I do not think that WMF funding would be the best solution for the
Signpost, as it would raise questions about their journalism independence
and integrity. There are many other options to explore, though, like grants
from Knight Foundation <https://knightfoundation.org/programs/journalism>
and MacArthur Foundation
<https://www.macfound.org/info-grantseekers/grantmaking-guidelines/media-grant-guidelines/>
if
we are really going to go with paid contributor as Pine suggested.
But I would also suggest the option to integrate Signpost with its sister
publications in other Wikipedia edition, such as Der Kurier in German
Wikipedia and Correio da Wikipédia in Portuguese Wikipedia. I think it
would be beneficial to integrate all community news publication that
currently exists, but also retains its multilingual edition.
Salam,
Ramzy.
*Ramzy Muliawan*
Reporter, LN North Star
<http://northstaronline.org/staff/?writer=Ramzy%20Muliawan>
Editor and administrator, id.wp - min.wp - meta.wiki
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On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 2:28 AM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
A distinction that I see between funding the WMF blog
from funding the
*Signpost
*is that the former is WMF corporate communications and the latter is
community journalism. It would be difficult to maintain journalistic
integrity and independence at the *Signpost *if its staff feel like their
paychecks (which would probably be similar to what part-time reporters make
at US college newspapers) are in any way dependent on pleasing WMF. (I'm
not saying that the *Signpost *should go out of its way to be critical, but
it should be as independent as realistically possible.)
Pine
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