wild-26527736.html |access-date=4 June 2014 |archive-date=6 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606223923/http://www.independent.ie/incoming/to-the-waters-and-the-wild-26527736.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Scott's friendship with [[Chaim Weizmann]] played a role in the [[Balfour Declaration]]. In 1948 ''The Manchester Guardian'' was a supporter of the new State of Israel.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

Ownership of the paper passed in June 1936 to the [[Scott Trust]] (named after the last owner, [[John Russell Scott]], who was the first chairman of the Trust). This move ensured the paper's independence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/the-scott-trust |title=The Scott Trust |work=The Guardian |access-date=2 September 2018 |archive-date=2 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902165323/https://www.theguardian.com/the-scott-trust |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Additional citation needed|date=October 2021}}

From 1930 to 1967, a special archival copy of all the daily newspapers was preserved in 700 [[zinc]] cases. These were found in 1988 while the newspaper's archives were deposited at the [[University of Manchester]]'s [[John Rylands University Library]], on the Oxford Road campus. The first case was opened and found to contain the newspapers issued in August 1930 in pristine condition. The zinc cases had been made each month by the newspaper's plumber and stored for posterity. The other 699 cases were not opened and were all returned to storage at ''The Guardian''{{'}}s garage, owing to shortage of space at the library.<ref>Taylor, Geoffrey (11 April 1988) "Bowled over by treasures at the bottom of the zinc"; ''The Guardian''</ref>

====Spanish Civil War====
Traditionally affiliated with the centrist to centre-left [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]], and with a northern, non-conformist circulation base, the paper earned a national reputation and the respect of the left during the [[Spanish Civil War]] (1936–1939). [[George Orwell]] wrote in ''[[Homage to Catalonia#Appendix one (orig. ch. 5)|Homage to Catalonia]]'' (1938): "Of our larger papers, the ''Manchester Guardian'' is the only one that leaves me with an increased respect for its honesty".<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Orwell|first1=George|author-link=George Orwell|title=Homage to Catalonia|isbn=0-15-642117-8|publisher=[[Harcourt, Brace]]|oclc=769187345|page=[[iarchive:homagetocataloni00orwe 0/page/65/mode/1up|65]]|year=1980|orig-date=1938}}</ref> With the pro-Liberal ''[[News Chronicle]]'', the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]-supporting ''[[Daily Herald (UK newspaper)|Daily Herald]]'', the [[Communist Party of Great Britain|Communist Party]]'s ''[[Morning Star (British newspaper)|Daily Worker]]'' and several Sunday and weekly papers, it supported the Republican government against General [[Francisco Franco]]'s insurgent nationalists.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Beevor|first1=Antony|author-link=Antony Beevor|title=The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939|year=2006|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|isbn=0-14-303765-X|oclc=70158540|page=[[iarchive:battleforspainsp00anto/page/243/mode/1up|243]]}}</ref>

====Post-war====
The paper's then editor, [[A. P. Wadsworth]], so loathed Labour's left-wing champion [[Aneurin Bevan]], who had made a reference to getting rid of "Tory Vermin" in a speech "and the hate-gospellers of his entourage" that it encouraged readers to vote Conservative in the [[1951 United Kingdom general election|1951 general election]] and remove [[Clement Attlee]]'s post-war Labour government.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Manchester Guardian|author=Leader|date=22 October 1951|title=Time for change?}}</ref>

''The Manchester Guardian'' strongly opposed military intervention during the 1956 [[Suez Crisis]]: "The Anglo-French ultimatum to Egypt is an act of folly, without justification in any terms but brief expediency. It pours petrol on a growing fire. There is no knowing what kind of explosion will follow."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jul/10/pressandpublishing.egypt | title=Courage under fire | work=The Guardian | date=10 July 2006 | access-date=5 March 2014 | author=Rusbridger Alan | archive-date=30 August 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830063430/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jul/10/pressandpublishing.egypt | url-status=live }}. Three years from 1956 and the ''Manchester Guardian'' soon became ''The Guardian'', introduced by Scott C.C.P</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wv7sCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA230 |title=Reassessing Suez 1956: New Perspectives on the Crisis and Its Aftermath |last=Smith |first=Simon C. |year=2016 |publisher=Routledge |page=230 |isbn=978-1-317-07069-6 |access-date=23 August 2020 |archive-date=21 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121073108/https://books.google.com/books?id=wv7sCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA230 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 24 August 1959, ''The Manchester Guardian'' changed its name to ''The Guardian''. This change reflected the growing prominence of national and international affairs in the newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-archive/2002/jun/11/1|title=Key moments in The Guardian's history: a timeline|date=16 November 2017|website=The Guardian|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-date=27 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427154248/https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-archive/2002/jun/11/1|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 1961, ''The Guardian'', which had previously only been published in [[Manchester]], began to be printed in London.<ref>''The Press and the People''. London: General Council of the Press. 1961, p. 14</ref>
[[Nesta Roberts]] was appointed as the newspaper's first news editor there, becoming the first woman to hold such a position on a British national newspaper.<ref>Geoffrey Taylor, "Nesta Roberts: The first woman to run the news desk on a national newspaper", ''The Guardian'', 18 January 2009, accessed 14 August 2021</ref>

===1972 to 2000===

====The Troubles====

During the early period of [[the Troubles]] in [[Northern Ireland]], ''The Guardian'' supported British state intervention to quell disturbances between [[Irish Catholics]] and [[Ulster loyalists]].<ref>''The Guardian'', leader, 4 August 1969</ref> After the 1969 [[Battle of the Bogside]] between Catholic residents of [[Derry]] and the [[Royal Ulster Constabulary]] (RUC), ''The Guardian'' called for the [[British Armed Forces]] to be deployed to the region, arguing that their deployment would "present a more disinterested face of law and order" than the RUC."<ref>''The Guardian'', leader, 15 August 1969</ref> The Army was deployed from 1969.

On 30 January 1972, troops from the [[1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment]] opened fire on a [[Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association]] march, killing fourteen people in an event that came to be known as [[Bloody Sunday (1972)|Bloody Sunday]]. In response to the incident, ''The Guardian'' argued that "Neither side can escape condemnation... The organisers of the demonstration, Miss [[Bernadette Devlin]] among them, deliberately challenged the ban on marches. They knew that stone throwing and sniping could not be prevented, and that the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] might [[human shield|use the crowd as a shield]]."<ref name="BloodySunday">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1972/feb/01/bloodysunday.northernireland1|title=The division deepens|work=The Guardian|date=1 February 1972|author=Leader|location=London|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202121559/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1972/feb/01/bloodysunday.northernireland1|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' further stated that "It is certainly true that the army cordons had endured a wanton barrage of stones, steel bars, and other missiles. That still does not justify opening fire so freely."<ref name="BloodySunday"/>

After the events of Bloody Sunday, [[John Widgery, Baron Widgery]] was appointed the head of a tribunal to investigate the killings. The resulting tribunal, known as the [[Widgery Tribunal]], largely exonerated the actions of the soldiers involved in the incident.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/19/newsid_2491000/2491125.stm |title=19 April 1972: 'Bloody Sunday' report excuses Army |publisher=BBC |year=2008 |access-date=28 July 2009 |work=On this day 1950–2005 |archive-date=6 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106153121/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/19/newsid_2491000/2491125.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Bowcott |first=Owen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jun/16/bloody-sunday-inquiry-derry-verdict |title=Bloody Sunday inquiry: 'We always knew the dead were innocent' |work=The Guardian |date=16 June 2010 |access-date=11 August 2013 |archive-date=25 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725211745/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jun/16/bloody-sunday-inquiry-derry-verdict |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Guardian'' published an article on 20 April 1972 which supported the tribunal and its findings, arguing that "Widgery's report is not one-sided".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1972/apr/20/bloodysunday.northernireland|title=To make history repeat itself|work=The Guardian|date=20 April 1972|author=Leader|location=London|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202121813/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1972/apr/20/bloodysunday.northernireland|url-status=live}}</ref> In response to the introduction of [[internment]] without trial in Northern Ireland, ''The Guardian'' argued that "Internment without trial is hateful, repressive and undemocratic. In the existing Irish situation, most regrettably, it is also inevitable... To remove the ringleaders, in the hope that the atmosphere might calm down, is a step to which there is no obvious alternative."<ref>''The Guardian'', leader, 10 August 1971</ref>

====Sarah Tisdall====
In 1983, the paper was at the centre of a controversy surrounding documents regarding the stationing of [[cruise missile]]s in Britain that were leaked to ''The Guardian'' by civil servant [[Sarah Tisdall]]. The paper eventually complied with a court order to hand over the documents to the authorities, which led to in a six-month prison sentence for Tisdall.<ref>{{cite news |last=Routledge |first=Paul |date=16 January 1994 |title=Profile: Hunter of the truth: Lord justice Scott: With the Government rattled, Paul Routledge looks at the man John Major now has to face &#124; Voices |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/profile-hunter-of-the-truth-lord-justice-scott-with-the-government-rattled-paul-routledge-looks-at-the-man-john-major-now-has-to-face-1407249.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308083546/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/profile-hunter-of-the-truth-lord-justice-scott-with-the-government-rattled-paul-routledge-looks-at-the-man-john-major-now-has-to-face-1407249.html |archive-date=8 March 2021 |access-date=6 March 2016 |work=The Independent}}</ref> "I still blame myself", said [[Peter Preston]], who was the editor of ''The Guardian'' at the time, but he went on to argue that the paper had no choice because it "believed in the rule of law".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/sep/05/pressandpublishing.politicsandthemedia|title=A source of great regret|work=The Guardian|date=5 September 2005|location=London|last=Preston|first=Peter|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202082642/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/sep/05/pressandpublishing.politicsandthemedia|url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2019 article discussing [[Julian Assange]] and the protection of sources by journalists, [[John Pilger]] criticised the editor of ''The Guardian'' for betraying Tisdall by choosing not to go to prison "on a fundamental principle of protecting a source".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pilger |first1=John |title=John Pilger: The Assange Arrest Is A Warning From History |url=https://newmatilda.com/2019/04/14/john-pilger-the-assange-arrest-is-a-warning-from-history/ |access-date=3 May 2019 |publisher=New Matilda |date=14 April 2019 |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417005445/https://newmatilda.com/2019/04/14/john-pilger-the-assange-arrest-is-a-warning-from-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====The Observer====
The [[Guardian Media Group]] acquired the [[Sunday newspaper]] ''[[The Observer]]'' in June 1993, after a rival acquisition bid by ''[[The Independent]]'' was rejected.<ref name="Indy">{{cite news |last=Leapman |first=Michael |title=New editor chosen for 'Observer': 'Guardian' deputy to succeed Trelford |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/new-editor-chosen-for-observer-guardian-deputy-to-succeed-trelford-2322911.html |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=The Independent |date=15 May 1993}}</ref> This extended the Guardian's publishing to 7 days a week. While the Observer continued to operate as a separate published newspaper with  its own editorial team and journalists, over time its digital content became part of The Guardian's online presence. ''The Observer'' was sold to Tortoise Media, effective from April 2025.

====Alleged penetration by Russian intelligence====
In 1994, [[KGB]] defector [[Oleg Gordievsky]] identified ''Guardian'' literary editor [[Richard Gott]] as "an agent of influence". While Gott denied that he received cash, he admitted he had had lunch at the Soviet Embassy and had taken benefits from the KGB on overseas visits. Gott resigned from his post.<ref>{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Rhys|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/guardian-journalist-recruited-by-the-kgb-1386978.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/guardian-journalist-recruited-by-the-kgb-1386978.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title='Guardian' journalist recruited by the KGB|work=The Independent|date=9 December 1994|access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>

Gordievsky commented on the newspaper: "The KGB loved ''The Guardian''. It was deemed highly susceptible to penetration."<ref name="findarticles.com">{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n7_v11/ai_16679970/pg_2/ |title=CBSi |publisher=[[FindArticles]] |access-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624033500/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n7_v11/ai_16679970/pg_2/ |archive-date=24 June 2012}}</ref>

====Jonathan Aitken====
In 1995, both the [[Granada Television]] programme ''[[World in Action]]'' and ''The Guardian'' were sued for [[libel]] by the [[cabinet minister]] [[Jonathan Aitken#Libel, arrest and prison|Jonathan Aitken]], for their allegation that [[Harrods]] owner [[Mohamed Al Fayed]] had paid for Aitken and his wife to stay at the [[Hôtel Ritz]] in Paris, essentially a bribe to Aitken. Aitken publicly stated that he would fight with "the simple sword of truth and the trusty shield of British fair play".<ref>{{cite news |title=The simple sword of truth |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1995/apr/11/uk1 |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=11 April 1995 |access-date=25 May 2010 |archive-date=19 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919092400/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/1995/apr/11/uk1 |url-status=live }}</ref> The court case proceeded, and in 1997 ''The Guardian'' produced evidence that Aitken's claim of his wife paying for the hotel stay was untrue.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1997/jun/21/uk.davidpallister|title=He lied and lied and lied|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=21 June 1997|last1=Harding|first1=Luke|author2=David Pallister|author2-link=David Pallister|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=15 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715035835/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1997/jun/21/uk.davidpallister|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1999, Aitken was jailed for [[perjury]] and [[perverting the course of justice]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/258070.stm |title=Aitken pleads guilty to perjury |publisher=BBC News |date=19 January 1999 |access-date=8 September 2004 |archive-date=2 July 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040702214336/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/258070.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

====''Connection''====
In May 1998, a series of ''Guardian'' investigations exposed that a much-garlanded ITV documentary ''The Connection'' produced by Carlton Television [[Carlton Television#Factual inaccuracy in 1996 documentary|was mostly fabricated]].

The documentary purported to film an undiscovered route by which heroin was smuggled into the United Kingdom from Colombia. An internal inquiry at Carlton found that ''The Guardian''{{'}}s allegations were in large part correct, and the regulator [[Independent Television Commission]] (ITC) punished Carlton with a record £2&nbsp;million fine<ref>[http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/itc/itc_publications/annual_report/1998/programme_regulation.asp.html ITC Annual Report 1998 – Programme regulation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924071132/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/itc/itc_publications/annual_report/1998/programme_regulation.asp.html |date=24 September 2015 }} Retrieved 26 September 2007</ref> for multiple breaches of the UK's broadcasting codes. The scandal led to an impassioned debate about the accuracy of documentary production.<ref>[http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/firstrelease/fr1199/bwfr8b.htm The primrose path: faking UK television documentary, "Docuglitz" and Docusoap] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206204451/http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/firstrelease/fr1199/bwfr8b.htm |date=6 February 2012 }} Retrieved 26 September 2007</ref><ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719232514/http://www.bjr.org.uk/data/2003/no3_owen.htm |archive-date=19 July 2012 |website=British Journalism Review |first=John |last=Owen |title=Now you see it, now you don't |access-date=26 September 2007 |date=Nov 3, 2003 |url=http://www.bjr.org.uk/data/2003/no3_owen.htm}}</ref> In June 1998 ''The Guardian'' revealed further fabrications in another Carlton documentary by the same director.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-06-10-9806100250-story.html |title=TV Filmmaker Accused of 2nd Fake |last=Moseley |first=Ray |work=Chicago Tribune |date=10 June 1998 |access-date=28 May 2019 |archive-date=28 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528084120/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-06-10-9806100250-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Kosovo War====
The paper supported [[NATO]]'s military intervention in the [[Kosovo War]] in 1998–1999. ''The Guardian'' stated that "the only honourable course for Europe and America is to use military force".<ref>''The Guardian'', leader, 23 March 1999</ref> [[Mary Kaldor]]'s piece was headlined "Bombs away! But to save civilians, we must get in some soldiers too."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/mar/25/balkans8 |title=Bombs away! But to save civilians we must get in some soldiers too |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=25 March 1999 |author-link=Mary Kaldor |last=Kaldor |first=Mary |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202111617/https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/mar/25/balkans8 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Since 2000===
[[File:Canciller Ricardo Patiño ofrece entrevista al diario “The Guardian”.jpg|thumb|''The Guardian'' senior news writer Esther Addley interviewing Ecuadorian foreign minister [[Ricardo Patiño]] for an article relating to [[Julian Assange]] in 2014]]

In the early 2000s, ''The Guardian'' challenged the [[Act of Settlement 1701]] and the [[Treason Felony Act 1848]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/dec/06/monarchy.claredyer |title=A challenge to the crown: now is the time for change |work=The Guardian |date=6 December 2000 |location=London |last=Dyer |first=Clare |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=28 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228131614/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/dec/06/monarchy.claredyer |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/dec/07/monarchy.politicalnews |title=Broad welcome for debate on monarchy |work=The Guardian |date=7 December 2000 |location=London |last=Watt |first=Nicholas |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=19 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719071844/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/dec/07/monarchy.politicalnews |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2004, ''The Guardian'' published a humorous column by [[Charlie Brooker]] in its entertainment guide, the final sentence of which was viewed by some as a call for violence against U.S. President [[George W. Bush]]; after a controversy, Brooker and the paper issued an apology, saying the "closing comments were intended as an ironic joke, not as a call to action".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/oct/24/tvandradio.theguide |title=Screen Burn, The Guide |work=The Guardian |date=24 October 2004 |location=London |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=10 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510175217/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/oct/24/tvandradio.theguide |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Following the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]], ''The Guardian'' published an article on its comment pages by [[Dilpazier Aslam]], a 27-year-old British Muslim and journalism trainee from [[Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jul/13/religion.july7 |title=We rock the boat |work=The Guardian |date=13 July 2005 |location=London |last=Aslam |first=Dilpazier |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220220124/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jul/13/religion.july7 |url-status=live }}</ref> Aslam was a member of [[Hizb ut-Tahrir]], an [[Islamist]] group, and had published a number of articles on their website. According to the newspaper, it did not know that Aslam was a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir when he applied to become a trainee, though several staff members were informed of this once he started at the paper.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jul/22/theguardian.pressandpublishing1 |title=Background: The Guardian and Dilpazier Aslam |work=MediaGuardian |date=22 July 2005 |location=London |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021808/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jul/22/theguardian.pressandpublishing1 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Home Office]] said that the group's "ultimate aim is the establishment of an Islamic state (Caliphate), according to Hizb ut-Tahrir via non-violent means". ''The Guardian'' asked Aslam to resign his membership of the group and, when he did not do so, terminated his employment.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jul/22/theguardian.pressandpublishing |title=Dilpazier Aslam leaves Guardian |work=MediaGuardian |date=22 July 2005 |last=Busfield |first=Steve |location=London |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=21 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221161529/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jul/22/theguardian.pressandpublishing |url-status=live }}</ref>

In early 2009, ''The Guardian'' started a tax investigation into a number of major UK companies,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/series/tax-gap |title=Tax Gap |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=6 February 2009 |access-date=28 July 2009 |archive-date=4 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304202621/http://www.theguardian.com/business/series/tax-gap |url-status=live }}</ref> including publishing a database of the tax paid by the [[FTSE 100]] companies.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/interactive/2009/feb/02/tax-database |title=Big business: what they make, what they pay |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=2 February 2009 |access-date=25 May 2010 |archive-date=4 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304202619/http://www.theguardian.com/business/interactive/2009/feb/02/tax-database |url-status=live }}</ref> Internal documents relating to [[Barclays Bank]]'s [[tax avoidance]] were removed from ''The Guardian'' website after Barclays obtained a [[gagging order]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/mar/19/barclays-tax-guardian-injunction|title=Guardian loses legal challenge over Barclays documents gagging order|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=19 March 2009|last1=Jones|first1=Sam|author2=David Leigh|publisher=Guardian News and Media|author2-link=David Leigh (journalist)|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510172452/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/mar/19/barclays-tax-guardian-injunction|url-status=live}}</ref> The newspaper played a pivotal role in exposing the depth of the [[News of the World phone hacking affair|''News of the World'' phone hacking affair]]. ''[[The Economist]]''{{'s}} ''[[Intelligent Life (magazine)|Intelligent Life]]'' magazine opined that: {{cquote|As [[Watergate]] is to the ''[[Washington Post]]'', and [[thalidomide]] to the ''[[Sunday Times]]'', so [[News International phone hacking scandal|phone-hacking]] will surely be to ''The Guardian'': a defining moment in its history.<ref>{{cite news|title=Can The Guardian survive?|url=http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/tim-de-lisle/can-guardian-survive|newspaper=Intelligent Life|date=July–August 2012|access-date=20 June 2012|archive-date=19 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819142430/http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/tim-de-lisle/can-guardian-survive|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

