The Guardian
卫报

The Guardian is a British national daily newspaper. Founded by John Edward Taylor in Manchester in 1821, it was known as The Manchester Guardian until 1959. From its beginnings as a local paper, it has grown into a national paper associated with a complex organizational structure and an international multimedia and web presence. The Guardian is currently edited by Alan Rusbridger. Its sister papers include The Observer and The Guardian Weekly . In August 2013, The Guardian in paper form had an average daily circulation of 189,000 copies, behind The Daily Telegraph and The Times , but ahead of The Independent . The newspaper's online edition was the third most widely read in the world as of June 2012. Its combined print and online editions reach nearly 9 million readers.
《卫报》是英国国家日报，1821年由约翰·爱德华·泰勒在曼彻斯特创立，1959年之前名为《曼彻斯特卫报》。《卫报》一开始是地区性报纸，后来渐渐成长为具有复杂组织结构、国际大众传媒和网页形式的国家报纸。《卫报》现由阿兰·拉斯布里杰担任主编。它的姊妹报有《观察者》和《每周卫报》。2013年8月，纸质版《卫报》平均每天发行量达18.9万份，位于《每日电报》和《泰晤士报》之后，领先于《独立者》。2012年6月该报的网上版本在阅读量上排名全球第3。它的印刷版和电子版合起来总共有900万读者。

The Guardian has changed format and design over the years, moving from broadsheet to Berliner. It has become an international media organization with affiliations to other national papers with similar aims.
《卫报》多年来改变了版式和设计，从宽幅印刷变为柏林版式，成为与其他国内报纸有相同目标的国际传媒组织。

The Guardian was named “Newspaper of the Year” at the 2014 British Press Awards, for its reporting on government surveillance. The Guardian and The Washington Post shared the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for public service reporting for their coverage of the National Security Agency's worldwide electronic surveillance program and the documents leaks by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
《卫报》因对政府丑闻的报道被2014年英国新闻奖评为“年度报纸”。《卫报》和《华盛顿邮报》因其对国家安全局全球电子监测项目的揭露和对告密者爱德华·斯诺登泄密文件的报道，共同获得了2014年的普利策公共服务奖。