To verify that a Wikinews user has been accredited in accordance with our policies, you can see the list of accredited Wikinews users below.
Individuals listed on this page were accredited using the Wikinews accreditation policy. There may also be currently outstanding requests for accreditation. Accredited users who become inactive (no article edits for longer than 6 months) will be moved to the inactive reporters list.
Accredited Wikinews reporters should receive an email address of the form firstname.lastname@wn-reporters.org. Details on obtaining these are on the credential request page with details of using the address on the WN-Reporters wiki.
Location: India
Areas of coverage include: Politics and conflicts, disasters and accidents, crime and law, science and technology
Contact information: agastya@wn-reporters.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 31140220
Received accreditation: November 24, 2016

Location: Chandler, Texas, United States
Areas of coverage include: Disasters, Politics, Weather, Southern United States
Contact information: paul [dot] budd [at] wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 112744
Received accreditation: September 20, 2011

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Photojournalism, Science, Technology, Local news
Contact information: jon.davis@wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 22614
Received accreditation: August 16, 2008

Location: Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia
