Wikipedia founder to fight fake news with new Wikitribune site
by Alex Hern Technology reporter from Technology | The Guardian on (#2M70W)
Crowdfunded online publication from Jimmy Wales will pair paid journalists with army of volunteer contributors
Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, is launching a new online publication which will aim to fight fake news by pairing professional journalists with an army of volunteer community contributors.
Wikitribune plans to pay for the reporters by raising money from a crowdfunding campaign.
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