🇦🇺 Australia
credibility 4/5
lean center-left
The Conversation
The Conversation is a nonprofit digital news and analysis outlet that publishes articles written by academics and researchers, edited by professional journalists. It covers current affairs, science, health, politics, education, culture, environment, technology and other public-interest topics.
Profile
Founded
2011
Headquarters
Melbourne, Australia
Ownership
Operated by The Conversation Media Group and affiliated regional nonprofit entities
Funding
nonprofit funding from university and research-institution memberships, grants, philanthropy and reader donations
Coverage focus
Research-based news analysis and explainers across science, health, politics, education, environment, technology, culture and society.
Reputation
It is generally regarded as a credible source for expert commentary and research-based explanation, though readers should note that many pieces are analysis or opinion by academics rather than traditional reported news.
In our corpus
26,049 articles · 29 Nov → 7 Jul
Domain
Reader notes. Articles are frequently republished by other outlets under Creative Commons licenses. · Content is written by academics and researchers and edited by journalists.
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