When truth itself has become political, we need journalists covering the process of fact making. When scientific truth has become data-driven, we need philosophers and sociologists working at the intersection of knowledge and information.
Omer Benjakob is a journalist for Haaretz in Israel [1]. He cover disinformation and technology for the newspaper and has participated in a number of investigations, among them Project Pegasus. His writing on Wikipedia has been published in Wired UK [2], the Columbia Journalism Review [3] and MIT Press [4].
Benjakob was born in New York and holds both American and Israeli citizenship. He lives in Jaffa with his wife. He studied philosophy and political science before beginning his MA research on Wikipedia and the history of science at Tel Aviv University. [5] Benjakob is an associate research fellow at the Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity (CRI Paris). [6] Alongside journalistic investigations into Wikipedia, he has also published a number of academic studies about the open encyclopaedia. [7] [8] [9]
In 2023, as part of an undercover investigation, Benjakob helped reveal " Team Jorge", an international cyber mercenary group offering election disruption and disinformation services [10]. Since 2022, Benjakob serves as Haaretz's cyber and disinformation reporter. Prior to that, he served as Haaretz in English's tech editor and reporter, participating in the Project Pegasus investigation as a member of the Forbidden Stories consortium. From 2015, he served as the self-appointed Wikipedia correspondent for Haaretz [11] [12] with some bylines at Wired UK [13]:
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When truth itself has become political, we need journalists covering the process of fact making. When scientific truth has become data-driven, we need philosophers and sociologists working at the intersection of knowledge and information.
Omer Benjakob is a journalist for Haaretz in Israel [1]. He cover disinformation and technology for the newspaper and has participated in a number of investigations, among them Project Pegasus. His writing on Wikipedia has been published in Wired UK [2], the Columbia Journalism Review [3] and MIT Press [4].
Benjakob was born in New York and holds both American and Israeli citizenship. He lives in Jaffa with his wife. He studied philosophy and political science before beginning his MA research on Wikipedia and the history of science at Tel Aviv University. [5] Benjakob is an associate research fellow at the Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity (CRI Paris). [6] Alongside journalistic investigations into Wikipedia, he has also published a number of academic studies about the open encyclopaedia. [7] [8] [9]
In 2023, as part of an undercover investigation, Benjakob helped reveal " Team Jorge", an international cyber mercenary group offering election disruption and disinformation services [10]. Since 2022, Benjakob serves as Haaretz's cyber and disinformation reporter. Prior to that, he served as Haaretz in English's tech editor and reporter, participating in the Project Pegasus investigation as a member of the Forbidden Stories consortium. From 2015, he served as the self-appointed Wikipedia correspondent for Haaretz [11] [12] with some bylines at Wired UK [13]:
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