--- Nathan Reed <nathanreed(a)gmail.com> wrote:
We've had this discussion quite a bit on Wikinews
--
accreditation
does you little good unless a press pass is also
issued by whatever
event/organization/governmental agency you wish to
cover. Some have
discussed a meta press corps -- would the bar be
higher there than on
Wikinews? Our concept of an accredited wikinewsie is
still citizen
journalist. This is a radical concept, of course,
and I'm not sure the
world is ready to deal with it.
-N.
A news organization, by definition, is an organized
newsgathering entity with some degree of
accountability. Press passes offer people some degree
of authority and access, and likewise suggest that
individuals have demonstrated professional
credentials.
Just throwing this out there: I dont see how any
anti-credentialist organization can be in the business
of giving out credentials.
SV
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