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Wiki Journalism Comes to the U.K.

Source: Lars' shared items in Google Reader

Oct 17, 2008

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On Oct. 10, UK daily Trinity Mirror launched a wiki for the North East of England as a result of an internal contest to solicit innovative ideas. Web developer Louise Midgley, who works for Trinity's North-East division NCJmedia, won a cash prize and will also get a future share of any profits from her idea: wikinortheast.co.uk, "an online archive covering all aspects of the North-East region."

HoldTheFrontPage reports that WikiNorthEast features up to 12 years' worth of digital archives documenting the area's events and people that were not previously being used on NCJmedia's sites. "The ultimate aim of the project is to create an ongoing, up-to-date encyclopedic reference tool for the North East of England, written by people from (or with a connection to) the region."

I've written extensively on wiki journalism and its possibilities, and it's great to see some experimentation in the U.K. However, at this stage there is a small problem: It's very hard to find anything to edit.

For instance, WikiNorthEast features several "topics," such as Kevin Keegan or wind f

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