Do academics make better journalists than journalists?

“This used to be the janitor’s residence,” says Stephen Khan, editor of the Conversation, by way of explanation for the fact that you walk through the front door of this unusual online news organisation and find yourself in a kitchen. The newsroom, it seems, is in the janitor’s old lounge area, while Khan’s office, adjoining a bathroom suite, is in a former bedroom.
The Conversation might be a scene of domesticity but it has grand and global ambitions for its