Journalism with a PhD: The Conversation is pairing up academics with reporters for big investigations

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David Maimon, the director of the Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group at Georgia State University, spends a lot of time on the dark web. In particular, he and his research team closely monitor “underground markets in which criminals sell all kinds of illicit commodities.”

Several months ago, Maimon’s research caught the attention of Kurt EichenwaldThe Conversation U.S.’s newly hired senior investigative editor, who was searching for the right story to tackle in partnership with a scholar for the publication’s first investigative reporting endeavor.

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