By John Glenday

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has assumed a lead role in the battle against ‘fake news‘ by launching a new crowdfunded online publication which will pair paid journalists with volunteer contributors.

Wikitribune has been established with the express purpose of covering a diverse spread of general issues from politics to science and technology with each piece stringently fact checked by an army of proof readers who will also beef up reports with supplementary information.

Launching the initiative Wales said: “This will be the first time that professional journalists and citizen journalists will work side-by-side as Read full story ›

Source: The Drum