Wikinews:Video news magazine

''Proposal currently in development. Feel free to critique already, but be aware that I haven't thought out most of the details yet, thus the gaping holes. -- user:zanimum''

The Wikinews Report is a monthly video news magazine project, to be created by members of the Wikimedia community at large. This proposal is an attempt to revive the hopeful vigour of the community had in the early stages of DV's original concept for "The Wikinews Report".

Being produced only monthly, the program is not meant to just cover what news at the moment, but also include how certain news stories have evolved throughout the past month. Essentially, it is like a gradually produced year in review.

Format
In the beginning, episodes will have no particular length. As we establish the amount of contributions to the project, the show will standardize to become a set length.

The show will have one primary host introducing and concluding the broadcasts, and bridging the segments together. Segments themselves will be narrated by individual reporters.


 * Wikinews: A series of 30 sec to 5 minute Wikinews news stories; while field reporting and video footage is encouraged, most segments at the start will be simply a news reader with a series of relevant free-content and fair use "slides".
 * Wikipedia: Featured articles adapted to become interest stories. Instead of the direct narrative of an encyclopedia article, these pieces would have NPOV narratives, and interviews. It would certainly be challenging to make sure that the pieces are thoroughly unbiased and not out to prove a point.
 * Wikiquote: The broadcast would end with the main host reading a featured quote, explaining its significance if it isn't already evident, and signing off.

At the end of any story in the first two sections, a caption will suggest viewers visit the related Wikimedia project's content on the topic. A news ticker could run along the bottom of the screen, including information on many other stories of relevance in the last month.

Distribution
Available freely on the web in its whole form, or a seperate, often extended versions of the individual stories.

Television stations can air the program for free, if they dont air paid commercials during the broadcast, or for a nominal percentage, if they do air ads.