This is an unofficial experiment, by which I aim to improve local reporting. Your participation is voluntary. If you have any suggestions, please leave me a message. Thanks, --Gryllida (talk) 01:36, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
This is an unofficial experiment, by which I aim to improve local reporting. Your participation is voluntary. If you have any suggestions, please leave me a message. Thanks, --Gryllida (talk) 01:36, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
Read the headlines in your local area -- for example Texas US or NSW Australia -- then read and bookmark anything relevant from today. Use bookmark tags such as 'food' or 'health' or 'traffic' etc.
If two sources are found, or if the story is sufficiently interesting and relevant to investigate, report about it. This needs about 40 minutes. See WN:PILLARS and WN:WRITE (bookmark these, too).
If you want more information than available in mainstream media, search footage on Flickr or Twitter or Youtube etc:
they may have more information available visually, and
query the author for relicensing their image.
...and contact relevant parties such as universities or government bodies. Since it's local, if you have a good phone plan which has unlimited national calls, give them a phone call.
Aim to report 1 story every week.
Check back for updates -- in the news or on the talk page of the draft -- regularly, 2-3 times a day. Act on it immediately.
If the story is published, share it with your friends. Ask the how did they like it. Ask them to share.
After a while, ask a friend to start reporting. You can have meetings every week to do it together.