Wikinews:Credential verification
Accreditation
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To verify that a Wikinews user has been accredited in accordance with our policies, you can see the list of accredited Wikinews users below.
Individuals listed on this page were accredited using the Wikinews accreditation policy. There may also be currently outstanding requests for accreditation. Accredited users who become inactive (no article edits for longer than 6 months) will be moved to the inactive reporters list.
Accredited Wikinews reporters should receive an email address of the form [email protected]. Details on obtaining these are on the credential request page with details of using the address on the WN-Reporters wiki.
List of accredited Wikinews users
Agastya (Wikinews user acagastya)
Location: India
Areas of coverage include: Politics and conflicts, disasters and accidents, crime and law, science and technology
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 31140220
Received accreditation: November 24, 2017
Ash Shay Thawley (Wikinews user Asheiou)
Location: Staffordshire, England
Areas of coverage include: Transport, Politics and conflicts, Culture and entertainment
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 2,863,687
Received accreditation: June 4, 2024
Budd, Paul (Wikinews user Bddpaux)
Location: Chandler, Texas, United States
Areas of coverage include: Disasters, Politics, Weather, Southern United States
Contact information: paul [dot] budd [at] wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 112744
Received accreditation: September 20, 2011
Gillett, Patrick (Wikinews user RockerballAustralia)
Location: Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia
Areas of coverage include: Elections, Football
Contact information:
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Accredited Reporter No.: 16528
Received accreditation: January 27, 2009
Madeleine Liu (Wikinews user JJLiu112)
Location: Texas, United States
Areas of coverage include: Politics and conflicts
Contact information: justin_liu
wn-reporters.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 2780319
Received accreditation: July 14, 2021
Moreau, Nicholas (Wikinews user Zanimum)
Location: Brampton and Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Areas of coverage include: Culture, entertainment
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: A8 / 45
Received accreditation: November 26, 2005
Inactive accredited Wikinews users
All users listed below are accredited reporters however have been inactive on the Wiki for some time, and will subsequently be moved to expired.
Anderton, Brian (Wikinews user Brian)
Location: Turangi, New Zealand
Areas of coverage include: New Zealand, Disasters, and articles about this side of the world
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 4460
Received accreditation: 01:27, 4 January 2006
Bratland, Dennis (Wikinews user Dennis Bratland)
Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Areas of coverage include: News and event photography, photos for Wikipedia biographies, National Register of Historic Places and other historic or significant places. Wikipedia article writing on motorcycles, photography, Seattle, Washington, and various topics.
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 10048768
Received accreditation: January 28, 2016
Carter, Nathan (Wikinews user Cartman02au)
Location: Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Areas of coverage include: Motorsport, Crime and law, disasters, interviews and local events
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 5579
Received accreditation: 07:27, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
Colton, Julian (Wikinews user Juliancolton)
Location: New York, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Geography, science (meteorology in particular)
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 21135
Received accreditation: 15:15, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Davis, Jon (Wikinews user ShakataGaNai)
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Photojournalism, Science, Technology, Local news
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 22614
Received accreditation: August 16, 2008
Halterman, Mike (Wikinews user Mike Halterman)
Location: Tampa, Florida, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Entertainment reporting, preferably in the television field.
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 2327
Received accreditation: 09:54, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Lawton, Robert (Wikinews user Rklawton)
Location: O'Fallon, Illinois, USA
Areas of coverage include: event, disaster, location photography
Contact information: Robert Lawton, Lawton Photos, and rklawton_at_lawtonphotos_dot_com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 14896
Received accreditation: 17:08, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Ledbury-Romanov, Jonathan-Alexandr (Wikinews user AlexandrDmitri)
Location: Rabat, Morocco
Areas of coverage include: Politics, conflicts, crime, law, economy, business, health, human rights, Middle East, Africa, Europe
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 117377
Received accreditation: 14:20, December 5, 2009 (UTC)
Malmjursson, Thorsteinn (Wikinews user BarkingFish)
Location: Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: General Interest
Contact information: Thor.Malmjursson AT Wikinewsie DOT org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 24928
Received accreditation: 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Macdonald, Iain (Wikinews user Blood Red Sandman)
Location: Scottish Borders, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: Scotland, aviation, some criminal law, health and science
Contact information: iain DOT macdonald AT wikinewsie DOT org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 14511
Received accreditation: October 12, 2008
Mannion, Patrick (Wikinews user TUFKAAP)
Location: Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Politics, disasters (fires, hurricanes, whatever), Entertainment, Business, general news.
Contact information:
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Accredited Reporter No.: 2930
Received accreditation: January 24, 2006
Mattsson, Jules (Wikinews user JulesMattsson)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: Protests and grassroots politics
Contact information: [mailto:[email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.:
Received accreditation: 18:05, 3 January 2010
Morales, Mike (Wikinews user Chaetodipus)
Location: Los Angeles area, California, United States
Areas of coverage include: California
Contact information: Via Wikinews, chaetodipus[at]gmail.com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 70202
Received accreditation: 01:45, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
Morris, Tom (Wikinews user Tom Morris)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: Politics, science, education, culture, law.
