Omer Benjakob עומר בן יעקב
Writer, Editor, and journalist in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Self-appointed Wikipedia correspondent for Haaretz in both English and Hebrew. Visit my website to book a lecture or talk.
Researching Wikipedia and science as an part of my MA at the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and with a biologist from the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Born in New York, raised in Tel Aviv
Here are some of my best stories:
■ A Respected Scientist Comes Out Against Evolution – and Loses His Wikipedia Page (Hebrew)
■ The Calibri Font Is Threatening to Bring Down Pakistan’s Government (Hebrew)
■ Is the Sky Blue? How Wikipedia Is Fighting for Facts by Redefining the Truth (Hebrew)
■ Revealed: Why Turkey banned Wikipedia
■אלה האנשים ששולטים בידע שלנו: מאחורי הקלעים של ויקיפדיה העברית