1.4 million articles published in academic journals each year.¹ $51 billion spent on research at U.S. universities.² 1.7 million professors and graduate students developing innovative ideas.³

As a society, we’re producing more knowledge than ever before. Where is it going? How are we using it to shape our world?

Footnote bridges the gap between the academic world and your world. We collaborate with academics to unlock the potential of their research by translating it for a mainstream audience. We create content that’s exciting and accessible for anyone who wants to learn.

Our mission? Bring more research, evidence, and data into the public conversation around issues that matter, so we all have a better understanding of our world.

To do this, we partner with scholars from top universities. They provide the research and expertise and we help them craft it into content that’s engaging and accessible. Then we share it with our readers, so it reaches the educators, journalists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, business and nonprofit leaders, and citizens who can help transform research into action.

Want to be part of Footnote’s mission to share academic research?

• Join the conversation by following us on Facebook and Twitter.
• Learn more about our mission and values and check out our one-page company description.
• Become an academic contributor or partner with us to promote the work of your research project or organization by emailing connect at footnote1.com.
• Consider joining our team.

Meet the Team

Joseph Morone, Co-founder & CEO

Joe joined his first startup as a Brown University undergraduate and, following graduation in 2004, learned about online media working at Ruckus Network and Name Media. Joe founded his first company in 2006 and received his MBA from Babson College in 2009.

Diana Brazzell, Co-founder & Executive Editor

Diana graduated from Brown University with a degree in public policy and worked for several years as a researcher and writer on social and economic policy. She was a criminal justice policy researcher at the Urban Institute and founded the blog ThePolicyBrief.com to bring policy research to a broader audience.

Jon Warman, Co-founder & Adviser

Jon graduated from Brown University in 2005 with a degree in Computer Science. He joined Facebook’s engineering team in early 2006 and contributed to product development as the team expand from 50 to 1,500 people.