The Conversation links up with US site

Tim Burrowes

November 17, 2011 1:11

Andrew Jaspan’s digital commentary project The Conversation has agreed a tie-in with US-based online research news site Futurity.

Jaspan – a former editor of The Age as well as The Observer and The Scotsman in the UK – c0-founded The Conversation as a source of information and comment from the research and university sector. A not for profit organisation, The Conversation launched in March.

Futurity is a research news website covering scientific news from universities in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.

The collaboration will see Jaspan work with Futurity’s editor Jenny Leonard. The pair said in a statement: “We agree that there is a natural fit between our sites. Each is committed to better sharing research, expertise and knowledge with the public. Working together makes great sense.”

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.