Hi Adam,
Thank you for sharing. It will interest you to know that we (I mean the
Gungbe Wikinews Community) see the importance of Wikinews to the African
community. After months of working on Gungbe Wikinews creation, The
subdomain (
guw.wiktionary.org) was finally launched on April 20, 2023 thus
becoming the first indegenous African language with a Wikinews subdomain.
With hundreds of spoken Wikinews articles, most of the Wikinews articles is
laced with a spoken Wikinews to appeal to the not-so-literate and visually
impaired gungbe speakers.
Regards,
Misimawu
On Thu, May 4, 2023, 9:21 PM Adam Sobieski <adamsobieski(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
Wikimedia,
Hello. I would like to share a hyperlink to a *History Today* article: *What
Do Historians Lose with the Decline of Local News?*
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/head-head/what-do-historians-lose-decl…
“It’s bad news for local newspapers, with reports that they have reached
their lowest numbers since the 18th century. How will historians study the
provincial past when they can’t read all about it?”
My reason for sharing that hyperlink and for writing on these topics is
that I hope that some ideas, e.g., (1) an ad-revenue-driven *Wikinews*
model which compensates journalists, and (2) a *Wikinews* homepage which
includes personalized local news for users, might be considered. Thank you.
Best regards,
Adam Sobieski
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