[Foundation-l] [Fwd: Re: [Wikinews-l] Wikinews is giving out press credentials]

[Amgine]

To answer Anthony, yes accredited reporters have requested and gained
entry to press events - admittedly of the cattle call variety.

The snip below from message to Mav on Wikinews-l. Note the Credentials
Verification page includes the complete list of en.wikinews accredited
reporters.

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Another en.Wikinews contributor who does have press credentials was able
to request entry to the press sections at this fall's Apple events. He
was able to attend a number of small press conferences at the event, as
well as the major floor events, and turned in two articles about it.

News events managers do not let everyone with credentials in. They
accept candidates from news sources they feel will give them the
coverage they want. They also usually want to be able to verify press
credentials. The latter is why en.Wikinews built a policy which is
actually more stringent in some respects than our adminship policies.
The policy includes methods of credential verification including
voicemail contacts.

En.Wikinews has approved a total of 8 reporters for credentials. One
reporter has left the project, and three are currently inactive. Another
is not primarily a Wikinewsy, Sj. Currently we have one candidate for
accreditation, Fuzheado (Andrew Lih).

I encourage Mav to take a look en's policy
(http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Accreditation_policy),
verification
(http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Credential_verification), and
requests (http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Accreditation_requests).