29 November 2004
if ("class topics" == "class topics") echo "Today's Topic: "; if ("class topics" == "discussions") echo "Discussion Question: "; if ("class topics" == "projects") echo "Project Assignment: "; ?>Don't like the news? Change it! -- Wikinews
Since we don't have a panel today, this is the reading you should use for your blog portfolio, should you choose to blog on today's panel. Don't worry -- I know you're all busy, so this article is short.
Wired News: Wikipedia Creators Move Into News
Through a new effort, Wikinews, members of the open-source community who write and edit Wikipedia's encyclopedia entries are encouraged to test their skills as journalists. The news site follows a similar set of rules as the encyclopedia, which allows anyone to edit and post corrections to entries, so long as each change is recorded.