====Israeli-Palestinian conflict coverage====
In recent decades, ''The Guardian'' has been accused of biased [[criticism of Israeli government policy]]<ref name="Sela">{{cite journal|last1=Sela|first1=Hadar|date=June 2010|title=Anti-Zionist and Antisemitic Discourse on ''The Guardian''{{'}}s "Comment Is Free" Website|url=http://www.gloria-center.org/meria/2010/06/sela.html|url-status=dead|journal=[[Middle East Review of International Affairs]]|volume=14|issue=2|pages=31–37|issn=1565-8996|id={{ProQuest|816331031}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713075059/http://www.gloria-center.org/meria/2010/06/sela.html|archive-date=13 July 2010}}</ref> and of bias against the Palestinians.<ref>Ponsford, Dominic (12 August 2014), [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/guardian-accused-pro-israel-bias-after-carrying-child-sacrifice-ad-rejected-times/ "Guardian accused of pro-Israel bias after carrying 'child sacrifice' ad rejected by The Times"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207112525/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/guardian-accused-pro-israel-bias-after-carrying-child-sacrifice-ad-rejected-times/ |date=7 February 2017 }}, ''PressGazette''.</ref> In December 2003, columnist [[Julie Burchill]] cited "striking bias against the state of Israel" as one of the reasons she left the paper for ''The Times''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Burchill|first=Julie|author-link=Julie Burchill|date=29 November 2003|title=Good, bad and ugly|work=The Guardian|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/nov/29/weekend.julieburchill|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=22 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722183248/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/nov/29/weekend.julieburchill|url-status=live}}</ref>

Responding to these accusations, a ''Guardian'' editorial in 2002 condemned antisemitism and defended the paper's right to criticise the policies and actions of the Israeli government, arguing that those who view such criticism as inherently anti-Jewish are mistaken.<ref>{{cite news|date=26 January 2002|title=Leader: A new anti-semitism?|work=The Guardian|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jan/26/israel.guardianleaders|access-date=25 January 2010|archive-date=25 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825234218/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jan/26/israel.guardianleaders|url-status=live}}</ref> Harriet Sherwood, then ''The Guardian''{{'s}} foreign editor, later its Jerusalem correspondent, has also denied that ''The Guardian'' has an anti-Israel bias, saying that the paper aims to cover all viewpoints in the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]].<ref>{{cite news|title=News coverage|work=The Guardian|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/values/socialaudit/story/0,,1931208,00.html|access-date=25 May 2010|archive-date=25 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825080739/http://www.theguardian.com/values/socialaudit/story/0,,1931208,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 6 November 2011, Chris Elliott, ''The Guardian''{{'}}s readers' editor, wrote that "''Guardian'' reporters, writers and editors must be more vigilant about the language they use when writing about Jews or Israel", citing recent cases where ''The Guardian'' received complaints regarding language chosen to describe Jews or Israel. Elliott noted that, over nine months, he upheld complaints regarding language in certain articles that were seen as anti-Semitic, revising the language and footnoting this change.<ref name="Elliott responds">{{cite web|author=Elliott, Chris|date=6 November 2011|title=The readers' editor on&nbsp;... averting accusations of antisemitism|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/nov/06/averting-accusations-of-antisemitism-guardian|access-date=3 October 2012|work=The Guardian|archive-date=1 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001054553/http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/nov/06/averting-accusations-of-antisemitism-guardian|url-status=live}}</ref>

''The Guardian''{{'}}s style guide section referred to [[Tel Aviv]] as the capital of Israel in 2012. In 2012, media watchdog [[HonestReporting]] filed a complaint with the [[Press Complaints Commission]] (PCC) after ''The Guardian'' ran a correction apologizing for "wrongly" having called Jerusalem as Israel's capital. After an initial ruling supporting ''The Guardian'', the PCC retracted its original ruling, leading to the newspaper's acknowledgement that it was wrong to call Tel Aviv Israel's capital.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Guardian seeks to revise history|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/155043|first=Rachel|last=Hirshfeld|access-date=16 October 2014|work=Arutz Sheva|date=23 April 2012|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006073541/http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/155043|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|editor=Corrections and clarifications column|date=22 April 2012|title=Corrections and clarifications|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/apr/22/corrections-and-clarifications|access-date=6 March 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001345/http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/apr/22/corrections-and-clarifications|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahern |first1=Raphael |title=Guardian: We were wrong to call Tel Aviv Israel's capital |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/guardian-admits-we-were-wrong-in-calling-tel-aviv-israels-capital/ |access-date=29 February 2024 |work=[[Times of Israel]] |date=2012-08-08 |archive-date=29 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229022216/https://www.timesofisrael.com/guardian-admits-we-were-wrong-in-calling-tel-aviv-israels-capital/ |url-status=live }}</ref>''The Guardian'' later clarified: "In 1980, the Israeli Knesset enacted a law designating the city of Jerusalem, including East Jerusalem, as the country's capital. In response, the UN security council issued resolution 478, censuring the "change in character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem" and calling on all member states with diplomatic missions in the city to withdraw. The UN has reaffirmed this position on several occasions, and almost every country now has its embassy in Tel Aviv. While it was therefore right to issue a correction to make clear Israel's designation of Jerusalem as its capital is not recognised by the international community, we accept that it is wrong to state that Tel Aviv – the country's financial and diplomatic centre – is the capital. The style guide has been amended accordingly."<ref name="Guardian retract">{{cite web|date=7 August 2012|title=Corrections and clarifications|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/aug/07/corrections-and-clarifications|access-date=29 July 2015|work=The Guardian|archive-date=18 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718175454/http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/aug/07/corrections-and-clarifications|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 11 August 2014 the print edition of ''The Guardian'' published a pro-Israeli advocacy advert during the [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict]] featuring [[Elie Wiesel]], headed by the words "Jews rejected child sacrifice 3,500 years ago. Now it's Hamas' turn." ''The Times'' had decided against running the ad, although it had already appeared in major American newspapers.<ref>{{cite web|first=Meredith|last=Carey|date=7 August 2014|title=The Guardian Accepts Elie Wiesel's Rejected London Times Advertisement – Observer|url=http://observer.com/2014/08/exclusive-the-guardian-accepts-the-elie-weisel-ad-rejected-by-london-times/|access-date=24 March 2016|work=Observer|archive-date=30 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330082408/http://observer.com/2014/08/exclusive-the-guardian-accepts-the-elie-weisel-ad-rejected-by-london-times/|url-status=live}}</ref> One week later, Chris Elliott expressed the opinion that the newspaper should have rejected the language used in the advert and should have negotiated with the advertiser on this matter.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Elliott|first1=Chris|date=18 August 2014|title=The readers' editor on... the decision to run This World's advertisement|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/18/readers-editor-decision-this-world-advertisement|access-date=22 August 2014|website=[[theguardian.com]]|archive-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821205527/http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/18/readers-editor-decision-this-world-advertisement|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2023, ''The Guardian'' stated it would not renew the contract of cartoonist [[Steve Bell (cartoonist)|Steve Bell]] after he submitted a cartoon featuring Netanyahu, with his shirt open, wearing boxing gloves and holding a scalpel over a dotted shape of the [[Gaza Strip]] on his stomach. The caption read: "Residents of Gaza, get out now." Due to what has been seen by some as a reference to Shakespeare's [[Shylock]]'s "pound of flesh", it prompted accusations that it was antisemitic.<ref>{{cite news |last=Warrington |first=James |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/10/15/guardian-cartoonist-steve-bell-anti-semitic-netanyahu/ |title=Guardian cartoonist sacked over 'anti-Semitic' Netanyahu drawing |work=The Telegraph |date=15 October 2023 |access-date=16 October 2023 |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015212014/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/10/15/guardian-cartoonist-steve-bell-anti-semitic-netanyahu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Bell said that he was inspired by the 1960s "Johnson's Scar" cartoon by [[David Levine]] of U.S. president [[Lyndon B Johnson]] within the context of the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-16 |title=Steve Bell sacked by Guardian in antisemitism row over Netanyahu cartoon |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67122609 |access-date=2023-10-17 |archive-date=8 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208150745/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67122609 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hti.osu.edu/opper/lesson-plans/cold-war-conflict-in-vietnam-the-vietnam-era-presidency/images/johnsons-scar|title=Johnson's Scar|website=Ohio State University|access-date=21 March 2024|archive-date=8 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108042404/https://hti.osu.edu/opper/lesson-plans/cold-war-conflict-in-vietnam-the-vietnam-era-presidency/images/johnsons-scar|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Clark County====
In August 2004, for the [[2004 United States presidential election|US presidential election]], the daily ''G2'' supplement launched an experimental letter-writing campaign in [[Clark County, Ohio|Clark County]], Ohio, an average-sized county in a [[swing state]]. Editor [[Ian Katz]] bought a voter list from the county for $25 and asked readers to write to people listed as undecided in the election, giving them an impression of the international view and the importance of voting against President George W. Bush.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} Katz admitted later that he did not believe Democrats who warned that the campaign would benefit Bush and not opponent [[John Kerry]].<ref name="rennie20041022">{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1474828/Guardian-calls-it-quits-in-Clark-County-fiasco.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1474828/Guardian-calls-it-quits-in-Clark-County-fiasco.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Guardian calls it quits in Clark County fiasco |last=Rennie |first=David |date=21 October 2004 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=29 July 2019 |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The newspaper scrapped "Operation Clark County" on 21 October 2004 after first publishing a column of responses—nearly all of them outraged—to the campaign under the headline "Dear Limey assholes".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/18/uselections2004.usa2|title=Dear Limey assholes|access-date=13 May 2008|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=18 October 2004|archive-date=28 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828090159/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/18/uselections2004.usa2|url-status=live}}</ref> Some commentators suggested that the public's dislike of the campaign contributed to Bush's victory in Clark County.<ref name="bowers">{{cite web |last=Bowers |first=Andy |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2004/11/dear_limey_assholes_.html |title=A crazy British plot to help Kerry |publisher=Slate |date=4 November 2004 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065354/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2004/11/dear_limey_assholes_.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

====International editions====
In 2007, the paper launched ''Guardian America'', an attempt to capitalise on its large online readership in the United States, which at the time stood at more than 5.9&nbsp;million. The company hired former ''[[American Prospect]]'' editor, ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine columnist and ''[[New York Review of Books]]'' writer [[Michael Tomasky]] to head the project and hire a staff of American reporters and web editors. The site featured news from ''The Guardian'' that was relevant to an American audience: coverage of US news and the Middle East, for example.<ref>{{cite web |first=Leon |last=Neyfakh |url=http://observer.com/2007/09/iguardiani-reclaims-america/ |title=Guardian Reclaims America |website=Observer |date=5 September 2007 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=10 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410013556/http://observer.com/2007/09/iguardiani-reclaims-america/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tomasky stepped down from his position as editor of ''Guardian America'' in February 2009, ceding editing and planning duties to other US and London staff. He retained his position as a columnist and blogger, taking the title editor-at-large.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/feb/18/michael-tomasky-editor-democracy|title=Michael Tomasky joins political journal Democracy|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=18 February 2009|last=Kiss|first=Jemima|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=1 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101232654/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/feb/18/michael-tomasky-editor-democracy|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2009, the company abandoned the ''Guardian America'' homepage, instead directing users to a US news index page on the main ''Guardian'' website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://paidcontent.org/2009/10/20/419-gnm-axing-guardianamerica-com-shuffling-execs-in-restructure/ |title=GNM Axing GuardianAmerica.com, Shuffling Execs in Restructure| access-date=11 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624042418/http://paidcontent.org/2009/10/20/419-gnm-axing-guardianamerica-com-shuffling-execs-in-restructure/ |archive-date=24 June 2013}}</ref> The following month, the company laid off six American employees, including a reporter, a multimedia producer and four web editors. The move came as ''Guardian News and Media'' opted to reconsider its US strategy amid a huge effort to cut costs across the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://paidcontent.org/2009/11/06/419-guardian-news-and-media-laying-off-seven-employees-in-u-s/ |title=Guardian News And Media Laying Off Six Employees in U.S.|first=Rafat|last=Ali|access-date=11 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624012953/http://paidcontent.org/2009/11/06/419-guardian-news-and-media-laying-off-seven-employees-in-u-s/ |archive-date=24 June 2013}}</ref> In subsequent years, however, ''The Guardian'' has hired various commentators on US affairs including [[Ana Marie Cox]], [[Michael Wolff (journalist)|Michael Wolff]], [[Naomi Wolf]], [[Glenn Greenwald]] and George W. Bush's former speechwriter [[Josh Treviño]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cohen|first=Noam|date=26 August 2012|title=The Guardian Backtracks From a Bold Move in Hiring|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/27/business/media/guardian-backtracks-from-hiring-of-joshua-trevino.html|access-date=31 December 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=7 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207091118/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/27/business/media/guardian-backtracks-from-hiring-of-joshua-trevino.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Treviño">{{cite web |author=Guardian US |url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/9 |title=adds Josh Treviño to growing US team |work=The Guardian |date=15 August 2012 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120539/http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/9 |url-status=live }}</ref> Treviño's first blog post was an apology for a controversial tweet posted in June 2011 over the second Gaza flotilla, the controversy which had been revived by the appointment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-news-blog/2012/aug/16/2011-gaza-flotilla-tweet-clarification?commentpage=all#start-of-comments|title=My 2011 Gaza flotilla tweet: a clarification|first=Joshua|last=Treviño|work=The Guardian|date=16 August 2012|access-date=16 October 2014|archive-date=20 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020012322/http://www.theguardian.com/world/us-news-blog/2012/aug/16/2011-gaza-flotilla-tweet-clarification?commentpage=all#start-of-comments|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Guardian US]]'' launched in September 2011, led by editor-in-chief [[Janine Gibson (journalist)|Janine Gibson]], which replaced the previous ''Guardian America'' service.<ref name="PressRel">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/guardian-unveils-us-url|title=Guardian unveils url for the US – guardiannews.com – as its new digital operation gets underway in New York |newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=22 July 2013|date=14 September 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019113929/https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/guardian-unveils-us-url |archive-date= Oct 19, 2013 }}</ref> After a period during which [[Katharine Viner]] served as the US editor-in-chief before taking charge of ''Guardian News and Media'' as a whole, Viner's former deputy, Lee Glendinning, was appointed to succeed her as head of the American operation at the beginning of June 2015.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jasper |last=Jackson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/01/lee-glendinning-editor-guardian-us |title=Lee Glendinning appointed as editor of Guardian US |work=The Guardian |date=1 June 2015 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305042151/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/01/lee-glendinning-editor-guardian-us |url-status=live }}</ref>

''The Guardian'' later launched Australian and "International" digital editions in 2013 and 2015 respectively. In September 2023, a European digital edition was launched, part of the newspaper's efforts to be "even more European in its perspective, not less" after [[Brexit]]. Ten journalists and four columnists were initially hired for the edition. After a year, European readership increased 15%, with Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, and the Netherlands providing the editions biggest audiences.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2025-01-05|date=17 October 2024|first=Hanaa'|last=Tameez|title=A year in, The Guardian's European edition contributes 15% of the publisher's pageviews|url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/10/a-year-in-the-guardians-european-edition-contributes-15-of-the-publishers-pageviews/}}</ref>

====Gagged from reporting Parliament====
In October 2009, ''The Guardian'' reported that it was forbidden to report on a parliamentary matter, a question recorded in a Commons order paper, to be answered by a minister later that week.<ref>{{cite web |author=Table Office, House of Commons |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmordbk2/cmob2.htm |title=Order Paper Part 2 |publisher=Publications.parliament.uk |date=12 November 2009 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221400/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmordbk2/cmob2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The newspaper noted that it was being "forbidden from telling its readers why the paper is prevented—for the first time in memory—from reporting parliament. Legal obstacles, which cannot be identified, involve proceedings, which cannot be mentioned, on behalf of a client who must remain secret. The only fact ''The Guardian'' can report is that the case involves the London solicitors [[Carter-Ruck]]." The paper further stated that this case appeared "to call into question privileges guaranteeing free speech established under the [[1689 Bill of Rights]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/oct/12/guardian-gagged-from-reporting-parliament|title=Guardian gagged from reporting parliament|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=12 October 2009|last=Leigh|first=David|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=5 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005045156/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/oct/12/guardian-gagged-from-reporting-parliament|url-status=live}}</ref>

