[Foundation-l] Wikinews

[Ginu George]

Anthere,

I am doing a news wire for the last 3 years. I know the real pain
behind that. We need a full desk to do news. Not like encyclopedia. If
one person who is not taking the responsibility will destroy the
aunthenticity of wikinews. If the people is ready then i am ready to
contribute well with my desk.


Let us think from the top ......

george


On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 05:11:45 -0800 (PST), Anthere <anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >As news considered let it be 24X7 always. So need more than 5 people
> >in the team i think
> 
> >And if you all prefer mark one specific domains, as they have
> >expertise, like politics, business, technology etc etc..
> 
> >So more than a number the team needs good journalists rather than just
> >information providers..
> 
> >--
> >Regards
> >Ginu George
> >Journalist and Media Researcher
> >Dubai, United Arab Emirates
> 
> I strongly agree with you Ginu.
> 
> There is a huge difference with the encyclopedia.
> With wikipedia, we do not need all expertises at the same time, one area can be greatly improved for a couple of months, while another goes unnoticed for months.
> 
> Wikinews on the other hand, requires much more that people makes team, if only to try to cover a couple of areas.
> Even if there are few editors and cannot cover all news, a team of 4-5 in scientific covering could make it very successful in a small areas.
> 
> This is doubly interesting in Wikinews as news are interesting only for a couple of days, not weeks, months or years as in the encyclopedia.
> 
> As long as a wikinews will be unable to cover all news topics, I think it should focus on providing good news in *one* area and get famous thanks to it.
> 
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Regards
Ginu George
Journalist and Media Researcher
Dubai, United Arab Emirates