Le Desk

Le Desk (Arabic: لوديسك) is an independent Moroccan digital news outlet that publishes in French and Arabic.[1][2][3] It was founded in 2014-2015 by Ali Amar as well as two other co-founders, Fatima-Zahra Lqadiri and Aziz Aouadi.[1][4][5][6] Its headquarters are in the Mers Sultan neighborhood of Casablanca.[6]

Le Desk
لوديسك
Logo of le Desk
Country of originMorocco
Official websiteledesk.ma

History

Ali Amar established Le Desk after having created La Vie Éco, which he says paved the way for independent media in Morocco.[6]

In 2015, Le Desk worked with the media NGO Reporters Without Borders to create the Media Ownership Monitor, a database identifying major players in Morocco's media landscape and their interests outside the media.[7] It was the first time the Moroccan media landscape was scrutinized in this way.[7]

In 2018, Le Desk revealed that the lobbyist Richard Smotkin, who was later hired by the Moroccan government, played a role in the visit of Scott Pruitt, head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (2017-2018), to Morocco.[8]

The investigative journalist Omar Radi was working for Le Desk when he was arrested for a tweet and when Amnesty International discovered NSO Group's Pegasus spyware on his personal cellphone.[9][10][11]

Le Desk is affiliated with Mediapart as well as the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which has been recognized for its work on the Panama Papers.[6]

References
  1. "Qui sommes nous ?". Le Desk. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  2. Oliveira, Nelson. "Jailed for a tweet: Journalist could face year in prison for 'insulting' judge on social media". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  3. Lipton, Eric; Friedman, Lisa; Vogel, Kenneth P. (2018-05-01). "A Lobbyist Helped Scott Pruitt Plan a Morocco Trip. Then Morocco Hired the Lobbyist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  4. "" Le pluralisme est factice au Maroc, malgré un millier de sites d'information "". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  5. "Media Ownership Monitor Morocco".
  6. "Le Desk takes a gamble on investigative journalism in Morocco". CFI. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  7. "Pluralism is more than figures - RSF and Le Desk release Media Ownership Monitor Morocco findings | Reporters without borders". RSF. 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  8. Lipton, Eric; Friedman, Lisa; Vogel, Kenneth P. (2018-05-01). "A Lobbyist Helped Scott Pruitt Plan a Morocco Trip. Then Morocco Hired the Lobbyist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  9. "Meet Omar Radi, the Moroccan Journalist Who Was Jailed for a Single Tweet & Faces Trial on March 5". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  10. "Moroccan independent journalists describe climate of pervasive surveillance, harassment". Committee to Protect Journalists. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  11. Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (2020-06-21). "Israeli spyware used to target Moroccan journalist, Amnesty claims". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
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