The only parliamentary question mentioning Carter-Ruck in the relevant period was by [[Paul Farrelly]] MP, in reference to legal action by [[Barclays]] and [[Trafigura]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmordbk2/91014o01.htm|title=Oral or Written Questions for Answer beginning on Wednesday 14 October 2009|work=UK Parliament|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016113956/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmordbk2/91014o01.htm|archive-date=16 October 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Press Gazette|date=13 October 2009|title=Guardian gagged from reporting Parliament|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/44460|publisher=Progressive Media International|location=London|first=Dominic|last=Ponsford|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513013753/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/44460|archive-date=13 May 2013}}</ref> The part of the question referencing Carter-Ruck relates to the latter company's September 2009 gagging order on the publication of a 2006 internal report<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wikileaks.com/wiki/Minton_report:_Trafigura_Toxic_dumping_along_the_Ivory_Coast_broke_EU_regulations,_14_Sep_2006 |title=Minton report: Trafigura toxic dumping along the Ivory Coast broke EU regulations, 14 Sep 2006 |publisher=WikiLeaks |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=11 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011225104/https://www.wikileaks.com/wiki/Minton_report:_Trafigura_Toxic_dumping_along_the_Ivory_Coast_broke_EU_regulations,_14_Sep_2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> into the [[2006 Côte d'Ivoire toxic waste dump]] scandal, which involved a [[class action]] case that the company only settled in September 2009 after ''The Guardian'' published some of the commodity trader's internal emails.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/16/trafigura-oil-ivory-coast |title=How UK oil company Trafigura tried to cover up African pollution disaster |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=16 September 2009 |last=Leigh |first=David |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202121632/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/16/trafigura-oil-ivory-coast |url-status=live }}</ref> The reporting injunction was lifted the next day, as Carter-Ruck withdrew it before ''The Guardian'' could challenge it in the High Court.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/oct/13/guardian-gagged-parliamentary-question |title=Gag on Guardian reporting MP's Trafigura question lifted |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=13 October 2009 |last=Leigh |first=David |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=7 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407151912/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/13/guardian-gagged-parliamentary-question |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Alan Rusbridger]] attributed the rapid back-down by Carter-Ruck to postings on [[Twitter]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/oct/14/trafigura-fiasco-tears-up-textbook |title=The Trafigura fiasco tears up the textbook |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=14 October 2009 |access-date=25 January 2010 |last=Rusbridger |first=Alan |archive-date=16 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016065630/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/oct/14/trafigura-fiasco-tears-up-textbook |url-status=live}}</ref> as did a [[BBC News Online]] article.<ref>{{cite news |last=Higham |first=Nick |author-link=Nick Higham |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8304908.stm |title=When is a secret not a secret? |date=13 October 2009 |access-date=25 January 2010 |work=BBC News |archive-date=21 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121073122/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8304908.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Edward Snowden leaks and intervention by the UK government====
In June 2013, the newspaper broke news of the secret collection of [[Verizon]] telephone records held by [[Barack Obama]]'s administration<ref name="reuters.com"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Haughney|first1=Christine|last2=Cohen|first2=Noam|date=11 June 2013|title=Guardian Makes Waves, and Is Ready for More|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/business/guardian-reaps-benefits-from-nsa-scoop.html|access-date=31 December 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111181508/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/business/guardian-reaps-benefits-from-nsa-scoop.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and subsequently revealed the existence of the [[PRISM surveillance program]] after it was leaked to the paper by former [[NSA]] contractor [[Edward Snowden]].<ref name="theguardian.com"/> ''The Guardian'' said a [[DSMA-Notice]] had been sent to editors and journalists on 7 June after the first ''Guardian'' story about the Snowden documents. It said the DSMA-Notice was being used as an "attempt to censor coverage of surveillance tactics employed by intelligence agencies in the UK and US".<ref name="pg190613">{{cite news |last1=Ponsford |first1=Dominic |title=Guardian spying revelations were in breach of DA-Notice guidance |url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/guardian-spying-revelations-were-in-breach-of-da-notice-guidance/ |access-date=9 November 2021 |work=Press Gazette |date=19 June 2013 |archive-date=9 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109065555/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/guardian-spying-revelations-were-in-breach-of-da-notice-guidance/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The newspaper was subsequently contacted by the British government's Cabinet Secretary, Sir [[Jeremy Heywood]], under instruction from Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister [[Nick Clegg]], who ordered that the hard drives containing the information be destroyed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23776063 |title=Edward Snowden files: No 10 contacted Guardian |work=BBC News |date=21 August 2013 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125055/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23776063 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Guardian''{{'s}} offices were then visited in July 2013 by agents from the UK's [[GCHQ]], who supervised the destruction of the hard drives containing information acquired from Snowden.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.theage.com.au/news/world-news/rusbridger-tells-of-hard-drive-destruction-4680075.html |title=Guardian's Alan Rusbridger tells of hard drive destruction &#124; Video |work=Media.theage.com.au |date=21 August 2013 |access-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084018/http://media.theage.com.au/news/world-news/rusbridger-tells-of-hard-drive-destruction-4680075.html |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said it had destroyed the hard drives to avoid threatened legal action by the UK government that could have stopped it from reporting on US and British government surveillance contained in the documents.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Borger |first1=Julian |title=NSA files: why The Guardian in London destroyed hard drives of leaked files |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/nsa-snowden-files-drives-destroyed-london |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=20 August 2013 |language=en |archive-date=4 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204030346/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/nsa-snowden-files-drives-destroyed-london |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In June 2014, ''[[The Register]]'' reported that the information the government sought to suppress by destroying the hard drives related to the location of a "beyond top secret" internet monitoring base in [[Seeb]], Oman, and the close involvement of [[BT Group|BT]] and [[Cable & Wireless plc|Cable & Wireless]] in intercepting internet communications.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/03/revealed_beyond_top_secret_british_intelligence_middleeast_internet_spy_base |title=Revealed: GCHQ's beyond top secret middle eastern internet spy base |work=The Register |first=Duncan |last=Campbell |author-link=Duncan Campbell (journalist, born 1944) |date=3 June 2014 |access-date=16 September 2017 |archive-date=25 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625063147/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/03/revealed_beyond_top_secret_british_intelligence_middleeast_internet_spy_base/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Julian Assange]] criticised the newspaper for not publishing the entirety of the content when it had the chance.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.twitch.tv/reddit/v/113771480|title=I am Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks – Ask Me Anything|date=10 January 2017|last=Assange|first=Julian|language=en|publisher=Reddit|minutes=68|access-date=15 January 2017|via=Twitch|archive-date=14 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114130832/https://www.twitch.tv/reddit/v/113771480|url-status=live}}</ref> Rusbridger had initially covered the Snowden documents without the government's supervision, but subsequently sought it, and established an ongoing relationship with the [[Defence Ministry]]. ''The Guardian'' coverage of Snowden later continued because the information had already been copied outside the United Kingdom, earning the company's US website, ''[[The Guardian US]],'' an [[Pulitzer Prize for Public Service|American Pulitzer Prize for Public Service]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2014 Pulitzer Prizes |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112112738/http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2014-International-Reporting |access-date=14 February 2023 |website=The Pulitzer Prizes |archive-date=12 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Rusbridger and subsequent chief editors would sit on the government's DSMA-Notice board.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aROJDwAAQBAJ&q=d-notice.+the+guardian.+snowden&pg=PA161|title=Journalism in an Age of Terror: Covering and Uncovering the Secret State|last=Lloyd|first=John|date=30 October 2016|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781786731111|pages=160–165|language=en|access-date=14 November 2020|archive-date=21 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121073109/https://books.google.com/books?id=aROJDwAAQBAJ&q=d-notice.+the+guardian.+snowden&pg=PA161|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Treatment of Julian Assange====
''The Guardian'' published the [[United States diplomatic cables leak|US diplomatic cables files]] and the [[Guantanamo Bay files leak|Guantanamo Bay files]] in collaboration with [[Julian Assange]] and [[WikiLeaks]].<ref name="spectator210621">{{cite web |last1=Greenwood |first1=Phoebe |title=Will the right save Julian Assange? |url=https://thespectator.com/topic/will-right-save-julian-assange/ |website=The Spectator World |access-date=7 February 2024 |date=21 June 2021 |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240207053042/https://thespectator.com/topic/will-right-save-julian-assange/ |archive-date= Feb 7, 2024 }}</ref> When some of the diplomatic cables were made available online in unredacted form, WikiLeaks blamed ''Guardian'' journalists [[David Leigh (journalist)|David Leigh]] and [[Luke Harding]] for publishing the encryption key to the files in their book ''[[WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=WikiLeaks password 'leaked by journalists' |url=https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-pondered-poisoning-assange-court-told/919d931e-f6cf-4974-aa8c-6bcfcf9a51a8 |website=9News |publisher=AAP |access-date=7 February 2024 |date=25 February 2020 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222154156/https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-pondered-poisoning-assange-court-told/919d931e-f6cf-4974-aa8c-6bcfcf9a51a8 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Guardian'' blamed Assange for the release of the unredacted cables.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anger as Wikileaks releases all US cables unredacted |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-14765837 |website=BBC News |access-date=7 February 2024 |date=2 September 2011 |archive-date=9 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109212533/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-14765837 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Journalist [[Glenn Greenwald]], a former contributor to ''The Guardian'', accused ''The Guardian'' of publishing false claims about Assange in a report about an interview Assange gave to Italian newspaper ''[[La Repubblica]]''. ''The Guardian'' article had claimed that Assange had praised [[Donald Trump]] and criticised [[Hillary Clinton]] and also alleged that Assange had "long had a close relationship with the Putin regime". Greenwald wrote: "This article is about how those [''Guardian''{{'s}}] false claims—fabrications, really—were spread all over the internet by journalists, causing hundreds of thousands of people (if not millions) to consume false news".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://theintercept.com/2016/12/29/the-guardians-summary-of-julian-assanges-interview-went-viral-and-was-completely-false/|title=The Guardian's Summary of Julian Assange's Interview Went Viral and Was Completely False|last=Greenwald|first=Glenn|date=29 December 2016|work=[[The Intercept]]|access-date=4 February 2017|archive-date=5 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205141438/https://theintercept.com/2016/12/29/the-guardians-summary-of-julian-assanges-interview-went-viral-and-was-completely-false/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' later amended its article about Assange to remove the claim about his connection to the Russian government.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jacobs|first=Ben|date=24 December 2016|title=Julian Assange gives guarded praise of Trump and blasts Clinton in interview|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/dec/24/julian-assange-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-interview|website=The Guardian|access-date=4 February 2017|archive-date=6 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206171025/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/dec/24/julian-assange-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> While Assange was in the Ecuadorian embassy, ''The Guardian'' published a number of articles pushing the narrative that there was a link between Assange and the Russian government.<ref name="spectator210621"/>

In a November 2018 ''Guardian'' article, Luke Harding and Dan Collyns cited anonymous sources which stated that Donald Trump's former campaign manager [[Paul Manafort]] held secret meetings with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2013, 2015, and 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last1= Harding |first1= Luke |last2= Collyns|first2= Dan |date= 27 November 2018 |title= Manafort held secret talks with Assange in Ecuadorian embassy |url= https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/27/manafort-held-secret-talks-with-assange-in-ecuadorian-embassy |newspaper = The Guardian|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181127143814/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/27/manafort-held-secret-talks-with-assange-in-ecuadorian-embassy |archive-date= 27 November 2018 }}</ref> The name of a third author, [[Fernando Villavicencio]], was removed from the online version of the story soon after publication. The title of the story was originally 'Manafort held secret talks with Assange in Ecuadorian embassy'. A few hours after publication, 'sources say' was added to the title, and the meeting became an 'apparent meeting'.<ref name="lemonde010119">{{cite web |last1=Halimi |first1=Serge |title=The Guardian's fake scoop |url=https://mondediplo.com/2019/01/10guardian |website=Le Monde diplomatique |access-date=9 November 2021 |language=en |date=1 January 2019 |archive-date=9 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109041118/https://mondediplo.com/2019/01/10guardian |url-status=live }}</ref> One reporter characterised the story, "If it's right, it might be the biggest get this year. If it's wrong, it might be the biggest gaffe." Manafort and Assange both said they had never met, with the latter threatening legal action against ''The Guardian''.<ref>{{cite news |last= Pompeo |first= Joe |date= 27 November 2018 |title= "It Might Be the Biggest Get This Year": How The Guardian's Bombshell Set Off Its Own Little Media World War |url= https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/the-guardian-paul-manafort-julian-assange |newspaper= Vanity Fair |access-date= 16 December 2018 |archive-date= 1 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181201114503/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/the-guardian-paul-manafort-julian-assange |url-status= live }}</ref> Ecuador's London consul Fidel Narváez, who had worked at [[Embassy of Ecuador, London|Ecuador's embassy in London]] from 2010 to July 2018, said that Manafort had not visited Assange.<ref name="lemonde010119"/> 

[[Serge Halimi]] said Harding had a personal grievance against Assange and stated that Manafort's name does not appear in the Ecuadorian embassy's visitors' book and there were no pictures of Manafort entering or leaving "one of the most surveilled and filmed buildings on the planet".<ref name="lemonde010119"/> ''The Guardian'' has neither retracted nor apologised for the story about the meeting. Stella Moris, Assange's wife, said ''The Guardian'' failed in its responsibility to Assange and its "negligence has created such a problem that if Julian dies or is extradited, that will forever blot the reputation of the ''Guardian''".<ref name="spectator210621"/>

====Joseph Mayton====
In 2016 ''The Guardian'' took down from its website 13 articles written by freelance journalist Joseph Mayton that it believed to include fabricated information, and apologised to its readers and to those people "whose words were misrepresented or falsified".<ref name= "Glendinning">{{Cite news|last=Glendinning|first=Lee|date=26 May 2016|title=A note to our readers about a reporter who breached our trust|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/26/open-door-column-note-to-readers|access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>

====Priti Patel cartoon====
In 2020 ''The Guardian'' was accused of being "racist and misogynistic" after it published a cartoon depicting [[Home Secretary]], [[Priti Patel]] as a cow with a ring in its nose in an alleged reference to her [[Hindu]] faith, since cows are considered sacred in [[Hinduism]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news|date=9 March 2020|title=Guardian cartoon of cow in relation to Priti Patel sparks outrage amongst diaspora in Britain|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/guardian-cartoon-of-cow-in-relation-to-priti-patel-sparks-outrage-amongst-diaspora-in-britain/articleshow/74557770.cms|url-status=live|access-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911224645/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/guardian-cartoon-of-cow-in-relation-to-priti-patel-sparks-outrage-amongst-diaspora-in-britain/articleshow/74557770.cms|archive-date=11 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bell|first=Steve|date=4 March 2020|title=Steve Bell on Boris Johnson defending Priti Patel at PMQs – cartoon|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2020/mar/04/steve-bell-on-boris-johnson-defending-priti-patel-at-pmqs-cartoon|url-status=live|access-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629090045/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2020/mar/04/steve-bell-on-boris-johnson-defending-priti-patel-at-pmqs-cartoon|archive-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>

====Alleged WhatsApp backdoor====
After publishing a story on 13 January 2017 claiming that [[WhatsApp]] had a "backdoor [that] allows snooping on messages", more than 70 professional cryptographers signed on to an open letter calling for ''The Guardian'' to retract the article.<ref>{{cite web|date=20 January 2017|title=Security researchers call for Guardian to retract false WhatsApp 'backdoor' story|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/20/security-researchers-call-for-guardian-to-retract-false-whatsapp-backdoor-story/|publisher=[[TechCrunch]]|access-date=13 June 2017|archive-date=10 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610075439/https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/20/security-researchers-call-for-guardian-to-retract-false-whatsapp-backdoor-story/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=William|last=Turton|date=13 January 2017|title=There's No Security Backdoor in WhatsApp, Despite Reports|url=https://gizmodo.com/theres-no-security-backdoor-in-whatsapp-despite-report-1791158247|publisher=[[Gizmodo]]|quote=According to [[Alec Muffett]], an experienced security researcher who spoke to Gizmodo, The Guardian's story is "major league fuckwittage".|access-date=13 June 2017|archive-date=6 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606055321/http://gizmodo.com/theres-no-security-backdoor-in-whatsapp-despite-report-1791158247|url-status=live}}</ref> On 13 June 2017, readers' editor Paul Chadwick released an article detailing the flawed reporting in the original January article, which was amended to remove references to a backdoor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chadwick|first=Paul|date=28 June 2017|title=Flawed reporting about WhatsApp {{!}} Open door|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2017/jun/28/flawed-reporting-about-whatsapp|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514225529/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2017/jun/28/flawed-reporting-about-whatsapp|archive-date=14 May 2019|access-date=18 January 2018|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ganguly|first=Manisha|date=13 January 2017|title=WhatsApp design feature means some encrypted messages could be read by third party|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-design-feature-encrypted-messages|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628000021/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-backdoor-allows-snooping-on-encrypted-messages|archive-date=28 June 2017|access-date=18 January 2018|website=The Guardian}}</ref>

==== Spanish-language edition ====
In January 2021 the Mexican ''La Lista'' [[Web portal]] started publishing content from ''The Guardian'', translated into Spanish, on a three-year licence. The press release announcing this pointed out that ''The Guardian'' often criticised Mexican president [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]].<ref>{{Cite press release|date=30 November 2020|title=Contenidos de The Guardian, medio crítico de AMLO, serán difundidos por La Lista en México |url=https://etcetera.com.mx/nacional/guardian-medio-critico-amlo-lista-mexico/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |publisher=etcétera |language=es-MX |archive-date=29 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229064914/https://etcetera.com.mx/nacional/guardian-medio-critico-amlo-lista-mexico/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=El punto de vista de The Guardian sobre el príncipe Felipe: un hombre de su tiempo|trans-title=The Guardian's view on Prince Philip: a man of his time| publisher=La Lista | date=9 April 2021 | url=https://la-lista.com/opinion/el-punto-de-vista-de-the-guardian-sobre-el-principe-felipe-un-hombre-de-su-tiempo | language=es}} A typical ''Guardian'' article in ''La Lista''.</ref>

==== 2022 cyber-attack ====
In December 2022 it was reported that ''The Guardian'' had suffered a significant cyber-attack on its office systems, thought to be ransomware.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jim |last=Waterson |title=Guardian hit by serious IT incident believed to be ransomware attack |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/dec/21/guardian-hit-by-serious-it-incident-believed-to-be-ransomware-attack |website=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News & Media |access-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221132544/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/dec/21/guardian-hit-by-serious-it-incident-believed-to-be-ransomware-attack |archive-date=21 December 2022 |language=English |date=21 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Lindsay |last=Clark |title=UK's Guardian newspaper breaks news of ransomware attack on itself |url=https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/21/the_guardian_hit_by_ransomware/ |website=The Register |publisher=Situation Publishing |access-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221154316/https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/21/the_guardian_hit_by_ransomware/ |archive-date=21 December 2022 |language=English |date=21 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Staff were directed to work from home and were able to continue publishing to the website despite the loss of some internal systems.<ref>{{cite web |first=Tom |last=Singleton |title=Guardian newspaper hit by suspected ransomware attack |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64056300 |website=BBC News |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221165902/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64056300 |archive-date=21 December 2022 |language=English |date=21 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> The print edition also continued to be produced. On 4 January 2023, UK staff were informed of a security breach and that the [[Information Commissioner's Office]] had been notified, as required by GDPR. It was indicated that staff would continue working from home until at least 23 January.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jessica Lyons |last=Hardcastle |title=The Guardian ransomware attack hits week two as staff told to work from home |url=https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/04/guardian_ransomware_attack/ |website=The Register |publisher=Situation Publishing |access-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104200402/https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/04/guardian_ransomware_attack/ |archive-date=4 January 2023 |language=English |date=4 January 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> The newspaper confirmed on 11 January that personal details of all UK staff had been accessed by criminals.<ref>{{cite web |first=Alexander |last=Martin |title=The Guardian confirms criminals accessed staff data in ransomware attack |url=https://therecord.media/the-guardian-confirms-criminals-accessed-staff-data-in-ransomware-attack/ |website=The Record |publisher=Recorded Future News |access-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111173029/https://therecord.media/the-guardian-confirms-criminals-accessed-staff-data-in-ransomware-attack/ |archive-date=11 January 2023 |language=English |date=11 January 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Cyprus Confidential ====
{{Main|Cyprus Confidential}}
In November 2023, the ''Guardian'' joined with the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]], {{ill|Paper trail media|lt=Paper Trail Media|de}} and 69 media partners including [[Distributed Denial of Secrets]] and the [[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project]] (OCCRP) and more than 270 journalists in 55 countries and territories<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2023-11-14 |title=Inside Cyprus Confidential: The data-driven journalism that helped expose an island under Russian influence - ICIJ |newspaper=Icij |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/leaked-data-journalism-methodology/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130214812/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/leaked-data-journalism-methodology/ |archive-date=2023-11-30 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=About the Cyprus Confidential investigation - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/about-cyprus-confidential-investigation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121093552/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/about-cyprus-confidential-investigation/ |archive-date=2023-11-21 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> to produce the '[[Cyprus Confidential]]' report on the financial network which supports the regime of [[Vladimir Putin]], mostly with connections to Cyprus, and showed Cyprus to have strong links with high-up figures in the Kremlin, some of whom have been sanctioned.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 November 2023 |title=Cyprus Confidential: Leaked Roman Abramovich documents raise fresh questions for Chelsea FC: ICIJ-led investigation reveals how Mediterranean island ignores Russian atrocities and western sanctions to cash in on Putin's oligarchs |language=en |newspaper=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2023/11/15/cyprus-confidential-leaked-roman-abramovich-documents-raise-fresh-questions-for-chelsea-fc/ |access-date=15 November 2023 |archive-date=15 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115073523/https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2023/11/15/cyprus-confidential-leaked-roman-abramovich-documents-raise-fresh-questions-for-chelsea-fc/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=14 November 2023 |title=Cyprus Confidential - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/ |access-date=14 November 2023 |website=www.icij.org |archive-date=24 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224150800/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Government officials including Cyprus president [[Nikos Christodoulides]]<ref name=":72">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-15 |title=Cypriot president pledges government probe into Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cypriot-president-pledges-government-probe-into-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214203142/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cypriot-president-pledges-government-probe-into-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |archive-date=2023-12-14 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> and European lawmakers<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-23 |title=Lawmakers call for EU crackdown after ICIJ's Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/lawmakers-call-for-eu-crackdown-after-icijs-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224114123/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/lawmakers-call-for-eu-crackdown-after-icijs-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |archive-date=2023-12-24 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> began responding to the investigation's findings in less than 24 hours,<ref name=":72"/> calling for reforms and launching probes.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=Cyprus ignores Russian atrocities, Western sanctions to shield vast wealth of Putin allies - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cyprus-russia-eu-secrecy-tax-haven/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214002320/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cyprus-russia-eu-secrecy-tax-haven/ |archive-date=2023-12-14 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Solutions |first=BDigital Web |title=Finance Minister perturbed over 'Cyprus Confidential' |url=https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-minister-perturbed-over-cyprus-confidential |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224114126/https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-minister-perturbed-over-cyprus-confidential |archive-date=2023-12-24 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=knews.com.cy}}</ref>

