Wikinews, a sister project to the popular Wikipedia, is a neutral free news source that you can write!
Site Url: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page
Feed Url: http://feeds.feedburner.com/WikinewsLatestNews
Target community: Wikinews covers both extremely local stories and stories of world interest.
Is the site active? Yes
Professional journalists? Yes
Paid staff? No
Is the site part of a network? No
Is the site a media affiliate? No
Content created by: Open
Who contributes to your content?
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Year founded: 2004
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Does your site aggregate content from other online sites? No
Does your site provide training? Yes
Business model: Nonprofit
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Contact Information
Location: St. Petersburg, FL, United States of America
Contact URL: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Water_cooler
1 means "not very important" and 6 means "very important"
- Covering news not covered:
- Watchdogging local government and public officials:
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