On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Phoenix Rose<inspiral(a)riseup.net> wrote:
How is that NOT original reporting? It is exactly
that: original (ie:
not just a commentary or rereporting of a mainstream news article) and
a report. As a former mainstream magazine editor, expert columnists
are an ideal source of stories provided they can write or you do an
interview or you collaborate with them to make it readable.
Thanks for the explanation! I am not a journalist and my connections
to journalism are through linguistics and my Wikimedian work. It seems
that I've mistranslated "original reporting" as clearly "[original]
reporting from some event".
BTW, I think that, in that case, all Wikinews should use that. To say
again: We have a number of experts in Wikimedia community.