====Quitting X (Twitter)====
On 13 November 2024, a week after [[Donald Trump]] was elected as US president for the second time, ''The Guardian'' announced that it would no longer post content on [[Twitter|X]], due what it perceived as the overwhelming amount of misinformation, far-right conspiracy theories and racism on the social media platform, especially during the latest election.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Milmo |first1=Dan |title=Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk's X from its official accounts |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/the-guardian-no-longer-post-on-x-twitter-elon-musk |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=13 November 2024}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' said that readers would still be able to share articles on the platform and reporters would be able to continue using it for 'news-gathering purposes'.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-13 |title=The Guardian stops posting on Elon Musk's 'toxic' X |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg48m5j4zjo |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

====Sale of the Observer====
In September 2024, ''The Guardian'' revealed it was in talks to sell ''The Observer'' to news website [[Tortoise Media]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Warrington |first1=James |last2=Mawardi |first2=Adam |title=The Guardian in talks to sell The Observer to former BBC News chief |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/17/the-guardian-accounts-sell-observer-tortoise/ |website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |access-date=20 September 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240918090828/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/17/the-guardian-accounts-sell-observer-tortoise/ |archive-date=18 September 2024 |date=17 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Farber |first1=Alex |last2=Cahill |first2=Helen |title=Guardian Media Group in talks to sell The Observer |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/guardian-media-group-in-talks-to-sell-the-observer-jkq9mpq6x |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=20 September 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240918051757/https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/guardian-media-group-in-talks-to-sell-the-observer-jkq9mpq6x |archive-date=18 September 2024 |language=en |date=17 September 2024}}</ref> Journalists at [[Guardian Media Group]] passed a vote to condemn the sale and passed a vote of no confidence in the newspaper’s owners, accusing it of betrayal amid concerns that the sale of the paper could harm the financial security of staff members.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cahill |first1=Helen |last2=Farber |first2=Alex |title=Journalists revolt over planned sale of Observer to Tortoise Media |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/journalists-revolt-over-planned-sale-of-observer-to-tortoise-media-6zbf2bt89 |website=The Times |access-date=20 September 2024 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240919165824/https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/journalists-revolt-over-planned-sale-of-observer-to-tortoise-media-6zbf2bt89 |archive-date=19 September 2024 |language=en |date=19 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Warrington |first1=James |title=Guardian staff accuse management of 'betrayal' over Observer sale talks |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/19/guardian-staff-accuse-management-of-betrayal-over-observer/ |website=The Telegraph |access-date=20 September 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240919075850/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/19/guardian-staff-accuse-management-of-betrayal-over-observer/ |archive-date=19 September 2024 |date=19 September 2024}}</ref> On 6 December 2024, it was announced that, despite 48 hours of strikes by journalists, the ''Observer'' deal with Tortoise was agreed in principle and would go ahead. The agreement included the Trust taking a significant stock position in the purchaser. The final sale price has not been disclosed.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-12-06 |title=Sale of the Observer to Tortoise Media agreed in principle |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/dec/06/sale-of-observer-to-tortoise-media-agreed-in-principle |access-date=2024-12-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ponsford |first1=Dominic |title=Scott Trust approves sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/observer-sold-tortoise-media/ |access-date=16 December 2024 |work=Press Gazette |date=6 December 2024}}</ref>

On 18 December 2024, Guardian Media and Tortoise Media closed the sale.<ref name="TortoiseMedia">{{Cite news
  | last1         = Rackham
  | first1        = Annabel
  | title         = Observer newspaper sale to Tortoise Media approved
  | url           = https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89xvjz75l1o
  | publisher     = [[BBC News]]
  | date          = 2024-12-06
  | access-date   = 2025-02-20
}}</ref><ref name=AP2024-12-18>{{cite web |last1=Pylas |first1=Pan |date=18 December 2024 |title=World's oldest Sunday newspaper, the UK's Observer, sold in face of journalistic opposition |url=https://apnews.com/britain-newspaper-guardian-observer-tortoise-media |publisher=[[The Associated Press]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218152203/https://apnews.com/britain-newspaper-guardian-observer-tortoise-media |archive-date=18 December 2024 }}</ref> A new ''Observer'' website was launched on 25 April 2025, and the first print edition under Tortoise appeared on 27 April 2025.

==Ownership and finances==
''The Guardian'' is part of the [[Guardian Media Group]] (GMG) of newspapers, radio stations and print media. GMG components include ''[[The Guardian Weekly]]'' and ''[[TheGuardian.com]]''. All were owned by [[The Scott Trust]], a charitable foundation existing between 1936 and 2008, which aimed to ensure the paper's [[editorial independence]] in perpetuity, maintaining its financial health to ensure it did not become vulnerable to takeovers by commercial media groups. At the beginning of October 2008, the Scott Trust{{'}}s assets were transferred to a new limited company, The Scott Trust Limited, with the intention being that the original trust would be wound up.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/oct/08/theguardian.theobserver |title=Guardian owner the ''Scott Trust'' to be wound up after 72 years |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=8 October 2008 |access-date=10 October 2008 |last=Conlan |first=Tara |archive-date=13 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413144252/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/oct/08/theguardian.theobserver |url-status=live }}</ref> Dame [[Liz Forgan]], chair of the Scott Trust, reassured staff that the purposes of the new company remained the same as under the previous arrangements.

[[File:The Guardian Building Window in London.JPG|thumb|''The Guardian''{{'s}} headquarters in London]]

''The Guardian'' is the only British national daily to conduct (since 2003) an annual social, ethical and environmental [[audit]] in which it examines, under the scrutiny of an independent external auditor, its own behaviour as a company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/values/socialaudit |title=Living Our Values: Social, Ethical and Environmental Audit 2006 |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |access-date=11 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006205919/http://www.theguardian.com/values/socialaudit |archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> It is also the only British national daily newspaper to employ an internal ombudsman (called the "readers' editor") to handle complaints and corrections.

''The Guardian'' and its parent groups participate in [[Project Syndicate]] and intervened in 1995 to save the ''[[Mail & Guardian]]'' in South Africa; GMG sold the majority of its shares of the ''Mail & Guardian'' in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Coetzee|first=Andre|date=6 August 2014|title=Mail & Guardian {{!}} Print Media|url=https://print.media.co.za/mail-guardian/|access-date=4 January 2021|website=[[Mail & Guardian]]|archive-date=8 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108114041/https://print.media.co.za/mail-guardian/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''The Guardian'' was consistently loss-making until 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/05/want-to-see-what-one-digital-future-for-newspapers-looks-like-look-at-the-guardian-which-isnt-losing-money-anymore/|title=Want to see what one digital future for newspapers looks like? Look at The Guardian, which isn't losing money anymore|website=Nieman Lab|access-date=1 May 2019|archive-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501173416/https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/05/want-to-see-what-one-digital-future-for-newspapers-looks-like-look-at-the-guardian-which-isnt-losing-money-anymore/|url-status=live}}</ref> The National Newspaper division of GMG, reported operating losses of £49.9&nbsp;million in 2006, up from £18.6&nbsp;million in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gmgplc.co.uk/gmgplc/media/news/article/article110.html |title=Guardian Media Group 2005/06 results: 28/07/2006: A Landmark Year for GMG |access-date=9 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821180103/http://www.gmgplc.co.uk/gmgplc/media/news/article/article110.html |archive-date=21 August 2006}}</ref> The paper was therefore heavily dependent on cross-subsidisation from profitable companies within the group.

The continual losses made by the National Newspaper division of the ''Guardian Media Group'' caused it to dispose of its Regional Media division by selling titles to competitor ''[[Trinity Mirror]]'' in March 2010. This included the flagship ''[[Manchester Evening News]]'', and severed the historic link between that paper and ''The Guardian''. The sale was to safeguard the future of ''The Guardian'' newspaper as is the intended purpose of the Scott Trust.<ref name="M.E.N sold to Trinity Mirror">{{cite news
 |title=Manchester Evening News sold by Guardian Media Group
 |publisher=M.E.N. Media
 |date=9 February 2010 |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/manchester-evening-news-sold-by-guardian-882685
 |access-date=11 February 2010 |work=Manchester Evening News
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719231233/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/manchester-evening-news-sold-by-guardian-882685
 |archive-date=19 July 2013 }}</ref>

In June 2011 ''Guardian News and Media'' revealed increased annual losses of £33&nbsp;million and announced that it was looking to focus on its online edition for news coverage, leaving the print edition to contain more comments and features. It was also speculated that ''The Guardian'' might become the first British national daily paper to be fully online.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rayner |first=Gordon |title=Riches to rags as Guardian bleeds £33 million in a year |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=18 June 2011 |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/8583220/Riches-to-rags-as-Guardian-bleeds-33m-in-a-year.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/8583220/Riches-to-rags-as-Guardian-bleeds-33m-in-a-year.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=21 October 2011 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Guardian and Observer to adopt 'digital-first' strategy|publisher=Guardian News and Media|date=16 June 2011|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jun/16/guardian-observer-digital-first-strategy?INTCMP=SRCH|access-date=21 October 2011|last=Sabbagh|first=Dan|location=London|work=The Guardian|archive-date=13 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413154658/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jun/16/guardian-observer-digital-first-strategy?INTCMP=SRCH|url-status=live}}</ref>

For the three years up to June 2012, the paper lost £100,000 a day, which prompted ''Intelligent Life'' to question whether ''The Guardian'' could survive.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/tim-de-lisle/can-guardian-survive |title=Can The Guardian Survive? |publisher=More Intelligent Life |access-date=11 August 2013 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819142430/http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/tim-de-lisle/can-guardian-survive |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Between 2007 and 2014 ''The Guardian Media Group'' sold all their side businesses, of regional papers and online portals for classifieds, and consolidated into ''The Guardian'' as sole product. The sales let them acquire a capital stock of £838.3&nbsp;million as of July 2014, supposed to guarantee the independence of the ''Guardian'' in perpetuity. In the first year, the paper made more losses than predicted, and in January 2016 the publishers announced that ''The Guardian'' would cut 20 per cent of staff and costs within the next three years.<ref>{{cite web |author=Jane Martinson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jan/25/guardian-news-media-to-cut-running-costs |title=Guardian News & Media to cut costs by 20 per cent |work=The Guardian |date=25 January 2016 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=7 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307105243/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jan/25/guardian-news-media-to-cut-running-costs |url-status=live }}</ref> The newspaper is rare in calling for direct contributions "to deliver the independent journalism the world needs."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://support.theguardian.com/us/contribute|title=Support The Guardian|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=3 August 2018|archive-date=3 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803070900/https://support.theguardian.com/uk|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Guardian Media Group's 2018 annual report (year ending 1 April 2018) indicated significant changes. Its digital (online) editions accounted for over 50% of group revenues by that time; the loss from news and media operations was £18.6&nbsp;million, 52% lower than during the prior year (2017: £38.9&nbsp;million). The Group had cut costs by £19.1&nbsp;million, partly by switching its print edition to the tabloid format. The Guardian Media Group's owner, the Scott Trust Endowment Fund, reported that its value at the time was £1.01&nbsp;billion (2017: £1.03&nbsp;billion).<ref>{{cite news |title=Guardian Media Group plc (GMG) results for the financial year ended 1 April 2018 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2018/jul/24/guardian-media-group-plc-gmg-results-for-the-financial-year-ended-1-april-2018 |work=The Guardian |date=24 July 2018 |access-date=17 December 2018 |archive-date=3 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103051014/https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2018/jul/24/guardian-media-group-plc-gmg-results-for-the-financial-year-ended-1-april-2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the following financial report (for the year 2018–2019), the group reported a profit ([[EBITDA]]) of £0.8&nbsp;million before exceptional items, thus breaking even in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2019/aug/07/guardian-media-group-plc-gmg-publishes-201819-statutory-financial-results|title=Guardian Media Group plc (GMG) publishes 2018/19 statutory financial results|date=7 August 2019|website=The Guardian|access-date=26 August 2020|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809061605/https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2019/aug/07/guardian-media-group-plc-gmg-publishes-201819-statutory-financial-results|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/aug/07/guardian-broke-even-last-year-parent-company-confirms|title=Guardian broke even last year, parent company confirms|first=Jim|last=Watson|newspaper=The Guardian|date=7 August 2019|access-date=26 August 2020|via=www.theguardian.com|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809113007/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/aug/07/guardian-broke-even-last-year-parent-company-confirms|url-status=live}}</ref>

To be sustainable, the annual subsidy must fall within the £25&nbsp;million of interest returned on the investments from the Scott Trust Endowment Fund.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/guardian-digital-reader-revenue-climbs-during-pandemic-year-with-half-from-outside-uk/|title=Guardian digital reader revenue climbs during pandemic year with half from outside UK|author=Freddy Mayhew|date=27 July 2021|access-date=10 February 2022|archive-date=10 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210195629/https://pressgazette.co.uk/guardian-digital-reader-revenue-climbs-during-pandemic-year-with-half-from-outside-uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==="Membership" subscription scheme===
In 2014, ''The Guardian'' launched a membership scheme.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mance |first=Henry |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39ad0574-390d-11e4-9526-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3g9bCAVkc |title=Guardian launches paid membership scheme |publisher=FT.com |date=10 September 2014 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=3 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103172414/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39ad0574-390d-11e4-9526-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3g9bCAVkc |url-status=live }}</ref> The scheme aims to reduce the financial losses incurred by ''The Guardian'' without introducing a [[paywall]], thus maintaining open access to the website. Website readers can pay a monthly subscription, with three tiers available.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://membership.theguardian.com/choose-tier|title=Join Choose Tier – The Guardian Members|work=theguardian|access-date=16 October 2016|archive-date=19 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019023901/https://membership.theguardian.com/choose-tier|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2018 this approach was considered successful, having brought more than 1 million subscriptions or donations, with the paper hoping to break even by April 2019.<ref name="guardian-20181112">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2018/nov/12/katharine-viner-guardian-million-reader-funding |title=The Guardian's reader funding model is working. It's inspiring |last=Viner |first=Katharine |newspaper=The Guardian |date=12 November 2018 |access-date=12 November 2018 |archive-date=12 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112100156/https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2018/nov/12/katharine-viner-guardian-million-reader-funding |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Foundation funding===
[[File:The Guardian Foundation - Senate House History Day 2019.jpg|thumb|The Guardian Foundation at the Senate House History Day, 2019]]
In 2016, the company established a U.S.-based philanthropic arm to raise money from individuals and organizations including think tanks and corporate foundations.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tsang|first=Amie|date=28 August 2017|title=The Guardian Sets Up a Nonprofit to Support Its Journalism|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/business/media/guardian-non-profit-philanthropy.html|access-date=31 December 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112014842/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/business/media/guardian-non-profit-philanthropy.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The grants are focused by the donors on particular issues. By the following year, the organization had raised $1&nbsp;million from the likes of [[Pierre Omidyar]]'s Humanity United, the [[Skoll Foundation]], and the [[Conrad N. Hilton Foundation]] to finance reporting on topics including modern-day slavery and climate change. ''The Guardian'' has stated that it has secured $6&nbsp;million "in multi-year funding commitments" thus far.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/08/could-the-guardians-quest-for-philanthropic-support-squeeze-out-other-news-nonprofits/|title=Could The Guardian's quest for philanthropic support squeeze out other news nonprofits?|work=Nieman Lab|access-date=6 August 2018|archive-date=7 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807032914/http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/08/could-the-guardians-quest-for-philanthropic-support-squeeze-out-other-news-nonprofits/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The new project developed from funding relationships which the paper already had with the [[Ford Foundation|Ford]], [[Rockefeller Foundation|Rockefeller]], and [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/guardian-announces-launch-of-u.s.-nonprofit|title=Guardian Announces Launch of U.S. Nonprofit|last=Center|first=Foundation|work=Philanthropy News Digest (PND)|access-date=6 August 2018|language=en|archive-date=7 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807032508/https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/guardian-announces-launch-of-u.s.-nonprofit|url-status=live}}</ref> Gates had given the organization $5&nbsp;million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2011/08/OPP1034962|title=OPP1034962|website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation|language=en|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=9 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809024955/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2011/08/OPP1034962|url-status=live}}</ref> for its Global Development webpage.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schiffrin|first=Anya|date=2015|title=Can We Measure Media Impact? Surveying the Field|url=https://ssir.org/articles/entry/can_we_measure_media_impact_surveying_the_field|journal=Stanford Social Innovation Review|location=Warrendale, PA|edition=Fall 2015|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=8 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808233940/https://ssir.org/articles/entry/can_we_measure_media_impact_surveying_the_field|url-status=live}}</ref>

As of March 2020, the journal claims to be "the first major global news organisation to institute an outright ban on taking money from companies that extract fossil fuels."<ref>{{cite web | first1 = Jim | last1 = Waterson | url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jan/29/guardian-to-ban-advertising-from-fossil-fuel-firms-climate-crisis | title = Guardian to ban advertising from fossil fuel firms | website = [[TheGuardian.com]] | date = 29 January 2020 | access-date = 11 February 2021 | archive-date = 5 March 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210305150159/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jan/29/guardian-to-ban-advertising-from-fossil-fuel-firms-climate-crisis | url-status = live }}</ref>

==Political stance and editorial opinion==
Founded by textile traders and merchants, in its early years ''The Guardian'' had a reputation as "an organ of the middle class",<ref>[[Frederick Engels|Engels, Frederick]] (1973), ''The Condition of the Working Class in England'', Progress, p. 109.</ref> or in the words of C. P. Scott's son Ted, "a paper that will remain bourgeois to the last".<ref name="Hunter2003">{{cite book|first=Ian|last=Hunter|title=Malcolm Muggeridge: A Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oaEfbtzqEUwC&pg=PA74|year=2003|publisher=Regent College Publishing|isbn=978-1-57383-259-5|page=74|access-date=19 April 2016|archive-date=10 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910063836/https://books.google.com/books?id=oaEfbtzqEUwC&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> Associated at first with the [[Little Circle]] and hence with [[classical liberalism]] as expressed by the [[Whigs (British political party)|Whigs]] and later by the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]], its political orientation underwent a decisive change after [[World War II]], leading to a gradual alignment with [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] and the [[political left]] in general.

