The other day I found an interesting webpage linked from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28232716 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28232716 that outlin

The other day I found an interesting webpage linked from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28232716 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28232716 that outlines the practical accessibility of hiring researchers for things. There are a lot of possibilities here: a domain expert could autonomously take the subject further, or they could provide targeted insights that factor in your strengths/areas of expertise, or they could even work with the original reporters (who likely have private access to a tonne more info, and might be willing to follow up with it further if independent funding is possible, etc). (The thread the above comment is from was also very interesting too.)