The Conversation (helping to rebuild trust in journalism)

The Conversation is an source of independent news online, which works with academic experts, to help rebuild trust in journalism, after years of bias due to ads, donations and being owned by media barons, and the recent hacking scandals.

The UK edition is part of an international network in 14 countries, with all journalists signing up to its Editorial Charter, for fact-filled articles on the environment to politics.

Everything is free to read (never on paywall) and all content is free to share or republish under a Creative Commons license, as long as you follow their simple republishing guidelines.

Began in Australia, this news source is funded by donations, for those who support free and fair media.

As the media becomes more polarised, we’re not here to divide. We share facts and expert insight, as widely as possible. The Conversation

This is a popular news source, with over 5 million readers already in the UK,  and over 23 million readers worldwide, proving there is a market for alternative news without bias. 94% of readers say the content is trustworthy:

Run as a non-profit to serve the public good in a healthy democracy, errors are promptly corrected to remove misinformation from the public record and there is no political bias, with a focus on solutions.

Example articles of late include one about the shambles of the launch of Your Party (the co-leaders fell out before the party’s official launch):

Support for Your Party fell from 18% in July 2025 to just 12% by November, while the Green Party, with its clear brand identity, experienced a membership surge.

Perhaps voters and activists sense that when you cannot articulate what your name signifies, you cannot sustain a coherent political project.

It also reports on the rise of the political mega-donor (after a tech millionaire recently gave the biggest ever personal political donation of £9 million to Reform UK, even though he has not lived in England for 20 years).