• The Guardian , Sunday, June 9, 2013 2:50 PM

Based on the same model as the its science blog, ten writers from around the world are given free reign in the site to do as they please. "They're basically given the keys to the Guardian website," said the Guardian's science and environment news editor, James Randerson, speaking to Journalism.co.uk. "They're able to publish direct to the website without editorial involvement and they're not desked or subbed as such. They're sort of an arm's length team so we're in contact with them and suggesting topics but they can basically do their own thing."

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