[Wikinews-l] Citizens Kane: The Birth of Wikinews

Fri Apr 29 05:34:06 UTC 2005

Matthew Yeomans, a freelance writer, has published a detailed article 
about the Wikinews project and its community here:

http://citizenskane.blogspot.com/

It was originally intended for a major magazine, and Matthew's work 
(which included travel to Europe and the United States to interview many 
Wikinews contributors) was fully funded. But shortly before the 
publication, the story was "killed", as Matthew puts it. He has now put 
it on Blogger, alongside an "anatomy" of the story itself.

The story is largely accurate and focuses primarily on the human factor 
of Wikinews. One error is that Wikitravel is referred to as a Wikimedia 
project. The article paints a very positive picture of Wikinews, and 
while it is most regrettable that it was not published in the way 
intended by the author, this of course underscores exactly what we are 
doing: breaking down the barriers to publishing.

There's a discussion forum attached to the story.

All best,

Erik