Hi all,
The Australian Wikimedians are organizing a meetup at their IRC on 17th
and 24th of June 2012. Those of you who are curious about knowing how
Wikinews works are more than welcome to sign up. The facilitator, Laura
Hale, would help you in making your way towards becoming an accredited
reporter. If you are well-versed with Wikinews and has been working with
it, here is a good opportunity to teach and support others.
More details and links in the forwarded mail.
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Netha Hussain
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Laura Hale <laura(a)fanhistory.com>
Date: Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 6:49 AM
Subject: [Gendergap] Wikinews for Australian Wikipedians: Online meetup and
training
To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects <
gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org>gt;, Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners
coordination <cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch>
Hi.
I just thought I would inform people here about an online workshop we'll be
having. It is aimed at Australian Wikimedians but if you're interested in
the topic, you're more than welcome to attend. It would be great to see
more people writing about women's related topics, cultural sector related
topics or learning how to review articles on the project. :) Please sign
up on wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Australia#Wikinews_for_Austra…
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Meetup/Australia
This will be an IRC based meetup where participants are encouraged to set
up remote locations to get together with other Wikipedians. The purpose of
these meet-ups is support work being done by members of Wikimedia
Australia, Wikinews contributors and the HOPAU participants with writing
news articles for Wikinews. If you are a Wikipedian or a Commons user who
wants to learn how to use Wikinews and work towards becoming an accredited
reporter, this is your chance to learn. Please note: Non-Australians are
allowed to attend our online training sessions but time zone wise, it is
set up to support ongoing Australian activities.
Location
IRC: #wikimedia-au connect
Canberra: LauraHale's house in Gungahlin. Please e-mail LauraHale for
directions if you would like to attend in person.
Date and time
Dates: 17 June, and 24 June
Time: 6:00:00 PM EST (UTC+10 hours) in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne.
5:30:00 PM CST UTC+9:30 hours in Adelaide. 4:00:00 PM WST UTC+8 hours in
Perth. 8:00:00 PM NZST UTC+12 hours in Auckland. 9:00:00 AM BST (UTC+1
hour) in London. 4:00:00 AM EDT UTC-4 hours in New York City.
Preparation
Prior to the workshop, please read Writing an article on Wikinews and think
of a topic you may want to write about that is currently in the news. If
you want to try original research, please read original reporting. Ideas of
topics to write about include the AFL or NRL, Australian Olympic and
Paralympic preparations, Australian politics, Australian weather, or
Australian television news. If you are thinking about doing original
research, consider attending a sporting event on Friday, Saturday or Sunday
to report on. Consider interviewing some one about a topic you think is
important. If you want to create your own article, you need to have an idea
of what you want to write about. If you want to participate by supporting
others, you're also welcome to attend!
Sincerely,
Laura Hale
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