Lesson 16. Getting the Latest News with Wikinews
In this lesson, you learn how to read and write news articles on Wikinews.
Understanding Wikinews
Wikinews is a Wikimedia Foundation site that functions as a collaborative news aggregator. The site offers up-to-the-minute news articles, written by the site’s users. Most articles aggregate facts reported by other sources; these sources are typically listed at the bottom of the Wikinews article.
Like the sister Wikipedia site, anyone can contribute or edit Wikinews articles. Unlike Wikipedia, Wikinews articles cover breaking news stories, with all information properly cited to ensure a high standard or reliability.
There are two types of articles on the Wikinews site. The most common type is called ...
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