Problem
Clean information is as vital to democracy as clean water is to health. But trust in journalism is declining, with falling revenue, polarisation and fake news. And universities are full of experts, but their knowledge is not accessible to the public.

Solution
The Conversation is a news publisher. But what makes us unusal is that every story we publish is written by an academic, an expert in the subject they're writing about. The stories are edited by journalists to make sure they're easy to understand, and are available to read, and to republish, for free, without paywall or advertising.