The ''[[Scott Trust]]'' describes one of its "core purposes" to be "to secure the financial and editorial independence of the ''Guardian'' in perpetuity: as a quality national newspaper without party affiliation; remaining faithful to its liberal tradition".<ref name=GST1 /><ref name="Affiliation">{{cite news|title=Political affiliation|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/nov/17/political-affiliation-guardian-observer|access-date=19 April 2016|work=The Guardian|date=16 November 2008|language=en-GB|archive-date=26 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426233726/http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/nov/17/political-affiliation-guardian-observer|url-status=live}}</ref> The paper's readership is generally on the mainstream left of British political opinion: a [[MORI]] poll taken between April and June 2000 showed that 80 per cent of ''Guardian'' readers were Labour Party voters;<ref name="International Socialism 2003"/> according to another MORI poll taken in 2005, 48 per cent of ''Guardian'' readers were Labour voters and 34 per cent [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] voters.<ref name="Ipsos MORI"/> The term "''Guardian'' reader" can be used to imply a stereotype of modern [[social liberalism|liberal]], left-wing or "[[politically correct]]" views.<ref name="Guardian2003158">{{cite web |title=Definition of Guardian Reader |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/guardian-reader |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420143416/https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/guardian-reader |archive-date=20 April 2021 |access-date=10 January 2018 |website=Collins English Dictionary}}</ref>

Although the paper is often considered to be "linked inextricably" to the Labour Party,<ref name="Affiliation" /> three of ''The Guardian''{{'s}} four leader writers joined the more centrist [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]] on its foundation in 1981. The paper was enthusiastic in its support for [[Tony Blair]] in his successful bid to lead the Labour Party,<ref>{{cite news|title=Labour: the choice for the future|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=2 July 1994|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1994/jul/02/labour.uk|access-date=18 December 2020|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104213446/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1994/jul/02/labour.uk|url-status=live}}</ref> and to be elected Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite news|title=A political earthquake: The Tory loss is cataclysmic; Labour's win historic|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=2 May 1997|author=Leader|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1997/may/02/electionspast.comment|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=11 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411221012/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1997/may/02/electionspast.comment|url-status=live}}</ref> On 19 January 2003, two months before the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], an ''Observer'' Editorial said: "Military intervention in the Middle East holds many dangers. But if we want a lasting peace it may be the only option. ... War with Iraq may yet not come, but, conscious of the potentially terrifying responsibility resting with the British Government, we find ourselves supporting the current commitment to a possible use of force."<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 January 2003|title=Iraq: the case for decisive action|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jan/19/leaders.politics|access-date=18 December 2020|work=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=18 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218151946/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jan/19/leaders.politics|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Guardian'', however, opposed the war, along with the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' and ''[[The Independent]]''.<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/mar/17/mondaymediasection.Iraqandthemedia| title=They've lost the battle, will they support the war?| newspaper=The Guardian| date=17 March 2003| last1=Greenslade| first1=Roy| access-date=7 April 2018| archive-date=7 April 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407183239/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/mar/17/mondaymediasection.Iraqandthemedia| url-status=live}}</ref>

Then ''Guardian'' features editor Ian Katz asserted in 2004 that "it is no secret we are a centre-left newspaper".<ref name="undecidedvoters">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/16/uselections2004.usa2 |title=World writes to undecided voters |access-date=13 July 2008 |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=16 October 2004 |last=Wells |first=Matt |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404065115/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/16/uselections2004.usa2 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008, ''Guardian'' columnist [[Jackie Ashley]] said that editorial contributors were a mix of "right-of-centre [[libertarians]], greens, Blairites, Brownites, Labourite but less enthusiastic Brownites, etc.," and that the newspaper was "clearly left of centre and vaguely progressive". She also said that "you can be absolutely certain that come the next general election, ''The Guardian''{{'s}} stance will not be dictated by the editor, still less any foreign proprietor (it helps that there isn't one) but will be the result of vigorous debate within the paper".<ref name="Guardianistas">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/29/aretheguardianistasrats|title=Are the Guardianistas rats?|access-date=13 July 2008|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=29 April 2008|last=Ashley|first=Jackie|publisher=Guardian News and Media|archive-date=13 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413130903/http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/29/aretheguardianistasrats|url-status=live}}</ref> The paper's comment and opinion pages, though often written by centre-left contributors such as [[Polly Toynbee]], have allowed some space for right-of-centre voices such as [[Sir Max Hastings]] and [[Michael Gove]]. Since an editorial in 2000, ''The Guardian'' has favoured abolition of the British monarchy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/dec/06/monarchy.guardianleaders|title=Magic or not, let in the daylight|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=14 November 2013|location=London|date=6 December 2000|archive-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510175830/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/dec/06/monarchy.guardianleaders|url-status=live}}</ref> "I write for the ''Guardian''," said Max Hastings in 2005,<ref>{{cite news|title=Smaller size, higher brow? |first=Mark |last=Seddon |work=New Statesman |location=London |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/200502210005 |date=21 February 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312023834/http://www.newstatesman.com/200502210005 |archive-date=12 March 2010}}</ref> "because it is read by the new establishment," reflecting the paper's then-growing influence.

In the run-up to the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], following a meeting of the editorial staff,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/apr/23/election-editorial-comment-guardian|title=The Guardian's election editorial meeting: report|work=The Guardian|date=23 April 2010|last=Seaton|first=Matt|location=London|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202121710/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/apr/23/election-editorial-comment-guardian|url-status=live}}</ref> the paper declared its support for the Liberal Democrats, due in particular, to the party's stance on [[electoral reform]]. The paper suggested [[tactical voting]] to prevent a Conservative victory, given Britain's [[first-past-the-post]] electoral system.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/apr/30/the-liberal-moment-has-come |title=General election 2010: The liberal moment has come |work=The Guardian |date=30 April 2010 |location=London |access-date=25 May 2010 |publisher=Guardian News and Media |author=Editorial |archive-date=15 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215223017/http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/apr/30/the-liberal-moment-has-come |url-status=live }}</ref> At the [[2015 United Kingdom general election]], the paper switched its support to the Labour Party. The paper argued that Britain needed a new direction and Labour "speaks with more urgency than its rivals on social justice, standing up to predatory capitalism, on investment for growth, on reforming and strengthening the public realm, Britain's place in Europe and international development".<ref name="lab2015">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/01/guardian-view-britain-needs-new-direction-needs-labour |title=The Guardian view: Britain needs a new direction, Britain needs Labour |work=The Guardian |date=1 May 2015 |location=London |access-date=1 May 2015 |publisher=Guardian News and Media |author=Editorial |archive-date=7 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407091043/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/01/guardian-view-britain-needs-new-direction-needs-labour |url-status=live }}</ref>

Assistant Editor Michael White, in discussing media self-censorship in March 2011, says: "I have always sensed liberal, middle class ill-ease in going after stories about immigration, legal or otherwise, about welfare fraud or the less attractive tribal habits of the working class, which is more easily ignored altogether. Toffs, including royal ones, Christians, especially popes, governments of Israel, and [[Republican Party (United States)|U.S. Republicans]] are more straightforward targets."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2011/mar/09/media-self-censorship-problem-turkey|title=Media self-censorship: not just a problem for Turkey|work=The Guardian|date=9 March 2011|last=White|first=Michael|location=London|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510174250/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2011/mar/09/media-self-censorship-problem-turkey|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a 2013 interview for [[NPR]], ''The Guardian''{{'}}s Latin America correspondent [[Rory Carroll]] stated that many editors at ''The Guardian'' believed and continue to believe that they should support [[Hugo Chávez]] "because he was a standard-bearer for the left".<ref name="NPR2013">{{cite news|title='Comandante' Chavez Still Revered By Some, Despite Failings|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/04/10/176706001/comandante-hugo-chavez-still-revered-despite-his-failings|access-date=11 March 2015|agency=[[NPR]]|date=10 April 2013|archive-date=1 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401121458/http://www.npr.org/2013/04/10/176706001/comandante-hugo-chavez-still-revered-despite-his-failings|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the 2015 UK general election, it endorsed the Labour Party.<ref>{{cite news |date= 1 May 2015 |title= The Guardian view: Britain needs a new direction, Britain needs Labour |url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/01/guardian-view-britain-needs-new-direction-needs-labour |work= The Guardian |access-date= 22 November 2021 |archive-date= 7 April 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170407091043/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/01/guardian-view-britain-needs-new-direction-needs-labour |url-status= live }}</ref>

In the [[2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2015 Labour Party leadership election]], ''The Guardian'' supported Blairite candidate [[Yvette Cooper]] and was critical of left-winger [[Jeremy Corbyn]], the successful candidate.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/13/guardian-view-labour-leadership-choice-yvette-cooper-jeremy-corbyn|title=The Guardian view on Labour's choice: Corbyn has shaped the campaign, but Cooper can shape the future|author=Editorial|date=13 August 2015|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=10 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310061023/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/13/guardian-view-labour-leadership-choice-yvette-cooper-jeremy-corbyn|url-status=live}}</ref> These positions were criticised by the ''[[Morning Star (British newspaper)|Morning Star]]'', which accused ''The Guardian'' of being conservative.<ref name="MS1">{{cite news|last1=Sinclair|first1=Ian|title=Guardian on the Wrong Side of History Over Corbyn|url=https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-8193-Guardian-on-the-wrong-side-of-history-over-Corbyn|access-date=30 March 2016|work=Morning Star|date=19 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410185433/https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-8193-Guardian-on-the-wrong-side-of-history-over-Corbyn|archive-date=10 April 2016}}</ref>{{undue weight inline|reason=Is a rival newspaper's take due on this kind of detail?|date=March 2023}} Although the majority of ''Guardian'' columnists were against Corbyn winning, [[Owen Jones]], [[Seumas Milne]], and [[George Monbiot]] wrote supportive articles about him. Despite the critical position of the paper in general, ''The Guardian'' endorsed the Labour Party while Corbyn was its leader in the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2017/jun/02/the-guardian-view-on-our-vote-its-labour|title=The Guardian view on the election: it's Labour|last=Editorial|work=The Guardian|access-date=19 September 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=19 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919212931/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2017/jun/02/the-guardian-view-on-our-vote-its-labour|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] general elections – although in both cases they endorsed a vote for opposition parties other than Labour, such as the Liberal Democrats and the [[Scottish National Party]] in seats where Labour did not stand a chance.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2019/dec/10/the-guardian-view-on-general-election-2019-a-fleeting-chance-to-stop-boris-johnson-in-his-tracks|title=The Guardian view on general election 2019 A fleeting chance to stop Boris Johnson in his tracks|last=Editorial|work=The Guardian|access-date=12 September 2021|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912225720/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2019/dec/10/the-guardian-view-on-general-election-2019-a-fleeting-chance-to-stop-boris-johnson-in-his-tracks|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]], ''The Guardian'' endorsed remaining in the EU,<ref>{{cite news |date= 9 May 2016 |title= The Guardian view on the EU debate: David Cameron makes a serious case |url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/09/the-guardian-view-on-the-eu-debate-david-cameron-makes-a-serious-case |work= The Guardian |access-date= 22 November 2021 |archive-date= 22 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211122165546/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/09/the-guardian-view-on-the-eu-debate-david-cameron-makes-a-serious-case |url-status= live }}</ref> and in the [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2019 European election]] invited its readers to vote for pro-EU candidates, without endorsing specific parties.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/17/the-guardian-view-on-the-eu-elections-a-chance-to-reshape-our-politics|title=The Guardian view on the EU elections: a chance to reshape our politics|last=Editorial|date=17 May 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=23 May 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=22 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522193854/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/17/the-guardian-view-on-the-eu-elections-a-chance-to-reshape-our-politics|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2025 ''The Guardian'', in collaboration with the [[University of Cambridge]], implemented a Secure Messaging feature in its mobile app to enable journalistic sources to communicate securely with the newspaper. Messaging is made indistinguishable from other data exchanged with millions of app users, so that not only the content of messages but the fact that messaging is taking place is hidden from investigators, to protect [[whistleblower]] sources who could be endangered if their communication becomes known to authorities.<ref>{{cite news| last=Viner | first=Katharine | title=In a dangerous era for journalism – a powerful new tool to help protect sources |newspaper=The Guardian | date=9 June 2025 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2025/jun/09/in-a-dangerous-era-for-journalism-a-powerful-new-tool-to-help-protect-sources}}</ref> The [[source code]] has been published under the [[Apache License 2.0]], with detailed information on its operation.<ref>{{cite web | last=Size | first=Company | title=CoverDrop: a secure messaging system for newsreader apps|publisher=The Guardian and the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Cambridge|via=GitHub | date=1 May 2025 | url=https://github.com/guardian/coverdrop | access-date=9 June 2025}}</ref>

==Circulation and format==
''The Guardian'' had a certified average daily circulation of 204,222 copies in December 2012&nbsp;— a drop of 11.25 per cent in January 2012&nbsp;— as compared to sales of 547,465 for ''The Daily Telegraph'', 396,041 for ''The Times'', and 78,082 for ''The Independent''.<ref name="ReferenceA">Audit Bureau of Circulations Ltd– abc.org.uk</ref> In March 2013, its average daily circulation had fallen to 193,586, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.<ref>{{cite web |last=Durrani |first=Arif |url=http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/article/1173980/newspaper-abcs-guardian-hits-historic-low-february-following-20p-price-hike |title=NEWSPAPER ABCs: Guardian hits historic low in February following 20p price hike – Media news |publisher=Media Week |date=3 August 2013 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=18 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318182222/http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/article/1173980/newspaper-abcs-guardian-hits-historic-low-february-following-20p-price-hike |url-status=live }}</ref> Circulation has continued to decline and stood at 161,091 in December 2016, a decline of 2.98 per cent year-on-year.<ref name="circ">{{cite web|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/print-abc-metro-overtakes-sun-in-uk-weekday-distribution-but-murdoch-title-still-britains-best-selling-paper/|title=Print ABCs: Metro overtakes Sun in UK weekday distribution, but Murdoch title still Britain's best-selling paper|date=15 June 2017|website=Press Gazette|access-date=11 July 2017|archive-date=19 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719014150/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/print-abc-metro-overtakes-sun-in-uk-weekday-distribution-but-murdoch-title-still-britains-best-selling-paper|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2021, the circulation was 105,134; later that year, the publishers stopped making circulation data public.<ref name="circlead" />

===Publication history===
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[[File:GuardianNewsroom.jpg|thumb|right|''The Guardian''{{'s}} Newsroom visitor centre and archive (No 60), with an old sign with the name ''The Manchester Guardian'']]

The first edition was published on 5 May 1821,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spartacus-educational.com/PRguardian.htm |title=Manchester Guardian |publisher=Spartacus-educational.com |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306192820/http://spartacus-educational.com/PRguardian.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> at which time ''The Guardian'' was a weekly, published on Saturdays and costing 7[[Penny (British pre-decimal coin)|d]]; the [[stamp duty]] on newspapers (4d per sheet) forced the price up so high that it was uneconomic to publish more frequently. When the stamp duty was cut in 1836, ''The Guardian'' added a Wednesday edition and with the abolition of the tax in 1855 it became a daily paper costing 2d.

In October 1952, the paper took the step of printing news on the front page, replacing the adverts that had hitherto filled that space. Then-editor A. P. Wadsworth wrote: "It is not a thing I like myself, but it seems to be accepted by all the newspaper pundits that it is preferable to be in fashion."<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Manchester Guardian; biography of a newspaper|last=David.|first=Ayerst|date=1971|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0801406423|location=Ithaca, N.Y.|oclc=149105|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/manchesterguardi0000ayer}}</ref>

Following the closure of the Anglican Church Newspaper, ''[[The Guardian (Anglican newspaper)|The Guardian]]'', in 1951, the paper dropped "Manchester" from its title in 1959, becoming simply ''The Guardian.''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=O'Reilly|first=Carole|date=2 July 2020|title='The Magnetic Pull of the Metropolis': The ''Manchester Guardian'', The Provincial Press and Ideas of the North|journal=[[Northern History]]|language=en|volume=57|issue=2|pages=270–290|doi=10.1080/0078172X.2020.1800932|s2cid=225581767|issn=0078-172X|url=http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/57668/3/COReillyNorthernHistoryRevised.pdf|access-date=30 June 2022|archive-date=30 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630235113/http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/57668/3/COReillyNorthernHistoryRevised.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1964 it moved to London, losing some of its regional agenda but continuing to be heavily subsidised by sales of the more downmarket but more profitable ''Manchester Evening News''. The financial position remained extremely poor into the 1970s; at one time it was in merger talks with ''The Times''. The paper consolidated its centre-left stance during the 1970s and 1980s.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

On 12 February 1988, ''The Guardian'' had a significant redesign; as well as improving the quality of its printers' ink, it also changed its masthead to a juxtaposition of an [[italic type|italic]] [[Garamond]] "''The''", with a bold [[Helvetica]] "Guardian", that remained in use until the 2005 redesign.

In 1992, ''The Guardian'' relaunched its features section as ''G2'', a tabloid-format supplement. This innovation was widely copied by the other "quality" broadsheets and ultimately led to the rise of "compact" papers and ''The Guardian''{{'s}} move to the [[Berliner format]]. In 1993 the paper declined to participate in the broadsheet [[price war]] started by [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s ''The Times''. In June 1993, ''The Guardian'' bought ''The Observer'' from [[Lonrho]], thus gaining a serious [[Sunday editions|Sunday sister newspaper]] with similar political views.

Its international weekly edition is now titled ''The Guardian Weekly'', though it retained the title ''Manchester Guardian Weekly'' for some years after the home edition had moved to London. It includes sections from a number of other internationally significant newspapers of a somewhat left-of-centre inclination, including {{Lang|fr|[[Le Monde]]}} and ''[[The Washington Post]]''. ''The Guardian Weekly'' was also linked to a website for expatriates, ''Guardian Abroad'', which was launched in 2007 but had been taken offline by 2012.

===Moving to the Berliner paper format===
[[File:The Guardian 6. 6. 14.jpg|thumb|right|Front page of 6 June 2014 edition in the Berliner format]]
''The Guardian'' is printed in full colour,<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/editors/archives/2005/09/13/tuesdays_morning_conference.html
|title=Tuesday's morning conference
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|location=UK
|date=13 September 2007
|access-date=11 February 2007
|archive-date=13 February 2007
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213013501/http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/editors/archives/2005/09/13/tuesdays_morning_conference.html
|url-status=live
}}</ref> and was the first newspaper in the UK to use the [[Berliner (format)|Berliner]] format for its main section, while producing sections and supplements in a range of page sizes including tabloid, approximately A4, and pocket-size (approximately A5).

In 2004, ''The Guardian'' announced plans to change to a Berliner or "midi" format,<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Brooks|first1=Josh|date=29 June 2004|title=Guardian to switch to Berliner format|url=https://www.printweek.com/news/article/guardian-to-switch-to-berliner-format|access-date=31 December 2020|website=[[PrintWeek]]|language=en|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020221847/https://www.printweek.com/news/article/guardian-to-switch-to-berliner-format|url-status=live}}</ref> similar to that used by ''[[Die Tageszeitung]]'' in Germany, ''[[Le Monde]]'' in France and many other European papers. At 470×315&nbsp;mm, this is slightly larger than a traditional [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]]. Planned for the autumn of 2005, this change followed moves by ''The Independent'' and ''[[The Times]]'' to start publishing in tabloid (or compact) format. On Thursday, 1 September 2005, ''The Guardian'' announced that it would launch the new format on Monday 12 September 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/sep/01/theguardian.pressandpublishing|title=New-look Guardian launches on September 12|work=MediaGuardian|date=1 September 2005|last1=Cozens|first1=Claire|location=London|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202122134/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/sep/01/theguardian.pressandpublishing|url-status=live}}</ref> Sister Sunday newspaper ''The Observer'' also changed to this new format on 8 January 2006.

The format switch was accompanied by a comprehensive redesign of the paper's look. On Friday, 9 September 2005, the newspaper unveiled its newly designed front page, which débuted on Monday 12 September 2005. Designed by [[Mark Porter (designer)|Mark Porter]], the new look includes a new [[Masthead (British publishing)|masthead]] for the newspaper, its first since 1988. A typeface family designed by [[Paul Barnes (designer)|Paul Barnes]] and [[Christian Schwartz]] was created for the new design. With just over 200 fonts, it was described as "one of the most ambitious custom type programs ever commissioned by a newspaper".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Crossgrove|first1=Carl|title=Guardian: review|url=http://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/guardian/|website=Typographica|access-date=11 July 2015|archive-date=13 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713035002/http://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/guardian/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="fontshop2006">{{cite web|url= http://www.fontshop.be/details.php?entry=91|publisher = FontShop Benelux|date= 15 November 2006|author1 = Paul A Barnes|author2 = Christian E Schwartz|title = Does type design matter in newspapers?|access-date = 26 July 2012|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120604144425/http://www.fontshop.be/details.php?entry=91|archive-date = 4 June 2012}}</ref> Among the fonts is [[Guardian Egyptian]], a [[slab serif]] that is used in various weights for both text and headlines, and is central to the redesign.

