Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launches Wikitribune, a large-scale attempt to combat fake news

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launches Wikitribune, a large-scale attempt to combat fake news
Laura Hazard Owen, Nieman Lab, 2017/04/25
What's interesting is the model: "it’s a hybrid of the paid and volunteer models. 'You have an operational command structure that’s based on full-time staff. The pro journalists and editors provide the supervision on how the story moves forward. The crowd does the heavy lifting on a lot of the combing, sifting, searching, checking. You let the crowd do what the crowd is good at.'" More...