Contact information: tom[dot][email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 126901
Received accreditation: November 4, 2011
Myers, Robert (Wikinews user Bidgee)
Location: Wagga Wagga, Australia
Areas of coverage include: Historic events, community events, sports, politics
Contact information: bidgee at me dot com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 22727
Received accreditation: 01:43, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Alison Newman (Wikinews user LivelyRatification)
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Areas of coverage include: Politics and conflicts
Contact information: alison_newman wn-reporters.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 2819075
Received accreditation: February 9, 2021
Sefidari, María (Wikinews user Raystorm)
Location: Spain
Areas of coverage include: Current Events, Sports
Contact information: maria[dot]sefidari[at]wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 956
Received accreditation: 9:10, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
Varney, Rodney (Wikinews user Phearson)
Location: New York, United States
Areas of coverage include: Technology, Activism, Disasters, Crime, Politics (strict NPOV)
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 253394
Received accreditation: 21:26, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
Watson, George (Wikinews user Dendodge)
Location: Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: All
Contact information: george[at]dendodge.me
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Accredited Reporter No.: 26321
Received accreditation: 20 November 2009 (UTC)
Ainslie, Joshua (Wikinews user Sherurcij)
Location: Toronto, Canada
Areas of coverage include: Politics, the ignored Third World
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 3741
Received accreditation: 08:06, 6 June 2007
Bass, Cary (Wikinews user bastique)
Location: San Francisco, United States of America
Areas of coverage include:
Contact information: bastique (a) bastique.com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 2644
Received accreditation: 00:34, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Bryant, Daniel (Wikinews user Daniel)
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Areas of coverage include: Sports, disasters, breaking news
Contact information: dbwiki[at]gmail.com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 9457
Received accreditation: 08:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC
Callaway, Steve (Wikinews user Sjc)
Location: Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: Politics, culture, arts, sociology, history
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 1536
Received accreditation: 14:28, December 5, 2009
Flaherty, Patrick (Wikinews user PatrickFlaherty)
Location: Washington, DC, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Economics, Politics, and international trade. I would probably focus a fair amount on the WTO, World Bank, and IMF.
Contact information:
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Accredited Reporter No.: 23647
Received accreditation: 06:58, 12 October 2008(UTC)
Safoutin, Jason (Wikinews user DragonFire1024)
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Original Reporting, Breaking news, World news, Local news, Science/space, Disasters.
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 6038
Received accreditation: 00:28, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Heron, Sean (Wikinews user Sean Heron)
Location: Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Areas of coverage include: Politics, environment
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 7559
Received accreditation: 08:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
van der Hoorn, Roel (Wikinews user Van der Hoorn)
Location: Enschede, Netherlands
Areas of coverage include:
Contact information: vanderhoorn_at_the-email-service-Google-provides_dot_com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 11752
Received accreditation: 08:40, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Kirk, Gary (Wikinews user Gary Kirk)
Location: Kent, England.
Contact information:
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Accredited User No.: 6663
- Received accreditation on: 08:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Schluessel, Edmund R (Wikinews user Killing Vector)
Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: Politics & activism, popular culture, science & technology
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 18761
Received accreditation: 22:21, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
Stock, Terin (Wikinews user Terinjokes)
Location: SoMa, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Breaking News, Tech-related articles
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 2488
Received accreditation: 23:02, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Saturn, William (Wikinews user William S. Saturn)
Location: Texas, United States
Areas of coverage include: Politics
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 21437
Received accreditation: February 5, 2011
Story, Dodge (Wikinews user Thunderhead)
Location: North Carolina, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Science and technology, original reporting, etc.
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 6488
Received accreditation: 04:13, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Thomas, Tristan (Wikinews user Tristan Thomas)
Location: Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: All
Contact information:
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Accredited Reporter No.: 104486
Received accreditation: 08:27, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Wettach, Wolfgang G. (Wikinews user Gwyndon)
Location: Tuebingen, Germany
Areas of coverage include: EU, politics, literature, religion (see user page)
Contact information: AIM: Gwyndon
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Accredited Reporter No.: 3900
Received accreditation: 07:16, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Williams, Caleb (Wikinews user Calebrw)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Local, Sports, some politics
Contact information:
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Accredited Reporter No.: 22784
Received accreditation: 20:54, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Williams, Paul (Wikinews user Skenmy)
Location: Essex, England, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: Local, Sports, some politics
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 8508
Received accreditation: 18:16, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Zelinsky, Joshua (Wikinews user JoshuaZ)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Science, politics, science-fiction
Contact information: [email protected]
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Accredited Reporter No.: 7041
Received accreditation: 10:08, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Expired/Revoked
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