The switch cost ''Guardian Newspapers'' £80&nbsp;million and involved setting up new printing presses in east London and Manchester.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lyall|first=Sarah|date=26 September 2005|title=A tabloid Guardian? Not quite|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/26/business/worldbusiness/a-tabloid-guardian-not-quite.html|access-date=31 December 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104214953/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/26/business/worldbusiness/a-tabloid-guardian-not-quite.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This switch was necessary because, before ''The Guardian''{{'s}} move, no printing presses in Britain could produce newspapers in the Berliner format. There were additional complications, as one of the paper's presses was part-owned by ''[[The Daily Telegraph|Telegraph Newspapers]]'' and ''[[The Daily Express|Express Newspapers]]'', contracted to use the plant until 2009. Another press was shared with the ''Guardian Media Group's'' north-western tabloid local papers, which did not wish to switch to the Berliner format.

====Reception====
The new format was generally well received by ''Guardian'' readers, who were encouraged to provide feedback on the changes. The only controversy was over the dropping of the ''[[Doonesbury]]'' cartoon strip. The paper reported thousands of calls and emails complaining about its loss; within 24 hours the decision was reversed and the strip was reinstated the following week. ''G2'' supplement editor Ian Katz, who was responsible for dropping it, apologised in the editors' blog saying, "I'm sorry, once again, that I made you—and the hundreds of fellow fans who have called our helpline or mailed our comments' address—so cross."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/values/socialaudit/story/0%2C%2C1600349%2C00.html |title=''Guardian Reborn'', The Guardian |access-date=5 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212135000/http://www.guardian.co.uk/values/socialaudit/story/0%2C%2C1600349%2C00.html |archive-date=12 February 2007}}. Retrieved on 22 July 2007.</ref> However, some readers were dissatisfied as the earlier deadline needed for the all-colour sports section meant coverage of late-finishing evening football matches became less satisfactory in the editions supplied to some parts of the country.

The investment was rewarded with a circulation rise. In December 2005, the average daily sale stood at 380,693, nearly 6 per cent higher than the figure for December 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/13/abcs.pressandpublishing|title=Telegraph sales hit all-time low|work=MediaGuardian|date=13 January 2006|last1=Cozens|first1=Claire|location=London|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202121942/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/13/abcs.pressandpublishing|url-status=live}}</ref> However, by December 2012, circulation had dropped to 204,222.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jan/11/guardian-telegraph-financial-times-december-abcs|title=Guardian, Telegraph and FT post modest sales rises in December|date=11 January 2013|location=London|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202122034/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jan/11/guardian-telegraph-financial-times-december-abcs|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, the US-based [[Society for News Design]] chose ''The Guardian'' and Polish daily ''[[Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)|Rzeczpospolita]]'' as the world's best-designed newspapers—from among 389 entries from 44 countries.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/feb/21/theguardian.pressandpublishing |title=Guardian wins design award |date=21 February 2006 |work=MediaGuardian |location=London |last=Busfield |first=Steve |publisher=Guardian News and Media |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202121613/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/feb/21/theguardian.pressandpublishing |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Tabloid format since 2018 ===
In June 2017, [[Guardian Media Group]] (GMG) announced that ''The Guardian'' and ''[[The Observer]]'' would relaunch in [[tabloid format]] from early 2018.<ref name="tabloid">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jun/13/guardian-and-observer-to-relaunch-in-tabloid-format|title=''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer'' to relaunch in tabloid format|last=Sweney|first=Mark|date=13 June 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=13 June 2017|archive-date=18 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118221509/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jun/13/guardian-and-observer-to-relaunch-in-tabloid-format|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' confirmed the launch date for the new format to be 15 January 2018. GMG also signed a contract with ''[[Trinity Mirror]]'' – the publisher of the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'', and ''[[Sunday People]]'' – to [[outsource]] printing of ''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2017/jun/13/guardian-journalism-goes-from-strength-to-strength-its-just-our-shape-thats-changing|title=Guardian journalism goes from strength to strength. It's just our shape that's changing|last1=Viner|first1=Katharine|date=13 June 2017|work=The Guardian|last2=Pemsel|first2=David|access-date=9 July 2017|archive-date=10 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710143244/https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2017/jun/13/guardian-journalism-goes-from-strength-to-strength-its-just-our-shape-thats-changing|url-status=live}}</ref>

The format change was intended to help cut costs as it allowed the paper to be printed by a wider array of presses, and outsourcing the printing to presses owned by Trinity Mirror was expected to save millions of pounds annually. The move was part of a three-year plan that included cutting 300 jobs in an attempt to reduce losses and break even by 2019.<ref name="tabloid"/><ref name="tabloid-uk">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/business/media/guardian-tabloid-uk.html |title=The Guardian, Britain's Left-Wing News Power, Goes Tabloid |first=Amie |last=Tsang |date=15 January 2018 |work=The New York Times |access-date=15 January 2018 |archive-date=16 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116074115/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/business/media/guardian-tabloid-uk.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The paper and ink are the same as previously and the font size is fractionally larger.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/29/guardian-redesign-tabloid-readers-response-paul-chadwick|title=Three months on, the tabloid Guardian is still evolving|last=Chadwick|first=Paul|date=29 April 2018|work=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=25 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625185817/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/29/guardian-redesign-tabloid-readers-response-paul-chadwick|url-status=live}}</ref>

An assessment of the response from readers in late April 2018 indicated that the new format had led to an increased number of subscriptions. The editors were working on changing aspects that had caused complaints from readers.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>

In July 2018, the masthead of the new tabloid format was adjusted to a dark blue.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/weve-got-the-guardian-masthead-blues-and-were-overjoyed|title=We've got The Guardian masthead blues and we're overjoyed|last=Letters|date=15 July 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 January 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404195601/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/weve-got-the-guardian-masthead-blues-and-were-overjoyed|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Online media==

''The Guardian'' and its former Sunday sibling ''The Observer'' publish all their news online, with free access both to current news and an archive of three million stories. A third of the site's hits are for items over a month old.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/oct/08/comment.comment|title=Editor's week|work=The Guardian|date=8 October 2005|location=London|last=Bell|first=Emily|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202122130/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/oct/08/comment.comment|url-status=live}}</ref> As of May 2013, it was the most popular UK newspaper website with 8.2&nbsp;million unique visitors per month, just ahead of ''[[Mail Online]]'' with 7.6&nbsp;million unique monthly visitors.<ref name="journalism553108">{{cite web|title=Guardian.co.uk most read newspaper site in UK in March|url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/nrs-guardian-co-uk-is-uk-s-top-monthly-news-site/s2/a553108/|first=Alastair|last=Reid|website=www.journalism.co.uk|access-date=17 June 2014|date=30 May 2013|archive-date=29 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529024520/http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/nrs-guardian-co-uk-is-uk-s-top-monthly-news-site/s2/a553108/|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2011, [[Haymarket Media Group|MediaWeek]] reported that ''The Guardian'' was the fifth most popular newspaper site in the world.<ref>{{cite news|work=MediaWeek|date=19 April 2011|title=MailOnline overtakes Huffington Post to become world's no 2|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/46605|publisher=Haymarket|first=Arif|last=Durrani|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513011131/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/46605|archive-date=13 May 2013}}</ref> Journalists use an analytics tool called Ophan, built entirely in-house, to measure website data around stories and audience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/how-ophan-offers-bespoke-data-to-inform-content-at-the-guardian/s2/a563349|title=Ophan: Key metrics informing editorial at The Guardian|last=Edge|first=Abigail|date=2 December 2014|website=Journalism.co.uk|access-date=23 March 2019|archive-date=6 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706143706/https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/how-ophan-offers-bespoke-data-to-inform-content-at-the-guardian/s2/a563349/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the number of online readers had drastically dropped by July 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/529970/uk-online-newspaper-market-by-daily-average-unique-browsers/|title=Average daily audience of online newspaper brands in the United Kingdom (UK) in July 2021|first=Amy|last=Watson|publisher=Statista|date=30 June 2022|accessdate=21 January 2023|archive-date=22 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122175611/https://www.statista.com/statistics/529970/uk-online-newspaper-market-by-daily-average-unique-browsers/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''The Guardian'' launched an [[iOS]] [[mobile app]]lication for its content in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bunz |first=Mercedes |date=14 December 2009 |title=Guardian launches iPhone application |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/dec/14/guardian-launches-iphone-application |work=The Guardian |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-date=14 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014164951/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/dec/14/guardian-launches-iphone-application |url-status=live }}</ref> An [[Android (operating system)|Android]] app followed in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Jon |date=7 September 2011 |title=The Guardian Launches a Powerful, Free Android App |url=https://readwrite.com/2011/09/07/the_guardian_launches_a_powerful_free_android_app/ |publisher=readwrite |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-date=14 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014130128/https://readwrite.com/2011/09/07/the_guardian_launches_a_powerful_free_android_app/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018 the newspaper's apps and mobile website were redesigned to coincide with its relaunch in tabloid format.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=15 January 2018 |title=Guardian launches digital redesign to coincide with launch of new Guardian tabloid newspaper |url=https://www.theguardian.com/guardian-australia-press-office/2018/jan/15/guardian-launches-digital-redesign-to-coincide-with-launch-of-new-guardian-tabloid-newspaper |work=The Guardian |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-date=14 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014165008/https://www.theguardian.com/guardian-australia-press-office/2018/jan/15/guardian-launches-digital-redesign-to-coincide-with-launch-of-new-guardian-tabloid-newspaper |url-status=live }}</ref> Secure messaging for whistleblowers was added to the apps in 2025 (see [[#Political stance and editorial opinion|Political stance and editorial opinion]]).

The Comment is Free section includes columns by the paper's journalists and regular commentators, articles from guest writers, and readers' comments and responses to articles. The section includes all the opinion pieces published in the paper itself and many others that only appear online. Censorship is exercised by moderators who can ban &nbsp;– with no right of appeal&nbsp;–posts that they feel have overstepped the mark. ''The Guardian'' has taken what they call a very "open" stance in delivering news, and have launched an open platform for their content. This allows external developers to easily use ''Guardian'' content in external applications, and even to feed third-party content back into the ''Guardian'' network.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.idioplatform.com/the-guardian-im-impressed/|title=The Guardian: I'm impressed|work=[[idio]]|date=1 June 2010|access-date=26 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116131831/http://www.idioplatform.com/the-guardian-im-impressed/|archive-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' also had a number of talkboards that were noted for their mix of political discussion and whimsy until they were closed on 25 February 2011 after settlement of a libel action brought after months of harassment of a Conservative Party activist.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=27 June 2018|title=Corrections and clarifications|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/mar/08/corrections-clarifications|date=8 March 2011|website=The Guardian|archive-date=27 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627144732/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/mar/08/corrections-clarifications|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2011/feb/28/guardian-unlimited-talkboards|title=Guardian Unlimited Talkboard closure|work=The Guardian|date=28 February 2011|location=London|last=Gibson|first=Janine|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202122022/https://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2011/feb/28/guardian-unlimited-talkboards|url-status=live}}</ref> They were spoofed in ''The Guardian''{{'s}} own regular humorous Chatroom column in ''G2''. The spoof column purported to be excerpts from a chatroom on permachat.co.uk, a real URL that pointed to ''The Guardian''{{'s}} talkboards.

In August 2013, a webshow titled ''Thinkfluencer''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2013/aug/29/thinkfluencer-episode-1-selfies-video |title=#Thinkfluencer episode 1: Selfies – video |work=The Guardian |date=23 August 2013 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095012/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2013/aug/29/thinkfluencer-episode-1-selfies-video |url-status=live }}</ref> was launched by Guardian Multimedia in association with [[Arte]].

In 2004 the paper also launched a dating website, Guardian Soulmates.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://soulmates.theguardian.com/ |title=Online Dating Site UK |work=The Guardian |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306120248/https://soulmates.theguardian.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 1 July 2020, Guardian Soulmates was closed down with the explanation: "It hasn't been an easy decision to make, but the online dating world is a very different place to when we first launched online in July 2004. There are so many dating apps now, so many ways to meet people, which are often free and very quick."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=12 June 2021|date=1 July 2020|url=https://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2020/jul/01/guardian-soulmates-has-come-to-an-end|title=Guardian Soulmates has come to an end|archive-date=22 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822181412/https://soulmates.theguardian.com/blog/dating-locations/dating/should-we-still-use-sexuality-as-a-social-descriptor|url-status=live}}</ref> An American version of the ''Guardian Unlimited'' website titled ''Guardian America'' was intended to win more U.S.-based readers, but was abandoned in October 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://paidcontent.org/2009/10/20/419-gnm-axing-guardianamerica-com-shuffling-execs-in-restructure/|title=GNM Axing GuardianAmerica.com, Shuffling Execs In Restructure|last=Andrews|first=Robert|date=20 October 2009|publisher=[[PaidContent]]|access-date=3 March 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624042418/http://paidcontent.org/2009/10/20/419-gnm-axing-guardianamerica-com-shuffling-execs-in-restructure/|archive-date=24 June 2013}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' launched an [[.onion]] version of its website on the [[Tor (network)|Tor]] network in May 2022,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chauvin |first=Mariot |date=30 May 2022 |title=Guardian launches Tor onion service |url=https://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2022/may/30/guardian-launches-tor-onion-service |access-date=7 October 2022 |newspaper=The Guardian |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007132803/https://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2022/may/30/guardian-launches-tor-onion-service |url-status=live }}</ref> with assistance from [[Alec Muffett]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Soul |first1=Jon |last2=Kokkini |first2=Ioanna |date=6 October 2022 |title=How we built the Guardian's Tor Onion service |url=https://www.theguardian.com/info/2022/oct/06/how-we-built-the-guardians-tor-onion-service |access-date=7 October 2022 |newspaper=The Guardian |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006212943/https://www.theguardian.com/info/2022/oct/06/how-we-built-the-guardians-tor-onion-service |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Podcasts===
The paper entered podcasting in 2005 with a twelve-part weekly [[podcast]] series by [[Ricky Gervais]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/dec/08/radio.broadcasting1|title=Gervais to host Radio 2 Christmas show|work=MediaGuardian|date=8 December 2005|last=Deans|first=Jason|location=London|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=3 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103004831/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/dec/08/radio.broadcasting1|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2006, Gervais' show topped the [[iTunes]] podcast chart, having been downloaded by two million listeners worldwide,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/23/radio.mondaymediasection1|title=Comedy stars and radio DJs top the download charts|work=The Guardian|date=23 January 2006|location=London|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202121907/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/23/radio.mondaymediasection1|url-status=live}}</ref> and was scheduled to be listed in the 2007 ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]'' as the most downloaded podcast.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/feb/06/radio.newmedia|title=Gervais podcast in the record books|work=MediaGuardian|date=6 February 2006|last=Plunkett|first=John|location=London|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=6 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906132518/http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1703591,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

''The Guardian'' offers several regular podcasts made by its journalists. One of the most prominent is ''Today in Focus'', a daily news podcast hosted by [[Anushka Asthana]] launched on 1 November 2018. It was an immediate success<ref name="BMA_20190522">{{Cite news | title = Today in Focus: The Guardian's daily news podcast | series = Guardian News & Media | work = Campaign British Publishing Awards | access-date = 3 November 2019 | url = http://www.britishmediaawards.com/finalists/today-in-focus---the-guardians-daily-new/ | date = 22 May 2019 | archive-date = 3 November 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191103214859/https://www.britishmediaawards.com/finalists/today-in-focus---the-guardians-daily-new/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> and became one of the UK's most-downloaded podcasts.<ref name="BMA_20190522"/><ref>{{Cite web| title = Today in Focus on Apple Podcasts| work = Apple Podcasts| access-date = 3 November 2019| url = https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/today-in-focus/id1440133626| archive-date = 3 November 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191103221245/https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/today-in-focus/id1440133626| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title = Top 100 UK Podcasts (Apple Podcasts Top Charts)| work = Podcast Insights| access-date = 3 November 2019| date = 17 December 2018| url = https://www.podcastinsights.com/top-uk-podcasts/| archive-date = 3 November 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191103220355/https://www.podcastinsights.com/top-uk-podcasts/| url-status = live}}</ref>

==GuardianFilms==
In 2003 ''The Guardian'' started the film production company GuardianFilms, headed by journalist Maggie O'Kane. Much of the company's output is documentary made for television– and it has included [[Salam Pax]]'s ''[[Baghdad Blogger]]'' for [[BBC Two]]'s daily flagship ''[[Newsnight]]'', some of which have been shown in compilations by ''[[CNN]] International'', ''Sex on the Streets'' and ''Spiked'', both made for the UK's [[Channel 4]] television.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/guardianfilms |title=Films |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=12 February 2009 |access-date=28 July 2009 |archive-date=30 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730075555/http://www.theguardian.com/news/guardianfilms |url-status=live }}</ref>

GuardianFilms has received several broadcasting awards. In addition to two Amnesty International Media Awards in 2004 and 2005, ''The Baghdad Blogger: Salam Pax'' won a Royal Television Society Award in 2005. ''Baghdad: A Doctor's Story'' won an Emmy Award for Best International Current Affairs film in 2007.<ref name="guardian.co.uk">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/video/2008/jan/28/a.doctors.story.guardian.films|title=Excerpt from Baghdad: A Doctor's Story|work=The Guardian|location=London|access-date=25 May 2010|last1=Salih|first1=Omar|last2=Summers|first2=Ben|publisher=Guardian News and Media|date=28 January 2008|archive-date=1 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901102558/http://www.theguardian.com/news/video/2008/jan/28/a.doctors.story.guardian.films|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008 [[Sean Smith (photojournalist and filmmaker)|photojournalist Sean Smith's]] ''Inside the Surge'' won the Royal Television Society award for best international news film&nbsp;– the first time a newspaper has won such an award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2009/aug/18/afghanistan-war-sean-smith|title=On the frontline with British troops in Afghanistan|work=The Guardian|location=London|access-date=25 May 2010|last1=Smith|first1=Sean|last2=Nzerem|first2=Keme|last3=Ulleri|first3=Giovanni|publisher=Guardian News and Media|date=18 August 2009|archive-date=7 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907044838/http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2009/aug/18/afghanistan-war-sean-smith|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/feb/20/television.iraqandthemedia |title=Guardian film-maker wins Royal Television Society award |work=The Guardian |date=20 February 2008 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204505/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/feb/20/television.iraqandthemedia |url-status=live }}</ref> The same year, ''The Guardian''{{'s}} [[Katine]] website was awarded for its outstanding new media output at the One World Media awards. Again in 2008, GuardianFilms' undercover video report revealing vote rigging by [[Robert Mugabe]]'s [[ZANU–PF]] party during the 2007 Zimbabwe election won best news programme of the year at the Broadcast Awards.<ref name="guardian.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2009/feb/16/guardian-film-awards|title=GuardianFilms Awards|work=The Guardian|date=16 February 2009|location=London|access-date=25 May 2010|archive-date=9 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009055757/http://www.theguardian.com/news/2009/feb/16/guardian-film-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References in popular culture==
The paper's nickname ''{{Not a typo|The Grauniad}}'' (sometimes abbreviated as "Graun") originated with the satirical magazine ''[[Private Eye]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/dec/16/society|title=Surely shome mishtake?|work=The Guardian|date=16 December 2000|location=London|last=Sherrin|first=Ned|author-link=Ned Sherrin|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=18 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318175533/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/dec/16/society|url-status=live}}</ref> This [[anagram]] played on ''The Guardian''{{'}}s early reputation for frequent [[typographical error]]s, including misspelling its own name as ''The {{not a typo|Gaurdian}}''.<ref name=Bernhard>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/porcupinepicayun00bern_0 |url-access=registration |pages=[https://archive.org/details/porcupinepicayun00bern_0/page/26 26]–27 |title=Porcupine, Picayune, & Post: how newspapers get their names |first=Jim|last=Bernhard|publisher=University of Missouri Press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-8262-1748-6|access-date=11 August 2013}}</ref>

The first issue of the newspaper contained a number of errors, including a notification that there would soon be some goods sold at ''{{not a typo|atction}}'' instead of ''auction''. Fewer typographical errors are seen in the paper since the end of [[hot-metal typesetting]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=(unknown)|journal=[[Encounter (magazine)|Encounter]]|volume=58 |page=28 |publisher=Congress for Cultural Freedom |year=1982}}<span style="color:blue;"> This article refers to the paper by the facetious name "''The Grauniad''".</span></ref> One ''Guardian'' writer, [[Keith Devlin]], suggested that the high number of observed misprints was due more to the quality of the readership than the misprints' greater frequency.<ref>{{cite news|title=Prime beef: Mathematical micro-mysteries: Keith Devlin returns to prime time computation|author-link=Keith Devlin|last=Devlin|first=Keith|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=1 March 1984}} Reprinted in {{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pdZSGb5DqzsC&pg=PA42|page=[https://archive.org/details/allmaththatsfitt0000devl/page/42 42]|title=All the Math That's Fit to Print: Articles from The Guardian|chapter=Prime beef"|first=Keith|last=Devlin|author-link=Keith Devlin|year=1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-88385-515-7|access-date=11 August 2013|url=https://archive.org/details/allmaththatsfitt0000devl/page/42}}</ref> The newspaper was printed in Manchester until 1961 and the fact that the prints sent to London by train were the early, more error-prone, prints may have contributed to this image as well.<ref>Taylor, Geoffrey, ''Changing Faces: A History of The Guardian 1956–1988'', Fourth Estate, 1993.</ref><ref name=Bernhard /> When [[John Cole (journalist)|John Cole]] was appointed news editor by [[Alastair Hetherington]] in 1963, he sharpened the paper's comparatively "amateurish" setup.<ref name="guardian obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/nov/08/john-cole|title=John Cole obituary|first=David|last=McKie|work=The Guardian|date=8 November 2013|access-date=8 November 2013|archive-date=10 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110073634/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/nov/08/john-cole|url-status=live}}</ref>

Employees of ''The Guardian'' or ''The Observer'' have been depicted in the films ''[[The Fifth Estate (film)|The Fifth Estate]]'' (2013), ''[[Snowden (film)|Snowden]]'' (2016) and ''[[Official Secrets (film)|Official Secrets]]'' (2019), while [[Paddy Considine]] played a fictional ''Guardian'' journalist in the film ''[[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|The Bourne Ultimatum]]'' (2007).

