February 3, 2011
Researchers can slave over their work, publishing modest increments for years before something really connects, and sometimes it’s not even then – it can be years later, when someone else makes the connection. But paying for that time can be politically tricky, and in any case the funding tends to come with the political cycle and with the tide of political opinion. Seems like a bit of a gap between what researchers need and what they’re getting, so what’s the answer?
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January 24, 2011
When New Matilda closed its doors at the end of June, 2010, a lot of people sighed. Others shook their heads (“Someone should do something about this!”). A few people said they had a bad business model (“What, paying writers!”) and a few hard heads just thought it was part and parcel of running a media business in this day and age (“Fail fast!”). But with the indefatigable Marni Cordell at the helm and Catriona Menzies-Pike as associate editor, we should have known to expect more.
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