Journalism and PhDs, "the conversation" that is bringing reporters together with big investigations.
"It's elevating investigative journalism to a level where we can access ... gems that lie on the beach in academia's research."
By SOPHIE CULPEPPER
David Maimon, director of the Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group at Georgia State University, spends a lot of time on the dark web. In particular, he and his research team closely monitor the "underground marketplaces where criminals sell all sorts of illicit goods." dark web. En particular, él y su equipo de investigación monitorean de cerca los «mercados clandestinos en los que los delincuentes venden todo tipo de productos ilícitos».
Several months ago, Maimon's research caught the attention of Kurt Eichenwald, the newly hired senior research editor at The Conversation US, who was looking for the right story to tackle in partnership with an academic for the publication's first investigative reporting effort. The Conversation, a nonprofit news organization, was founded in Australia in 2011 to bring academic research to the general public. Under its publishing model, reporters edit articles written by academic experts, packaging their expertise on topics with public interest value in an accessible format of explanatory journalism. Since its launch more than a decade ago and the launch of The Conversation US (TCUS) in 2014, the organization expanded into a global partnership of news organizations with about 140 journalists with editions in Canada, France, Indonesia and other countries and regions.
Reporters and academics with ideas of interest can send them to research@theconversation.com research@theconversation.com
