User:Rainbird~enwikinews

I am a writer, photographer, and graphic designer. I am very intrigued with wikinews, although the type of writing done here, isn't the kind that I am most fond of doing.

I hope it can evolve into a news source which can delve into context, and not merely be an echo chamber for the associated press, reuters, and other news feeds.

I am quite astonished at this phenomena in my country which is called "the newspaper" It seems to me that many of the local newspapers around the nation evolved out of a verbal spat between the interests of labour and the interests of business. Somehow, that antipathy became transformed into a vigorous pursuit of writing about disasters, and tragedies. In my opinion, the current atmosphere of the typical newsroom is not a nurturing environment for writers. Deadlines -the fact that the material about today's events needs to be written today, The practice of editors who will take apart the motif scheme which a writer puts together. These things hurt the ability of writers to produce quality work.

Also, when writing about negative events, it's easy for writers to fall into the trap of seeing the issue through the lens of their own fears and hesitations. There is a social construct in our society called "trust" and "withholding trust." This is a different philosophy than "prudence." The former has to do with how you view people, while the latter is about dealing with a situation wisely. Writers tend to write in view of their own passions and prejudices, rather than putting the events into the appropriate actual human contexts. It's sad, I think, to look around and see reporters who will write stories, as if they were a cartoonist drawing up a caricature. Because they are pressed for time, because they have limited sources, and because of their own feelings about the situation, they take out a stock template of that situation, and fit all the parts of that story, onto that template. Sincerely, Rainbird

My weblog can be read here... for those who are interested: Zephyr Lake