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Find out about a new way to connect with us.Katrina Aman, Journalism Evangelist, The ConversationLicensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.tag:theconversation.com,2011:article/1968652022-12-20T02:22:36Z2022-12-20T02:22:36ZA recipe for trustworthy journalism<figure><img src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/502154/original/file-20221220-20-s5phhu.png?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=496&fit=clip" /><figcaption><span class="caption"></span> </figcaption></figure><p>The Conversation feeds the minds of millions of people each week by following a brilliant recipe: We take the research of experts, add expert editing and serve up trustworthy journalism.</p>
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A brief cooking video explains how academic experts, editors and you are the ingredients to feed the minds of millions of people each week with reliable information.Joel Abrams, Director of Digital Strategy and Outreach, The Conversation U.S.Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.tag:theconversation.com,2011:article/1955352022-11-29T13:42:39Z2022-11-29T13:42:39ZA sampler of our most popular articles of 2022<figure><img src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/497971/original/file-20221129-7082-4rvz7x.png?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=496&fit=clip" /><figcaption><span class="caption">Download this collection of articles, or read them here</span> <span class="attribution"><span class="source">The Conversation</span>, <a class="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">CC BY-NC-ND</a></span></figcaption></figure><p>We’ve created a special downloadable e-book of some of our most popular stories of the year – stories that sparked the curiosity of readers like you, covering topics ranging from super-earths to mosquito magnets, and from why we need to file tax returns to why we can’t just throw all our trash into volcanoes. </p>
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<li><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/why-are-some-people-mosquito-magnets-and-others-unbothered-a-medical-entomologist-points-to-metabolism-body-odor-and-mindset-187957">Why are some people mosquito magnets and others unbothered? A medical entomologist points to metabolism, body odor and mindset</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/50-year-old-muscles-just-cant-grow-big-like-they-used-to-the-biology-of-how-muscles-change-with-age-172941">50-year-old muscles just can’t grow big like they used to – the biology of how muscles change with age</a></p></li>
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A selection of fact-based journalism from 2022, covering topics ranging from super-earths to mosquito magnets, and from why we need to file tax returns to why we can’t just throw all our trash into volcanoes.Katrina Aman, Journalism Evangelist, The ConversationLicensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.tag:theconversation.com,2011:article/1091322018-12-21T21:39:11Z2018-12-21T21:39:11ZStories that made The Conversation unique in 2018<figure><img src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/251913/original/file-20181221-103660-prgcly.JPG?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=496&fit=clip" /><figcaption><span class="caption">An image from the International Space Station captures plumes of smoke from California wildfires on August 4, 2018. </span> <span class="attribution"><a class="source" href="https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=ISS056&roll=E&frame=126709">NASA</a></span></figcaption></figure><p><em>Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look back at the stories that – for them – exemplified 2018.</em></p>
<p>As editor-in-chief, it’s been my prerogative and privilege to have a bird’s eye view of The Conversation’s coverage this past year. So for my look back at 2018 I want not just to highlight the range of the journalism we do but also to beat the drum for our scholar-journalist partnership and the unique stories it produces. </p>
<p>And, with five days to go until the New Year, I do hope that you will consider a <a href="https://donate.theconversation.com/us?utm_source=theconversation.com&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=essread">donation to support us</a> continuing to do this important work in 2019. </p>
<h2>Reacting to the news – California’s wildfires</h2>
<p>Every day at The Conversation we ask how the knowledge and research of our academic contributors can help readers get beyond the headlines and understand what’s going on in the news. </p>
<p>As fierce wildfires raged in California, scholars wrote about the history of forest fires in the state, the links between fires and climate change as well as the work of the men and women who fight these fires. But as Richard Peletier, an air pollution scientist from UMass Amherst, pointed out, <a href="https://theconversation.com/wildfire-smoke-is-becoming-a-nationwide-health-threat-107323">these fires affect people way beyond California – through their smoke.</a> </p>
<p>“Many factors,” Peletier warned, “appear to be increasing the number and scale of wildfires. … But the biggest driver is likely to be climate change, which is making ecosystems hotter and drier. This suggests that all Americans, wherever they live, will need to become more aware of wildfires and their long-range health effects.”</p>
<h2>Bridging the partisan divide – with evidence</h2>
<p>As the partisanship of public debate in the U.S. becomes ever more pronounced, it’s not often that you see the same article published in both liberal and conservative media. But Conversation content – all of which is free to republish under our Creative Commons license – does sometimes find itself in that select club. </p>
<p>A case in point is a piece from UC San Francisco professor and homelessness researcher Margot Kushel that appeared in both the right-wing <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2018/06/21/unsheltered-homeless-west-coast/">The Daily Caller</a> and left-wing <a href="https://crooksandliars.com/2018/06/why-there-are-so-many-unsheltered-homeless">Crooks and Liars</a>. The subject was <a href="https://theconversation.com/why-there-are-so-many-unsheltered-homeless-people-on-the-west-coast-96767">the homelessness crisis on the West Coast</a> and the question Kushel tackled was: “What’s to blame for such high numbers of unsheltered homeless on the West Coast?” </p>
<p>“The reason,” she explained drawing on her own research and that of others, “isn’t drug use, mental health problems or weather. Rather, it is due to the extreme shortage of affordable housing.” </p>
<h2>Scholars are human too</h2>
<p>Behind every research topic there’s a story of why this particular person asked this particular question at this particular time. </p>