The term "Guardian reader" is sometimes used to describe a person with [[progressivism|progressive]], left-wing or "[[politically correct]]" views.<ref name="Guardian2003158" />

==Awards==

===Received===
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''The Guardian'' was awarded the National Newspaper of the Year award in 1998, 2005,<ref name=gazetteroll/> 2010<ref name="Guardian06042011">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/06/press-awards-2011-guardian-newspaper-of-the-year|title=Press Awards 2011: Guardian wins Newspaper of the Year|work=The Guardian|date=6 April 2011|location=London|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202121714/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/06/press-awards-2011-guardian-newspaper-of-the-year|url-status=live}}</ref> and 2013<ref name="award">{{cite news |last=Rawlinson |first=Kevin |date=2 April 2014 |title=Guardian wins newspaper and website of the year at British press awards |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/apr/02/guardian-observer-glory-press-awards |url-access=registration |access-date=12 June 2014 |archive-date=12 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612042452/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/apr/02/guardian-observer-glory-press-awards |url-status=live }}</ref> by the [[British Press Awards]], and Front Page of the Year in 2002 ("A declaration of war", 12 September 2001).<ref name="gazetteroll">{{cite web|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=99&navcode=92# |title=British Press Awards: Awards Ceremony – 23rd March 2010: 2010 Winners Announced |access-date=7 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616181807/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=99&navcode=92%23 |archive-date=16 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/mar/20/theguardian.uknews|title=Guardian triumphs at Press Awards|work=The Guardian|date=20 March 2002|last=Wells|first=Matt|location=London|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202121627/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/mar/20/theguardian.uknews|url-status=live}}</ref> It was also co-winner of the World's Best-designed Newspaper as awarded by the [[Society for News Design]] (2005, 2007, 2013, 2014).<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 February 2011|title=World's Best-Designed™ winners|url=https://www.snd.org/competitions/worlds-best-designed/|access-date=4 January 2021|website=The Society for News Design - SND|language=en-US|archive-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511105756/https://www.snd.org/competitions/print/worlds-best-designed/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Guardian'' journalists have won a range of British Press Awards, including:<ref name=gazetteroll/>
* Reporter of the Year ([[Nick Davies]], 2000;<ref name="British Press Awards: Past winners">{{cite web|title=British Press Awards: Past winners|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=39598|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320035609/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=39598|archive-date=20 March 2012|access-date=20 August 2009|work=[[Press Gazette]]}}</ref> [[Paul Lewis (journalist)|Paul Lewis]], 2010;<ref name="gazetteroll2">''[[Press Gazette]]'', [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=99&navcode=92# Roll of Honour] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616181807/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=99&navcode=92|date=16 June 2011}}, accessed 24 July 2011</ref> Rob Evans & Paul Lewis, 2014);<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tjaardstra|first=Nick|date=3 April 2014|title=Is The Guardian in line for a Pulitzer?|url=https://wan-ifra.org/2014/04/is-the-guardian-in-line-for-a-pulitzer/|website=[[World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers]]|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=21 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321125445/https://wan-ifra.org/2014/04/is-the-guardian-in-line-for-a-pulitzer/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Foreign Reporter of the Year ([[James Meek (author)|James Meek]], 2004;<ref>{{Cite web|title=James Meek|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jamesmeek|website=The Guardian|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=29 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129174321/https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jamesmeek|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ghaith Abdul-Ahad]], 2008);<ref name="pressg08">{{cite web|date=8 April 2008|title=British Press Awards: The full list of winners|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=40813|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217031939/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=40813|archive-date=17 December 2008|access-date=2 January 2009|work=[[Press Gazette]]}}</ref>
* Scoop of the Year ([[Milly Dowler]] phone hacked, 2012)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Urquhart|first=Conal|date=21 March 2012|title=Guardian wins Scoop of the Year at Press awards|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/mar/21/guardian-scoop-of-the-year-press-awards|website=The Guardian|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=19 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819023231/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/mar/21/guardian-scoop-of-the-year-press-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Young Journalist of the Year ([[Emma Brockes]], 2001;<ref name="BCouncil">[http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/visitingtime_context.pdf "Visiting Time - Context - The Author: Emma Brockes"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224225325/http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/visitingtime_context.pdf |date=24 February 2021 }}, British Council</ref> [[Patrick Kingsley (journalist)|Patrick Kingsley]], 2013);<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 April 2014|title=NCTJ alumnus crowned young journalist of the year at Press Awards|url=https://www.nctj.com/latestnews/NCTJ-alumnus-crowned-young-journalist-of-the-year-at-Press-Awards|website=[[National Council for the Training of Journalists]]|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=6 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306225212/https://www.nctj.com/latestnews/NCTJ-alumnus-crowned-young-journalist-of-the-year-at-Press-Awards|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Columnist of the Year ([[Polly Toynbee]], 2007;<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 July 2007|title=79. Polly Toynbee|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jul/09/mediatop1002007.mondaymediasection76|website=The Guardian|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=21 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321125445/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jul/09/mediatop1002007.mondaymediasection76|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Charlie Brooker]], 2009);<ref name="pressgazette1">{{cite news|date=1 April 2009|title=British Press Awards 2009: The full list of winners|work=[[Press Gazette]]|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=43456|url-status=dead|access-date=16 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115031713/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=43456|archive-date=15 January 2010}}</ref>
* Critic of the Year ([[Marina O'Loughlin]], 2015);<ref>{{Cite web|title=Press Awards Winners 2015|url=http://www.pressawards.org.uk/page-view.php?pagename=winners-2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626062033/http://www.pressawards.org.uk/page-view.php?pagename=winners-2015|archive-date=26 June 2017|access-date=7 August 2016|website=www.pressawards.org.uk}}</ref>
* Feature Writer of the Year ([[Emma Brockes]], 2002;<ref name="BCouncil" /> [[Tanya Gold]], 2009;<ref>{{cite web|title=British Press Awards 2009: The full list of winners|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=43456#|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115031713/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=43456|archive-date=15 January 2010|access-date=3 February 2011|work=[[Press Gazette]]}}</ref> [[Amelia Gentleman]], 2010);<ref name=Guardian06042011/>
* Cartoonist of the Year ([[Steve Bell (cartoonist)|Steve Bell]], 2003);<ref>{{Cite web|last=Knudde|first=Kjell|date=1 January 2021|title=Steve Bell|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bell_steve.htm|website=[[Lambiek]]|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413083459/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bell_steve.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Political Journalist of the Year ([[Patrick Wintour]], 2006; [[Andrew Sparrow]], 2010);<ref name=Guardian06042011/>
* Science & Health Journalist of the Year (Sarah Boseley, 2016);<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 April 2016|title=Guardian wins five Press Awards|url=http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2016/apr/12/guardian-wins-five-press-awards|website=The Guardian|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815005541/https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2016/apr/12/guardian-wins-five-press-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Business & Finance Journalist of the Year (Ian Griffiths, 2005;<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 March 2005|title=Business writer award for Guardian|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/mar/16/theguardian.pressandpublishing|access-date=3 January 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227032116/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/mar/16/theguardian.pressandpublishing|url-status=live}}</ref> Simon Goodley, 2014);<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 March 2015|title=Guardian reporter wins Business and Financial reporter of the year at 2014 Press Awards|url=http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2015/mar/11/guardian-reporter-wins-business-and-financial-reporter-of-the-year-at-2014-press-awards|access-date=3 January 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104214944/https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2015/mar/11/guardian-reporter-wins-business-and-financial-reporter-of-the-year-at-2014-press-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Interviewer of the Year ([[Decca Aitkenhead]], 2008);<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 May 2012|title=Decca Aitkenhead, the Monday interviewer for G2, The Guardian|url=http://www.theguardian.com/student-media-awards-2012/decca-aitkenhead|access-date=3 January 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104213539/https://www.theguardian.com/student-media-awards-2012/decca-aitkenhead|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Sports Reporter of the Year ([[David Lacey]], 1997, 2002);<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 March 2003|title=David Lacey named Sports Reporter of the Year|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/mar/20/2|access-date=4 January 2021|website=The Guardian|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104213553/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/mar/20/2|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Sports Photographer of the Year (Tom Jenkins, 2003, 2005, 2006,<ref name=":1" /> 2015);<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jenkins|first=Tom|date=27 February 2016|title=Tom Jenkins: Picture Editors' Guild Sports Photographer of the Year – in pictures|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2016/feb/27/tom-jenkins-picture-editors-guild-sports-photographer-of-the-year-in-pictures|access-date=3 January 2021|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=24 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524234235/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2016/feb/27/tom-jenkins-picture-editors-guild-sports-photographer-of-the-year-in-pictures|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Website of the Year (guardian.com/uk, 1999, 2001,<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 March 2001|title=Guardian website wins online award |first1=Amy |last1=Vickers |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/mar/12/theguardian.digitalmedia|access-date=4 January 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104223054/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/mar/12/theguardian.digitalmedia |archive-date= Nov 4, 2021 }}</ref> 2007,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2013|title=Awards - 2007 |url=http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/guardian-news-media-awards-2007|access-date=4 January 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210607125327/http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/guardian-news-media-awards-2007 |archive-date= Jun 7, 2021 }}</ref> 2008,<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 January 2013|title=Guardian News & Media awards: 2008|url=http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/guardian-news-and-media-awards-2008|access-date=4 January 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816144358/https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/guardian-news-and-media-awards-2008|url-status=live}}</ref> 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 December 2016|title=Guardian wins Website of The Year Award|url=http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2016/dec/05/guardian-wins-website-of-the-year-award|access-date=4 January 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104213507/https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2016/dec/05/guardian-wins-website-of-the-year-award|url-status=live}}</ref> 2020);<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 June 2020|title=Guardian wins 'News Website of the Year' at 2020 newsawards|url=http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2020/jun/30/guardian-wins-news-website-of-the-year-at-2020-newsawards|access-date=4 January 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230142347/https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2020/jun/30/guardian-wins-news-website-of-the-year-at-2020-newsawards|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Digital Journalist of the Year (Dan Milmo, 2001;<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kiss|first=Jemima|date=10 November 2004|title=Top prize-giver snubs online journalism {{!}} Media news|url=https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/top-prize-giver-snubs-online-journalism/s2/a51135/|website=[[Journalism.co.uk]]|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=10 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410224356/https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/top-prize-giver-snubs-online-journalism/s2/a51135/|url-status=live}}</ref> Sean Smith, 2008;<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 January 2013|title=Guardian News & Media awards: 2008|url=http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/guardian-news-and-media-awards-2008|website=The Guardian|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816144358/https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/guardian-news-and-media-awards-2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Dave Hill, 2009)<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 April 2009|title=British Press Awards 2009: full list of winners|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/apr/01/british-press-awards-winners|website=The Guardian|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614224732/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/apr/01/british-press-awards-winners|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Supplement of the Year (''Guardian's Guides to...'', 2007;<ref>{{Cite web|title=From strength to strength|url=http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2007/10/26/9Awards.pdf|website=The Guardian|access-date=2 January 2021|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307153813/http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2007/10/26/9Awards.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Weekend Magazine'', 2015)<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Denes|first1=Mellisa|last2=Zeldin-O'Neill|first2=Sophie|date=14 December 2019|title=Editing the Weekend magazine: 'It's about warmth, fun, and surprise – as well as the serious stuff'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/membership/2019/dec/14/weekend-magazine-editing-melissa-denes-q-and-a-interview-award|website=The Guardian|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=6 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706181622/https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2019/dec/14/weekend-magazine-editing-melissa-denes-q-and-a-interview-award|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Special Supplement of the Year (''World Cup 2010 Guide'', 2010)<ref name="Guardian06042011" />

Other awards include:
* [[Bevins Prize]] for investigative journalism ([[Paul Lewis (journalist)|Paul Lewis]], 2010);<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paul Lewis|url=https://www.orwellfoundation.com/journalist/paul-lewis/|website=[[The Orwell Foundation]]|access-date=2 January 2021|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120045210/https://www.orwellfoundation.com/journalist/paul-lewis/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism]] ([[Nick Davies]], 1999; [[Chris McGreal]], 2003; [[Ghaith Abdul-Ahad]], 2005;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Previous Winners|url=http://www.marthagellhorn.com/previouswinners.htm|website=[[Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism]]|access-date=2 January 2021|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204212114/http://www.marthagellhorn.com/previouswinners.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ian Cobain]], 2009).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dowell|first=Ben|date=20 June 2009|title=Guardian reporter Ian Cobain wins Martha Gellhorn journalism prize|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jun/19/ian-cobain-martha-gellhorn-prize|website=The Guardian|access-date=2 January 2021|archive-date=17 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817230641/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jun/19/ian-cobain-martha-gellhorn-prize|url-status=live}}</ref>

The excellence of ''GUARDIAN'' environmental reporting has been recognized with numerous [[SEAL Awards#Environmental Journalism Awards|SEAL Environmental Journalism Awards]]:
(Damian Carrington, 2017,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2017/oct/02/guardian-wins-at-the-seal-2017-environmental-journalism-awards |title=Guardian wins at the 2017 SEAL Environmental Journalism Awards |work=The Guardian |date=2017-10-02 |access-date=2023-12-19 |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216163130/https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2017/oct/02/guardian-wins-at-the-seal-2017-environmental-journalism-awards |url-status=live }}</ref> 2018;<ref name="2018 SEAL Awards">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2018/nov/12/guardian-wins-at-the-2018-seal-awards |title=Guardian wins at the 2018 SEAL Journalism Awards | work=The Guardian | date=2018-11-12 |access-date=2023-12-19}}</ref> Johnathan Watts, 2018,<ref name="2018 SEAL Awards" /> 2019;<ref name="2019 SEAL Journalism Awards">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2020/feb/14/guardian-wins-at-the-2019-seal-journalism-awards |title=Guardian wins at the 2019 SEAL Journalism Awards | work=The Guardian | date=2020-02-14 |access-date=2023-12-19}}</ref>
[[Fiona Harvey]], 2019,<ref name="2019 SEAL Journalism Awards" /> 2020;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sealawards.com/environmental-journalism-award-2020/ | title=Twelve Journalists Recognized as 2020 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award Winners | website=[[SEAL Awards]] | date=2021-02-17 |access-date=2023-12-19}}</ref>
George Monbiot, 2017;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2017/oct/02/guardian-wins-at-the-seal-2017-environmental-journalism-awards |title=Guardian wins at the 2017 SEAL Environmental Journalism Awards | work=The Guardian | date=2017-10-02 |access-date=2023-12-19}}</ref>
and Richa Syal, 2022).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sealawards.com/twelve-journalists-recognized-as-2022-seal-environmental-journalism-award-winners/ | title=Twelve Journalists Recognized as 2022 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award Winners | website=[[SEAL Awards]] | date=2023-02-08 |access-date=2023-12-19}}</ref>

The ''Guardian, Observer'' and its journalists have also won numerous accolades at the [[British Sports Journalism Awards]]:
* Sports Writer of the Year ([[Daniel Taylor (journalist)|Daniel Taylor]], 2017)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2018/feb/27/the-guardian-wins-seven-sports-journalists-association-awards|title=The Guardian wins seven Sports Journalists' Association awards|date=27 February 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=23 January 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* Sports News Reporter of the Year ([[David Conn]], 2009, 2014)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sja-journalism-awards/2013-british-sports-journalism-awards/|title=2013 British Sports Journalism Awards – Sports Journalists' Association|language=en-GB|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref>
* Football Journalist of the Year (Daniel Taylor, 2015, 2016, 2017)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/feb/27/guardian-awards-daniel-taylor-sean-ingle-sja|title=Double honours for Daniel Taylor as The Guardian wins four SJA awards|date=27 February 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=23 January 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* Sports Interviewer of the Year ([[Donald McRae (author)|Donald McRae]], 2009, 2011)<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 March 2011|title=Donald McRae named Interviewer of the Year at SJA sports awards|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/mar/08/donald-mcrae-sports-interviewer-award|access-date=4 January 2021|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
* Diarist of the Year (David Hills, 2009)<ref>{{Cite web|last1=McRae|first1=Donald|last2=Conn|first2=David|last3=Hills|first3=David|date=9 March 2010|title=Success for Guardian writers at Sports Journalists' Association awards|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/mar/09/guardian-sports-journalists-association-awards|access-date=4 January 2021|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
* Sports Feature Writer of the Year (Donald McRae, 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 February 2018|title=The Guardian wins seven Sports Journalists' Association awards|url=http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2018/feb/27/the-guardian-wins-seven-sports-journalists-association-awards|access-date=4 January 2021|website=The Guardian}}</ref> 2018)<ref>{{Cite news|date=25 February 2019|title=The Guardian's Donald McRae and Daniel Taylor win major SJA awards again|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/25/the-guardians-donald-mcrae-and-daniel-taylor-win-major-sja-awards|access-date=4 January 2021|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* Specialist Correspondent of the Year ([[Sean Ingle]], 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|title=2016 British Sports Journalism Awards – Sports Journalists' Association|url=https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sja-journalism-awards/2016-british-sports-journalism-awards/|access-date=4 January 2021|language=en-GB}}</ref> 2017)<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=26 February 2018|title=The Guardian wins seven SJA awards with double honours for Daniel Taylor|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/26/taylor-mcrae-kelner-ingle-sja-awards|access-date=4 January 2021|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* Scoop of the Year (Daniel Taylor 2016;<ref name=":0" /> [[Martha Kelner]] and [[Sean Ingle]], 2017)<ref name=":2" />
* Sports Newspaper of the Year (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|title=2017 British Sports Journalism Awards – Sports Journalists' Association|url=https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sja-journalism-awards/2017-british-sports-journalism-awards/|website=[[Sports Journalists' Association]]}}</ref>
* Sports Website of the Year (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sja-journalism-awards/2014-sports-journalism-awards/|title=2014 British Sports Journalism Awards – Sports Journalists' Association|language=en-GB|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sja-journalism-awards/2015-british-sports-journalism-awards/|title=2015 British Sports Journalism Awards – Sports Journalists' Association|date=22 February 2016 |language=en-GB|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref>
* Sports Journalists' Association Sports Portfolio of the Year (Tom Jenkins, 2011)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The Tom Jenkins Collection - Archives Hub|url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb2726-tje|website=[[Jisc]]}}</ref>

The ''guardian.co.uk'' website won the Best Newspaper category three years running in 2005, 2006 and 2007 [[Webby Award]]s, beating (in 2005) ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''The Washington Post'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' and ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php#webby_entry_newspaper |title=The Webby Awards |access-date=24 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408222105/http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php |archive-date= 8 April 2011}}</ref> It has been the winner for six years in a row of the British Press Awards for Best Electronic Daily Newspaper.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newspaperawards.co.uk/default.htm |title=The 2006 Newspaper Awards |access-date=29 May 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040203030108/http://www.newspaperawards.co.uk/default.htm |archive-date=3 February 2004 }}</ref> The site won an ''[[Editor & Publisher|Eppy]]'' award from the US-based magazine ''Editor & Publisher'' in 2000 for the best-designed newspaper online service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://royal.reliaserve.com/eppy/winners2000.html |title=2000 Winners |access-date=28 July 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051026212145/http://royal.reliaserve.com/eppy/winners2000.html |archive-date=26 October 2005}}</ref>

In 2007, the newspaper was ranked first in a study on transparency that analysed 25 mainstream English-language media vehicles, which was conducted by the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda of the [[University of Maryland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icmpa.umd.edu/pages/studies/transparency/main.html |title=Openness & Accountability: A Study of Transparency in Global Media Outlets |access-date=19 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515174519/http://www.icmpa.umd.edu/pages/studies/transparency/main.html |archive-date=15 May 2008}}</ref> It scored 3.8 out of a possible 4.0.

