Wikinews:Accreditation requests/Bidgee

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Successful accreditation request. --Pi zero (talk) 01:43, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bidgee (talk)

Name: Robert Myers

Location: Wagga Wagga, Australia

Areas of interest: Historic events, community events, sports, politics

Reason: Most events to photograph and report require media credentials, having accreditation would allow me to better my opportunities to get access and allowing me to document them (the event) for reporting or assisting fellow reporters.

Accomplishments: Published articles I've done,

Non-sponsors' logos plastered by peeved Paralympians was my first original reporting (May 2012)

Photographs I've taken on behalf of User:LauraHale for her Wikinews reporting (list may miss a few).

Australian women's water polo team takes test series against Great Britain (February 2012)
Raw Opals spend week preparing for London Games (May 2012)
User:LauraHale/Australian Paralympic runners prepare for London (May 2012, not published)
Australian media focuses on Olympic prospects against US for women's basketball (May 2012)
Australian Stingers stung by US at FINA World League Final gold medal match (June 2012)

Below are old articles that I've created but have also been expanded by fellow Wikinews editors.

Australian airline to increase airfares was my first article, though back in June 2008
eBay Australia's PayPal only policy blocked (June 2008)
Northern Japan hit by strong quake (June 2008)
Australian Medical Association withdraws from NT Intervention (June 2008)
Australian Government to pressure Asia to reduce fuel subsidies (June 2008)
Western Australia gas crisis set to worsen (June 2008)
Three murdered, one injured in axe attack in Australia (June 2008)
Man to face court after axe attack in Australia (July 2008)
Australian murder victims killed in different ways (July 2008)
Alleged axe murderer faces an Australian court (July 2008)
Qantas ordered to check oxygen cylinders (July 2008)
Garlic bread that turns blue is recalled in Australia (August 2008)
Australian police commander caught speeding at 175 kph (October 2008)
Class action launched by Australian bushfire survivors against SP AusNet (February 2009)
Search for child abductor continues in Australia (February 2010)

Contact information: bidgee at me dot com (email), BidgeeWagga (twitter) and Bidgee (irc.freednode.net)

User ID: 22727

Applied on: 14:16, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Questions and comments

Votes

Support: Potential COI vote for accreditation... but I've worked with bidgee several times as a writer/photographer pair. It would be helpful for this work if he was accredited. We have used pictures he has specifically taken for Wikinews on Wikinews articles several times. He understands the principles of reporting, has written and article. Acceptance is pretty much based on photography work with a belief he could write if he chose to. --LauraHale (talk) 22:03, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Two fully authored articles post-flaggedrevs (most recent of the "old" articles, from February 2010). Apparent respect for the project and its values. Seems a solid candidate. --Pi zero (talk) 22:25, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support IIRC... when Wikinews first started years back, there was always hop that there would be enough accredited reporters in some areas that they could work in teams... that never happened. Until now!! --Patrick M (TUFKAAP) (talk) 15:51, 23 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
stong support; obvious respects, and values, the project. Worked on now-published Original Reporting? Just icing on the cake. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 09:57, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Sure.....appears to've done a big gob of trying real hard! Bddpaux (talk) 20:10, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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