"Fortean Times: The Journal of Strange Phenomena" purpose is to continue the documentary work of an American writer and researcher who specialized in what?
Bob Rickard Robert "Bob" J M Rickard is the founder and editor of the UK magazine "Fortean Times: The Journal of Strange Phenomena", which debuted in 1973 under its original title "The News". The magazine's express purpose is to continue the documentary work of Charles Fort on the strange, anomalous and unexplained. In addition to his editorial role, Rickard has written several books and hundreds of articles on a wide range of Fortean topics. In 1981, he was a founding member of ASSAP and is also the founder of the Charles Fort Institute.
Ed Yong Edmund Soon-Weng Yong (born 1981), commonly known as Ed Yong, is a British science journalist. His blog "Not Exactly Rocket Science" is published as part of the National Geographic "Phenomena" blog network. Previously his work has been published by "Nature", "Scientific American", the BBC, "Slate", "The Guardian", "The Times", "New Scientist", "Wired", "The New York Times" and "The New Yorker". He has been a permanent staff member of "The Atlantic" since 2015.