Hi hisham,
Did you try to contact cnn-ibn reporter again.
Regards
Mayur
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On Sep 13, 2011, at 9:23 AM, Hisham Mundol <[email protected]> wrote:
> cross-posting to reach pan-India; apologies if you have got it from other
> mailing lists.
>
> hisham
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Hisham Mundol <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Press Coverage: Request for Voices & Faces!
>> Date: September 12, 2011 3:38:04 PM GMT+05:30
>> To: Wikimedia India Community list <[email protected]>
>> Cc: CherianTinu Abraham <[email protected]>, Moka Pantages
>> <[email protected]>
>>
>> Hi Folks
>>
>> In the last couple of days, we've had a couple of really insightful,
>> well-written articles on Wikipedia and you, the community.
>> http://www.timescrest.com/life/you-cant-copypaste-this-homework-6226
>>
>> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110911/jsp/7days/story_14492284.jsp
>>
>> I want to acknowledge the behind-the-scenes work of Tinu and Moka. (Most of
>> you know Tinu - who's a community member based out of Bangalore. For those
>> of you who don't know, Moka handles Global Communications for the Wikimedia
>> Foundation.) They have worked on making sure that we convey the right
>> messages as well as making the articles as inclusive of as many community
>> members as possible - by covering the stories of as wide a range of editors
>> as possible. The result of their work is the high-quality articles I've
>> referenced above.
>>
>> We will continue to get requests from the press and I'd love to have them
>> tell the tales of an even larger and more varied group of community members.
>> It'll help to convey the diversity and magic of the community. Can I
>> request you let Tinu and I know (offlist please) if you are willing to be
>> interviewed by journalists in future? Every one of your stories will add
>> emotion to an article - no matter how simple or otherwise your story is.
>>
>> Also, a practical issue that we are facing is that we don't have enough
>> print-quality images of community meet ups. Can you please add as many
>> high-resolution images of as many community meet ups, outreach events, etc.
>> as you can to Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) so that
>> the press can access it more easily - and they can celebrate the human face
>> of Wikipedia in newspapers and magazines?
>>
>> Many thanks.
>>
>> Warm Regards,
>>
>> hisham
>>
>
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