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By Misha Ketchell, Editor-in-chief, The Conversation

Have you ever wondered how our Daily newsletter comes into being? It lands in your inbox every day as a neat package: a short editorial followed by a dozen or so articles written by academics on everything from health and science to politics to the environment or arts. For you it is a fait accompli. For me, it’s a smouldering battlefield: all I can see are the traces of skirmishes and debates, compromises, mistakes, and missed opportunities.

Perhaps I should begin at the beginning. Each day at The Conversation starts with an editorial conference. We discuss the news of the day and think…

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