''The Guardian US'' and ''The Washington Post'' shared the 2014 [[Pulitzer Prize for Public Service|Pulitzer Prize for public service reporting]] for their coverage of the worldwide electronic surveillance program of the NSA and GCHQ, and the document leaks by whistleblower Edward Snowden.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2014|title=2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners & Finalists|publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes|access-date=1 April 2020|url-status=live|archive-date=24 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824164612/https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2014}}</ref>

===Given===
''The Guardian'' is the sponsor of two major literary awards: The ''[[Guardian First Book Award]]'', established in 1999 as a successor to the ''[[Guardian Fiction Award]]'', which had run since 1965, and the ''[[Guardian Children's Fiction Prize]]'', founded in 1967. In recent years the newspaper has also sponsored the [[Hay Festival]] in [[Hay-on-Wye]].

The annual [[Guardian Student Media Awards]], founded in 1999, recognise excellence in journalism and design of British university and college [[student newspapers]], magazines and websites.

In memory of [[Paul Foot (journalist)|Paul Foot]], who died in 2004, ''The Guardian'' and ''Private Eye'' jointly set up the [[Paul Foot Award]], with an annual £10,000 prize fund, for investigative or campaigning journalism.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.midaspr.co.uk/press_office.asp?CatID=22 |title=The Paul Foot award for Campaigning Journalism 2007 |access-date=16 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930055234/http://www.midaspr.co.uk/press_office.asp?CatID=22 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref>

The newspaper produces [[The Guardian 100 Best Footballers In The World|''The Guardian'' 100 Best Footballers in the World]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The 100 best footballers in the world 2017|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2017/dec/19/the-100-best-footballers-in-the-world-2017-interactive|website=The Guardian|access-date=9 January 2018|date=19 December 2017|archive-date=10 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910233958/https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2017/dec/19/the-100-best-footballers-in-the-world-2017-interactive|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2018 it has also co-produced the female equivalent, [[The 100 Best Female Footballers in the World]].

In 2016, ''The Guardian'' began awarding an annual [[The Guardian Footballer of the Year|Footballer of the Year]] award, given to a footballer regardless of gender "who has done something truly remarkable, whether by overcoming adversity, helping others or setting a sporting example by acting with exceptional honesty."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bandini |first1=Nicky |title=The Guardian's inaugural Footballer of the Year: Cagliari's Fabio Pisacane |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/dec/29/fabio-pisacane-guardian-footballer-of-year-award |access-date=30 December 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=29 December 2016 |archive-date=8 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708203122/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/dec/29/fabio-pisacane-guardian-footballer-of-year-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Best books lists ===
* [[The Guardian's 100 Best Novels Written in English|''The Guardian'''s 100 best novels]] is a [[list]] of the best English-language novels as selected by [[Robert McCrum]].
* ''The Guardian'''s 100 greatest non-fiction book list has come out in 2011<ref name="100 Best Nonfiction 2011">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/14/100-greatest-non-fiction-books?INTCMP=SRCH |title=The 100 greatest non-fiction books |date=14 June 2011 |website=The Guardian |access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Guardian+100+Greatest+Non-Fiction |title=Guardian 100 Greatest Non-Fiction Book awards |website=[[LibraryThing]] |access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref> and in 2017, as selected by Robert McCrum.<ref name="100 Best Nonfiction 2017">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/series/100-best-nonfiction-books-of-all-time |title=100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time |last= McCrum |first=Robert |date=2017 |website=The Guardian |access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref>

==Editors==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!#!!Name!!Term!!Notes
|-
| 1
| [[John Edward Taylor]]
| 1821–1844
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2
| [[Jeremiah Garnett]]
| 1844–1861
| Served jointly with Russell Scott Taylor from 1847 to 1848
|-
| Russell Scott Taylor
| 1847–1848
| Served jointly with Jeremiah Garnett
|-
| 4
| Edward Taylor
| 1861–1872
|
|-
| 5
| [[Charles Prestwich Scott]]
| 1872–1929
|
|-
| 6
| [[Edward Taylor Scott|Ted Scott]]
| 1929–1932
|
|-
| 7
| [[William Percival Crozier]]
| 1932–1944
|
|-
| 8
| [[Alfred Powell Wadsworth]]
| 1944–1956
|
|-
| 9
| [[Alastair Hetherington]]
| 1956–1975
|
|-
| 10
| [[Peter Preston]]
| 1975–1995
|
|-
| 11
| [[Alan Rusbridger]]
| 1995–2015
|
|-
| 12
| [[Katharine Viner]]
| 2015–present
|
|}

==Notable regular contributors (past and present)==
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Columnists and journalists:
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* [[David Aaronovitch]]
* [[James Agate]]
* [[Ian Aitken (journalist)|Ian Aitken]]
* [[Decca Aitkenhead]]
* [[Brian Aldiss]]
* [[Tariq Ali]]
* [[John Galbraith Graham|Araucaria]]
* [[John Arlott]]
* [[Claire Armitstead]]
* [[Mark Arnold-Forster]]
* [[Jackie Ashley]]
* [[Dilpazier Aslam]]
* [[Harriet Baber]]
* [[Nancy Banks-Smith]]
* [[Leonard Barden]]
* [[Laura Barton]]
* [[Catherine Bennett (journalist)|Catherine Bennett]]
* [[Marcel Berlins]]
* [[Michael Billington (critic)|Michael Billington]]
*[[Ian Black (journalist)|Ian Black]]<ref name="Cashman-2023">{{Cite web |last=Cashman |first=Greer Fay |date=2023-01-23 |title=Ian Black, respected Jewish journalist and Middle East expert, dies at 69 |url=https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-729349 |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Heston Blumenthal]]
* [[Sidney Blumenthal]]
* [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]]
* [[Frankie Boyle]]
* [[Mark Boyle (Moneyless Man)|Mark Boyle]]
* [[Lloyd Bradley]]
* [[Russell Brand]]
* [[Emma Brockes]]
* [[Charlie Brooker]]
* [[Thom Brooks]]
* [[Guy Browning]]
* [[Alex Brummer]]
* [[Inayat Bunglawala]]<!--http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/inayat_bunglawala/profile.html-->
* [[Madeleine Bunting]]
* [[Julie Burchill]]
* [[Simon Callow]]
* [[James Cameron (journalist)|James Cameron]]
* [[Duncan Campbell (journalist, born 1944)|Duncan Campbell]]
* [[Neville Cardus]]
* [[Alexander Chancellor]]
* [[Kira Cochrane]]
* [[Mark Cocker]]
* [[Alistair Cooke]]
* [[G. D. H. Cole]]
* [[John Cole (journalist)|John Cole]]
* [[Rosalind Coward]]
* [[Gavyn Davies]]
* [[Robin Denselow]]
* [[Beth Ditto]]
* [[Tim Dowling]]
* [[Terry Eagleton]]
* [[Larry Elliott]]
* [[Matthew Engel]]
* [[Edzard Ernst]]
* [[Harold Evans]]
* [[Evelyn Flinders]]
* [[Paul Foot (journalist)|Paul Foot]]
* [[Liz Forgan]]
* [[Brian J. Ford]]
* [[John Fordham (jazz critic)|John Fordham]]
* [[Dawn Foster]]
* [[Nigel Fountain]]
* [[Ebenezer Fox]]
* [[Michael Frayn]]
* [[Jonathan Freedland]]
* [[Hadley Freeman]]
* [[Timothy Garton Ash]]
* [[Tanya Gold]]
* [[Ben Goldacre]]
* [[Victor Gollancz]]
* [[Richard Gott]]
* [[A. C. Grayling]]
* [[Roy Greenslade]]
* [[Germaine Greer]]
* [[A. Harry Griffin]]
* [[Ben Hammersley]]
* [[Clifford Harper]]
* [[Mehdi Hasan]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-02-21 |title=Guardian US announces Mehdi Hasan as new regular columnist |url=https://www.theguardian.com/guardian-us-press-office/2024/feb/21/guardian-us-announces-mehdi-hasan-as-new-regular-columnist |access-date=2024-02-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[Max Hastings]]
* [[Roy Hattersley]]
* [[David Hencke]]
* [[Georgina Henry]]
* [[Isabel Hilton]]
* [[L. T. Hobhouse]]
* [[J. A. Hobson]]
* [[Tom Hodgkinson]]
* [[Will Hodgkinson]]
* [[Simon Hoggart]]
* [[Stewart Holden]]
* [[Clare Hollingworth]]
* [[Will Hutton]]
* [[Marina Hyde]]
* [[C. L. R. James]]
* [[Erwin James]] (pseudonym)
* [[Waldemar Januszczak]]
* [[Simon Jenkins]]
* [[Stanley Johnson (writer)|Stanley Johnson]]
* [[Owen Jones]]
* [[Alex Kapranos]]
* [[Saeed Kamali Dehghan]]
* [[Victor Keegan]]
* [[Martin Kelner]]
* [[Emma Kennedy]]
* [[Maev Kennedy]]
* [[Martin Kettle]]
* [[Arthur Koestler]]
* [[Aleks Krotoski]]
* [[David Lacey]]
* [[Mark Lawson]]
* [[David Leigh (journalist)|David Leigh]]
* [[Rod Liddle]]
* [[Sue Limb]] (as ''Dulcie Domum'')
* [[Maureen Lipman]]
* [[Joris Luyendijk]]
* [[John Maddox]]
* [[Derek Malcolm]]
* [[Dan McDougall]]
* [[Johnjoe McFadden]]
* [[Melanie McFadyean]]
* [[Neil McIntosh (journalist)|Neil McIntosh]]
* [[David McKie]]
* [[Gareth McLean]]
* [[Ian Mayes]]
* [[Anna Minton]]
* [[David Mitchell (comedian)|David Mitchell]]
* [[George Monbiot]]
* [[C. E. Montague]]
* [[Suzanne Moore]]
* [[Malcolm Muggeridge]]
* [[James Naughtie]]
* [[Richard Norton-Taylor]]
* [[Maggie O'Kane]]
* [[Susie Orbach]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/susie_orbach/profile.html/ |title=Comment, opinion and discussion from The Guardian US |publisher=Commentisfree.guardian.co.uk |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=10 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410235820/http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/susie_orbach/profile.html/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Greg Palast]]
* [[David Pallister]]
* [[Michael Parkinson]]
* '[[Salam Pax]]'
* [[Jim Perrin]]
* [[Melanie Phillips]]
* [[Helen Pidd]]
* [[John Pilger]]
* [[Anna Politkovskaya]]
* [[Peter Preston]]
* [[Tim Radford]]
* [[Arthur Ransome]]
* [[Adam Raphael]]
* [[Andrew Rawnsley]]
* [[Brian Redhead]]
* [[James H Reeve]]
* [[Gillian Reynolds]]
* [[Simon Rogers (journalist)|Simon Rogers]]
* [[Jon Ronson]]
* [[Rhik Samadder]]
* [[Ash Sarkar]]
* [[Jack Schofield (journalist)|Jack Schofield]]
* [[Mike Selvey]]
* [[Norman Shrapnel]]
* [[Frank Sidebottom]]
* [[Posy Simmonds]]
* [[Howard Spring]]
* [[Jean Stead]]
* [[David Steel]]
* [[Jonathan Steele (journalist)|Jonathan Steele]]
* [[Mary Stott]]
* [[Allegra Stratton]]
* [[John Sutherland (author)|John Sutherland]]
* [[R. H. Tawney]]
* [[A. J. P. Taylor]]
* [[Simon Tisdall]]
* [[Arnold J. Toynbee|Arnold Toynbee]]
* [[Polly Toynbee]]
* [[Jill Tweedie]]
* [[Bibi van der Zee]]
* [[F. A. Voigt]]
* [[Ed Vulliamy]]
* [[Hilary Wainwright]]
* [[Martin Walker (reporter)|Martin Walker]]
* [[Hank Wangford]]
* [[Jim Waterson]]
* [[Jonathan Watts]]
* [[Francis Wheen]]
* [[Brian Whitaker]]
* [[Estelle White]]
* [[Michael White (journalist)|Michael White]]
* [[Ann Widdecombe]]
* [[Zoe Williams]]
* [[Ted Wragg]]
* [[Hugo Young]]
* [[Gary Younge]]
* [[Xue Xinran]]
* [[Tony Zappone]]
* [[Jack Massarik]]
* [[Slavoj Žižek]]
* [[Victor Zorza]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/guardian_index_1842-1985/Publishers-Note.aspx/ |title=The Guardian Index |access-date=22 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118161641/http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/guardian_index_1842-1985/Publishers-Note.aspx/ |archive-date=18 November 2007}}</ref>
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Cartoonists:
* [[David Austin (cartoonist)|David Austin]]
* [[Steve Bell (cartoonist)|Steve Bell]]
* [[Joe Berger (illustrator)|Joe Berger]]
* [[Berke Breathed]]
* [[Biff (cartoon)|Biff]]
* [[Peter Clarke (cartoonist)|Peter Clarke]]
* [[Les Gibbard]]
* [[John Kent (cartoonist)|John Kent]]
* [[Jamie Lenman]]
* [[David Low (cartoonist)|David Low]]
* [[Martin Rowson]]
* [[Posy Simmonds]]
* [[Garry Trudeau]]

Satirists:
* [[John Crace (writer)|John Crace]]
* [[Jeremy Hardy]]
* [[Armando Iannucci]]
* [[Terry Jones]]
* [[Craig Brown (satirist)|Craig Brown]] as "Bel Littlejohn"
* [[John O'Farrell (author)|John O'Farrell]]
* [[Mark Steel]]

Experts:
* [[Tim Atkin]]
* [[Matthew Fort]]
* [[Malcolm Gluck]]
* [[Tim Hayward]]

Photographers and picture editors:
* Herbert Walter Doughty (''The Manchester Guardian''{{'s}} first photographer, July 1908)
* [[Eamonn McCabe]]
* [[Sean Smith (photojournalist and filmmaker)|Sean Smith]]

==Guardian News and Media archive==
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''The Guardian'' and its then-sister newspaper ''The Observer'' opened The Newsroom, an archive and visitor centre in London, in 2002. The centre preserved and promoted the histories and values of the newspapers through its archive, educational programmes and exhibitions. The Newsroom's activities were all transferred to [[Kings Place]] in 2008.<ref name="test">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-archive/interactive/guardian-interactive-timeline |location=London |work=The Guardian |first=Lisa |last=Villani |title=MIC: GNM archive (microsite) |date=20 August 2009}}</ref> Now known as The Guardian News & Media archive, the archive preserves and promotes the histories and values of ''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer'' newspapers by collecting and making accessible material that provides an accurate and comprehensive history of the papers. The archive holds official records of ''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer'', and also seeks to acquire material from individuals who have been associated with the papers. As well as corporate records, the archive holds correspondence, diaries, notebooks, original cartoons and photographs belonging to staff of the papers.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-archive/archive-collections |location=London |work=The Guardian |title=MIC: GNM archive (microsite) |date=26 August 2009}}</ref> This material may be consulted by members of the public by prior appointment. An extensive ''Manchester Guardian'' archive also exists at the University of Manchester's [[John Rylands University Library]], and there is a collaboration programme between the two archives. Additionally, the [[British Library]] has a large archive of ''The Manchester Guardian'' available in its British Library Newspapers collection, in online, hard copy, microform, and CD-ROM formats.

In November 2007, ''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer'' made their archives available over the internet via DigitalArchive. The current extent of the archives available are 1821 to 2000 for ''The Guardian'' and 1791 to 2000 for ''The Observer'': these archives will eventually run up to 2003.

The Newsroom's other components were also transferred to Kings Place in 2008. ''The Guardian''{{'s}} Education Centre provides a range of educational programmes for students and adults. ''The Guardian''{{'s}} exhibition space was also moved to Kings Place, and has a rolling programme of exhibitions that investigate and reflect upon aspects of news and newspapers and the role of journalism. This programme often draws on the archive collections held in the GNM archive.

== See also ==
* {{Portal-inline|Journalism}}
* {{Portal-inline|United Kingdom}}
* ''[[Guardian Monthly]]''
* ''[[The Guardian Weekly]]''

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite book|last=Ayerst|first=David|url=https://archive.org/details/manchesterguardi0000ayer5|url-access=registration|title=The Manchester Guardian: Biography of a Newspaper|year=1971|publisher=[[Cornell University Press]]|isbn=0-8014-0642-0|oclc=149105}}
* {{Cite book|last=Hetherington|first=Alastair|author-link=Alastair Hetherington|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_0701125527|url-access=registration|title=Guardian Years|date=1981|publisher=[[Chatto & Windus]]|isbn=0-7011-2552-7|location=London|oclc=8358459}}
* {{Cite book|last1=Merrill|first1=John Calhoun|author-link1=John C. Merrill|last2=Fisher|first2=Harold A.|url=https://archive.org/details/worldsgreatdaili0000merr|url-access=registration|title=The World's Great Dailies: Profiles of Fifty Newspapers|isbn=0-8038-8095-2|publisher=Hastings House|oclc=5286129|pages=[[iarchive:worldsgreatdaili0000merr/page/143/mode/1up|143–150]]|year=1980}}
* {{Cite book|last=Mills|first=William Haslam|url=https://archive.org/details/manchesterguard00mill|title=The Manchester Guardian: A Century of History|date=1921|publisher=[[Chatto & Windus]]|location=London|language=en|oclc=1049642959}}

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