Hybrid type news website "Wikitribune" launched by Wikipedia founder for eradication of fake news

The reason why fake news are spread is that a free news site pursues only PV and advertisement income, and was launched by the founder of Wikipedia as "Wikitribune"is. It is a hybrid type news site by professional and the public that readers can improve articles written by professional journalists, and has the feature that it is sponsored by a reader like Wikipedia.

Hello, world: this is WikiTribune - Wikitribune
https://www.wikitribune.com/story/2017/10/30/media/hello-world/13988/


Wikitribune is a founder of WikipediaJimmy WalesA new mechanism of Internet news to eradicate fake news launched. A journalist with expert knowledge writes an article and features a hybrid system by a professional and the public that everyone who reads it checks and improves it.

More detailed Wikitribune mechanism can be read from the following article.

Wikipedia founder Jimmy · Wales launches 'Wikitribune' fighting fake news - GIGAZINE


Many internet / news sites publish articles free of charge, so we have no choice but to rely on advertising for revenue. Therefore, the focus is placed on "how to diffuse" and "how to raise PV", and since the truth becomes secondary, the above mechanism was proposed. Therefore, Wikitribune has "no advertisement" "PaywallNone "" Readers are sponsored "features.

Wikitribune was required to donate journalists in various fields in April 2017, but the operation of the pilot version started on Monday, October 30, 2017 in local time.

Wikitribune - Evidence-based journalism
https://www.wikitribune.com/


Categories at the time of article creation are "Current Affairs", "Politics", "Culture", "United States", "Europe", "Asia" "Middle East" middle east)".


Like Wikipedia, aside from the first authors, anyone can improve articles later, so if you look at the article title on the top screen, the letters "___ collaborators" are displayed. The following article seems to be categorized and improved by 16 people.


When I open the article I feel like the following.


Four tabs of "READ" "EDIT STORY" "HISTORY" "TALK" are displayed at the top of the page. If you are a participant registered in Wikitribune, you will be able to edit articles from this "EDIT STORY" after signing in.


When you open the "HISTORY" tab, you can see who edited it.


"TALK" is a comment field. It is possible to attach comments to articles with the following feeling.