Wikinews

Wikinews

English

Etymology

From wiki + news

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Wikinews

1. A free, online, collaboratively-edited news source, founded by Wikimedia.
   • 2010, Zachary M. Seward, Why Wikipedia beats Wikinews as a collaborative journalism project, NiemanLab:

     For some insight on why Wikipedia has been a more successful news source than Wikinews, I talked to Andrew Lih, who teaches at USC’s journalism school and wrote The Wikipedia Revolution.

   • 2005, Paige Johnston, Audience Writes the News at Wikinews, ISOJ:

     Wayne Saewyc spoke Friday about Wikinews, an online news site that offers a unique way for viewers to edit any content on its website.

   • 2017, Chris O'Brien, Why Jimmy Wales thinks WikiTribune can succeed with crowdsourcing news where Wikinews failed, VentureBeat:

     The big difference compared to Wikinews is that Wales says WikiTribune plans to hire 10 professional journalists, whose work will then be edited and fact-checked by the crowd.

Related terms

Related terms

• wiki
• Mediawiki
• Wikibooks
• Wikidata
• Wikimedia

• Wikipedia
• Wikisource
• Wikispecies
• Wiktionary
• Wikijunior