Hi everyone,
I am just forwarding this email which was sent to scoop, to the list.
(Mainly so I can link to it on wiki)
Regards,
Brian Anderton
Independent reporter accredited by Wikinews.
en.wikinews.org
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From: Gabriel Pollard (wikinews) <gabriel.pollard(a)wikinewsie.org>
Date: Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Subject: resignation
To: scoop(a)wikinewsie.org
Dear fellow Wikinewsies,
This email has been a long time coming, and I think it is now the right
time to relinquish my accreditation, my administrator duties and the seat I
hold on the arbitration committee.
As the long-time Wikinewsie would have noticed, I just dropped off the face
of wiki and, to be honest, I don't regret it. While I do look back at my
time on Wikinews with fondness and admiration, I don't have the will to
write there anymore. Writing is my passion and that's why I've got my own
blog (
http://birdseyenews.wordpress.com) and I am enrolled in a Media
Communication course at a local polytechnic. Wikinews set up my writing
career and got my name out there, and I'll never forget that.
I do hope the Wikinews brand continues on continues to grow and thrive for
some time yet.
On a less than positive note, I must admit now, looking back, if I ran
Wikinews I would focus more on the original reporting side of things and get
rid of the recycling of mainstream media outlet's news stories.
It's been a please.
Regards,
Gabriel Pollard.