<p>In his article on why criminal records should not be used to keep people out of college, Stanley Andrisse of Howard and Johns Hopkins universities pointed to his life as “<a href="https://theconversation.com/i-went-from-prison-to-professor-heres-why-criminal-records-should-not-be-used-to-keep-people-out-of-college-97038">a testament to the fact that today’s incarcerated person could become tomorrow’s professor</a>. A person who once sold illegal drugs on the street could become tomorrow’s medical doctor. But this can only happen if such a person, and the many others in similar situations, are given the chance.”</p>
<p>And Georgia State’s Sarah Cook, a leading scholar of violence against women, described how <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-unimaginable-costs-of-sexual-assault-104769">she herself was assaulted in the middle of her doctoral studies.</a> “Then, and many times later,” she wrote, “I vowed to continue my research. If I changed focus, the man who tried to kill me would have silenced me. I persisted despite concerns I would be perceived as unobjective.” In fact, it’s the #MeToo movement – and the impact it has had on her – that is causing Cook to leave behind the study of sexual assault nearly 30 years later. </p>
<h2>Did you know that … ?</h2>
<p>Many Conversation articles fall into a category of what can only be described as cool facts and ideas. <a href="https://theconversation.com/why-you-can-smell-rain-101507">Why do you smell rain</a>? <a href="https://theconversation.com/why-do-paper-cuts-hurt-so-much-99557">Why do paper cuts hurt so much</a>? And for a thought-provoking view of why “A Quiet Place” was so popular with moviegoers, Penn State’s Matthew Jordan looked at <a href="https://theconversation.com/our-centuries-long-quest-for-a-quiet-place-94614">humankind’s long history of battling noise</a> and discovered, as he put it, “something of a paradox: The more time and money people spend trying to keep unwanted sound out, the more sensitive to it they become.”</p>
<h2>The power of numbers</h2>
<p>And finally, in a tribute to the sheer powerhouse of knowledge and insight that is American academia, here’s a shout-out to our many series across 2018 – from <a href="https://theconversation.com/us/topics/sleep-series-2018-50630">sleep</a> and <a href="https://theconversation.com/us/topics/obesity-series-2018-47507">dieting</a> to the <a href="https://theconversation.com/us/topics/2018-midterm-elections-46034">2018 midterms</a> and <a href="https://theconversation.com/us/topics/plasticseries2018-57270">plastics</a>. </p>
<p>These are opportunities for our newsroom to work across desks and pull together complementary stories on a single topic. Collaboration is at the heart of The Conversation and that collaboration was on clear display Oct. 22 when as a team we unpacked <a href="https://theconversationus.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/r/23B606609F632D4C2540EF23F30FEDED/B81B3EA499745293942A2DF08F503B7C">what climate change means for the U.S.</a> with a special day of interdisciplinary coverage — from warming being the “new normal” in Alaska to how climate science is taught (or not) in high school, based on the research of scholars from 11 universities.</p>
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From the curious to the serious – a bird’s eye view of the unique ways in which The Conversation covers the world.Maria Balinska, Editor and Co-CEO, The Conversation US Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.tag:theconversation.com,2011:article/761582017-04-18T04:47:01Z2017-04-18T04:47:01ZHarrison Young appointed chairman of The Conversation<p>Prominent banker <a href="http://harrisonyoungauthor.com/">Harrison Young</a> has been appointed chairman of The Conversation. Young is a director of the Commonwealth Bank and was previously chairman of the nbn co limited, Morgan Stanley Australia and Better Place Australia.</p>
<p>Young, 72, was born in Pittsburg. He graduated from Harvard University and worked at the Washington Post before he was conscripted into the US army. He went on to serve in Vietnam before embarking on a career in banking. </p>
<p>He joins The Conversation’s board following the resignation earlier this month of co-founder and executive director Andrew Jaspan. Jaspan led The Conversation for seven years and successfully transformed an idea he developed at Melbourne University into a global media network with teams in Africa, the UK, US and France, as well as a global unit.</p>
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<p>Young takes up the chairman role following a review of the media group’s strategy, structure and management. He will oversee implementation of the review committee’s recommendations to streamline governance and ensure a more collaborative approach to decision making within the expanding global network. </p>
<p>The appointment comes at a time of rapid audience growth for The Conversation, which now attracts more than 30 million reads a month via republication and has a growing community of more than 48,000 academics. Further global expansion is planned in 2017 with launches in Canada, Indonesia and Spain.</p>
<p>Deputy Chairman Joe Skrzynski said Young had lived and worked in several countries and was well versed in governance of international operations as well as having experience as a journalist and author. </p>
<p>He <a href="https://theconversation.com/andrew-jaspan-resigns-as-editor-and-executive-director-of-the-conversation-75600">congratulated Jaspan on his vision and leadership</a> and said The Conversation was a “bold new media outlet that informs public debate with knowledge-based journalism that is responsible, ethical and evidence based, by unlocking the knowledge of researchers and academics to provide the public with clarity and insight into society’s greatest problems.”</p>
<p>Young said Andrew Jaspan had invented a new form of journalism and he was honoured to be involved with The Conversation. “Journalism was my first love. I was a reporter fifty-one years ago for The Washington Post. It makes me smile to be sitting in a news room again and working with such an outstanding team. I look forward to visiting my colleagues around the world.” </p>
<p>The senior academics and directors who led the strategic review said The Conversation was in a strong position as one of the most important information and media projects of the last decade and one of the world’s leading providers of evidence-based and trusted information.</p><img src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/76158/count.gif" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" />
Prominent banker Harrison Young has been appointed chairman of The Conversation. Young is a director of the Commonwealth Bank and was previously chairman of the NBN co limited.Misha Ketchell, Editor, The ConversationLicensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.