Wikipedia:News On Wiki/Phase Two mid-campaign report

Below are some of the activities and accomplishments of the News On Wiki campaign, as reported to WikiCred in December 2020:

Pre-launch outreach and promotion:

June: Open Publishing Fest panel discussion moderated by Center for Media and Democracy cofounder Sheldon Rampton
June: AfroCROWD Juneteenth Civil Rights Wikipedia Conference: Sponsored a session focused on News On Wiki/Black-owned papers. Followed up with Dr. Alexandria Lockett, keynote speaker for the event, on three calls about engaging students in News On Wiki.
August: Spoke about News On Wiki to an audience that included news reporters during the AfroCROWD BIPOC event. The event included reporters from NPR and Complex.

Events since September launch:

September: Librarians and lists webinar
September: Webinar, Newspapers of & about the Caribbean with Wikimedians of the Caribbean Wiki Cari Festival
September: Presentation to MetaCaugs Zoom Group
September: Computers in Libraries Conference (CIL) panel, Sherry spoke briefly about News on Wiki
October: Black Indigenous People of Color NYU LA News on WIki Training.
October: Peeragogy podcast
November: Arizona State University classroom partnership & training (Prof. Kristy Roshke)
November: Presentation to the Federated Wiki Wikidojo group
December: Lightning Talk and Edit-a-thon at WikiConference North America. 3-hour Edit-a-thon had 34 attendees, with 22 staying for the duration.

Miscellaneous highlights:

Our announcement on Misinfocon announcing the campaign has drawn continued interest in the campaign.
Recruited 60 participants, through mid-December, on our wiki page.
One of our speakers for the kickoff event, Jessamyn West, has remained highly engaged and proactively sought out opportunities to review and mentor new Wikipedians we recruit.
A number of ASU students (new Wikipedians) researched, drafted, and even completed several articles from our newspaper lists as part of their Wikipedia assignment.
Our guest speaker at our Wikiconference edit-a-thon, Martin Pratt, a newspaper publisher and radio host, live-tweeted the event and brought us live questions from Twitter. We are also able to answer live.
Participants on the Federated Wiki call were enthusiastic about an opportunity to learn about Wikidata and Wikipedia while contributing to knowledge about newspapers.
WikiTree mentioned News On Wiki and our partner AfroCROWD in their WikiConference North America lightning talk reporting a positive experience in our Edit-a-thon and a desire to potentially connect for more.
Users from the Philadelphia Wikipedians group were highly engaged at our WikiConference event, and expressed interest in working together.
Through our social media campaign on Twitter and YouTube, we have also built awareness about the importance of reliable news information and sources on Wikipedia. We have attracted 71 followers on Twitter and more than 200 on YouTube.
Fortuitously, a discussion on newspaper notability has recently been opened. This will be a good opportunity to highlight our work in this area, and influence Wikipedia guidelines.

Articles and wiki content

Black owned papers

New entries include:

Atlanta Voice
Birmingham Times
Black Lens News (Spokane, WA)
Dallas Examiner
Dallas Post Tribune
New Journal and Guide
New York Beacon
The Provincial Freeman (historical paper founded 1853, edited by Mary Ann Shadd)
The Triibe

Drafts started:

Draft:Atlanta Black Star
Draft:The Metro Herald (note: After this report was written up, the draft was published, here: Metro Herald (Virginia))
Draft:The Neighborhood Leader
Draft:QBR The Black Book Review

Caribbean newspapers

This will be the next focus. We have done some outreach and have recruited volunteers and are now in the list gathering and planning phase for this regional area of focus.

Washington

New papers:

Drafts started: