On 3/20/12 7:42 PM, Laura Hale wrote:
woot woot. :D  There have been two news stories about women on the front page of Wikinews in the past two days.  (Both are sport stories about softball.)  It is nice to see front page coverage for them.

If you haven't written for Wikinews, I highly encourage you to do so.  The style guide can be found at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Style_guide and if you follow the directions, it is pretty easy to get your article published, have it appear in Google News searchers and appear on the front page.   I wrote up my first editing experience at http://editors.wikinewsie.org/2012/03/writing-for-wikinews-for-the-first-time/laura-on-mainpage/ .  I found the process much easier, especially for original research, than English Wikipedia.  The expectations are very clear.  There is a review process to let you know issues.  The people helping have been fantastic and are pretty accessible for asking questions.  If you do an interview with some one or some other original reporting, you can use the source you create for Wikipedia as an article source.  (Though sadly, not for notability.)

It would be great to see a wider variety of women's topics covered on wikinews. :)

This is awesome. I'd love to see more women's coverage for sure on WikiNews!

It's like a whole new can of worms! So thanks for sharing your experience. It has been on my own to-do list to experiment with WikiNews post-grad school.  I was recently in Chile for a GLAM event, and had the pleasure of meeting with some women activist who work in journalism in Chile. After seeing this post, I think I'll talk to them about utilizing WikiNews as an option for their journalism students.

This is great, thanks Laura!

-Sarah



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Sarah Stierch
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