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--- onm:add [2026/05/17 09:16] – gryllida
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-Report a news at OpenNewsMap
+🚀 Report a news at OpenNewsMap
-Writing a news report is easy -- anyone can do it! Write below. Do not worry about completing all fields, the page can be completed by another volunteer. Do not forget to Submit. :-)
+By completing this form, you agree to licence your text under the following licence: [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en|CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International]].
-Link to chat with other newsmappers: [[http://web.libera.chat/gamja/?channels=#OpenNewsMap|#OpenNewsMap]]
+<form>
+action   template userstpl @@Headline:@@
+fieldset "🚀 Headline"
+textbox "Headline"
+fieldset "📝 Report" "Headline"
+static "Aim for around one to three paragraphs, or more; do not copy paste from external sources."
+textarea "News report" x33
+Textarea "Sources" "=  * URL1
+  * URL2" x6
+yesno "Done"
+fieldset "📍 Metadata" "Done"
+static "Include data about location and topic where the event happened."
+select "Region tag" "Americas|Europe|Asia|Africa|Oceania|MiddleEast|Antarctica"
+select "Topic tag" "CrimeAndLaw|CultureAndEntertainment|DisastersAndAccidents|EconomyAndBusiness|Education|Environment|Health|Obituaries|PoliticsAndConflicts|ScienceAndTechnology|Sports|Wackynews|Weather"
+textbox Latitude "=50.3"
+textbox Longitude "=130.0"
+textbox Placename "=Bradford University"
+textbox Country "=Egypt"
+fieldset "Create the page"
+submit "✅️ Add news report"
+</form>
+Longer version:
+Writing a news report is easy -- anyone can do it! Write below. Do not worry about completing all fields, the page can be completed by another volunteer. Do not forget to Submit. :-)
 <form>
 action   template userstpl @@Headline:@@
-Fieldset "Event date"
+Fieldset "🗓 Event date"
-static "Check when the event happened. The event should be CURRENT, i.e., have happened less than three days ago. Importantly, often, this is not the date of the source that you are reading or watching."
+yesno "Event date is CURRENT (less than three days ago)"
-static "For example, firefighters may have found a lost puppy on Monday, and you may have read about it from a CNN article which is dated Wednesday. In this example, the event date is Monday."
-static "Please check carefully. If the event is not current, do NOT tick this box; do NOT start to write about it; check whether there is a more recent event, or a new development, to report."
-yesno "Event is CURRENT (less than three days ago)"
-fieldset "Headline"
+fieldset "🚀 Headline"
 textarea "Headline:" "=Miles find Jobby in UK" "x1"
 yesno "sentence case"
 yesno "active voice"
 yesno "present tense"
-yesno "Proceed to news text -->"
+yesno "⏭️ Proceed to 📝 news text"
-fieldset "Report" "Proceed to news text -->"
+fieldset "📝 Report" "⏭️ Proceed to 📝 news text"
 static "Aim for around one to three paragraphs, or more; do not copy paste from external sources."
 textarea "News report:" "=On April 28, firefighters found a lost pup in their truck at 7am in the morning."
 yesno "5W (Who, What, Where, When, Why How) in first paragraph"
-yesno "inverted pyramid structure"
 yesno "past tense"
 yesno "active voice"
 yesno "no plagiarism"
-yesno "not an opinion piece; includes angles from various parties"
+yesno "not an opinion piece; includes angles from various parties, with attribution"
-yesno "quotes or claims are attributed where possible"
+yesno "⏭️ Proceed to 🔍 sources"
-yesno "page includes page tags"
-yesno "page includes geo location (see other articles for examples)"
-yesno "Proceed to sources -->"
-fieldset "Sources" "Proceed to sources -->"
+fieldset "🔍 Sources" "⏭️ Proceed to 🔍 sources"
 static "Without at least two sources, the news report will be challenging to verify. It is necessary to include at least two independent sources."
 Textarea "Sources" "=  * URL1
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 yesno "includes at least two sources (URLs or other)"
 yesno "date and publisher name and title are specified for each source"
-yesno "Proceed to Metadata -->"
+yesno "⏭️ Proceed to 📍 Metadata"
-fieldset "Metadata" "Proceed to Metadata -->"
+fieldset "📍 Metadata" "⏭️ Proceed to 📍 Metadata"
 static "Include data about location and topic where the event happened."
 select "Region tag" "Americas|Europe|Asia|Africa|Oceania|MiddleEast|Antarctica"
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 textbox Placename "=Bradford University"
 textbox Country "=California"
-yesno "Proceed to Procedure -->"
+yesno "⏭️ Proceed to 🪧 Procedure"
-fieldset "Procedure" "Proceed to Procedure -->"
+fieldset "🪧 Procedure" "⏭️ Proceed to 🪧 Procedure"
 yesno "I understand the page will be subject to peer review, and the text may be changed."
 yesno "I joined live chat, to coordinate editing with other users."
 fieldset "Create the page"
-submit "Add news report"
+submit "✅️ Add news report"
 </form>
+See also: [[onm:doc:report checklist]]