Andrew Lih a écrit:
I'm heartened to hear the "grow it" strategy. Perhaps I was alarmed because the initial document on meta was quite ambitious. The Slashdot comparison is intriguing, but I tend to think of their community as a fleet of pundit robots from [[MST3K]], rather than a solid reporting crew. :)
Perhaps the biggest question is that blogging and Wikipedia editing is largely done "in your pajamas" sitting at home. Just what level of original reporting can we expect to see with Wikinews? Will there be much pounding the pavement and getting street interviews? Photography? Phoners? Now that [[Podcasting]] is gaining momentum, the prospects of radio and TV dispatches is exciting as well. In some countries, getting access to news events requires official accreditation, so will this be an obstacle?
Also, a good starting point for recruitment would be to contact the folks listed at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_Corps
-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)
Oh incidently...
Last week, I took two pictures of the french prime minister, which you will be able to find here : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffarin
I already put them on en as well. I hope other pedias will use them.
Hmmm... I was grabbed twice by guards while doing this...
Today, when I got to my work place, my collegues joked me, as several of them had seen me on TV... Apparently, I was *such a bug* while trying to take pictures... that there was more of me during the TV spot than the minister himself. I am a bit embarassed... jeeee.