Wikipedia:News On Wiki

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See our announcement . We will coordinate most of our work through WP:WikiProject Newspapers.

We are working to build trust in credible news sources by generating wiki content about newspapers. From September 2020 to February 2021, we will focus on Washington State, Black-owned U.S. newspapers, and newspapers focused on the Caribbean. We aim to create or improve 300 Wikipedia articles, as well as associated Wikidata entries.

To get involved:

- __Join our mailing list __. We will use this to announce new training sessions and events; you should expect a few email messages per month. - Add your name to our WikiProject: Wikipedia editors traditionally add their names to a "WikiProject" page to indicate their commitment to an article improvement drive. - Register for our next orientation event! (See below for a sample of webinars to come; exact dates and registration details coming soon)

September 2020 webinars:

- __Refining our lists of articles to write or improve __. We have learned from other campaigns, such as Wiki Loves Monuments and Women in Red, that clear, thorough lists of articles to write are a key ingredient in any content improvement campaign. Campaign organizers Pete and Sherry have started lists of newspapers that lack a Wikipedia article, or whose Wikipedia article needs expansion; but we need your expertise to expand and refine these preliminary lists. In this webinar, we'll show you how to work on a list on a wiki page. This one is a good fit for anybody: new or experienced Wikipedians, experts on the newspapers in our categories, librarians, list-making aficionados. It's especially helpful for those new to wiki editing, since adding to these lists is an easy way to learn the ropes before you edit "live" Wikipedia articles.<br />Our guests for this panel discussion are: - * __Jessamyn West __ - * __Molly Schwartzburg __ - __Gathering our source materials__: Wikipedia articles rely heavily on secondary sources. In this session we will make sure that we know the best books, academic journal articles, etc. covering newspapers in Washington State, Black-owned newspapers, and newspapers of or about the Caribbean. By generating an annotated bibliography, we make it easier for future NOW participants to write relevant Wikipedia articles. This webinar is a good fit for librarians, scholars, and anybody with an interest in the journalism of these regions and topics. It's especially helpful for those new to wiki editing, since adding to these lists is an easy way to learn the ropes before you edit "live" Wikipedia articles. - __Journalists in the Pacific Northwest__: Recent events in 2021 have generated interest in the journalism of this region. In the era of COVID-19 traffic to news sites has surged, but many of those sites have been forced to resort to furloughs or layoffs to weather the economic storm. The Black Lives Matter protests have brought renewed attention to independent journalists and local press in Seattle and Portland. How can we capture this interest, and the information being published about it, in relevant Wikipedia articles? This webinar is designed primarily for journalists, and will explore the role Wikipedia plays in keeping the public informed about their work. - Sept. 19: __Newspapers of & about the Caribbean__ We will coordinate with meta:Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group|Wikimedians of the Caribbean

In our 2020-21 campaign, we are focusing on three topic areas. Here are pages we will use to coordinate that work:

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Help us spread the word about News On Wiki!

- Our announcement - Join our email list - Follow us on Twitter: - * Official account: @NewsWiki1 - * Pete's account: @PeteForsyth - YouTube News On Wiki playlist - Facebook

As of August 2020, the only newspapers on Wikidata that matched the query above were the Oakland Post, The Black Panther (Oakland), the Cincinnati Herald, and the McDowell Times.

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