Thank you so much to everyone who helped and supported the Rwanda week, I'm
back in London now after an amazing time over there. Live reporting was much
harder than I expected so the whole thing would not have been possible if it
hadn't been for all the efforts others put into writing Rwanda stories and I
know it was hugely appreciated by people there, who are much more used to
being ignored by the international community.
I've still got one more report from one of the group which I will submit
retrospectively if it's still relevant.
I'm planning to write a report on what can be learnt from the experience in
terms of access to technology, other problems, the usefulness of Wikinews in
getting alternative voices heard and potential future ideas so will do that
soon, hope it will be useful. Erik, if you could let me know when you're
working on State of the Wiki I can try and get it to you before then?
Also, someone from the Boston Globe called me out there to talk about the
conference & Wikinews (hopefully he also spoke to someone with rather more
experience...) I think he was comparing WN with Ohmynews (?) so we'll see
what he comes up with.
I've been completely convinced of the value of WN over the past week and
look forward to continued involvement!
Best wishes
Clare (ClareWhite)