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Release Date: November 30, 2004 This content is archived.
An article in Wired magazine reports the team behind Wikipedia is attempting to apply its collaborative information-gathering model to the news field, and quotes Alex Halavais, assistant professor of communication, who says "Wikinews" has a lot in common with other efforts at citizen journalism, but because of its collaborative editing process, should have a more neutral tone in the content of its stories. Go to article.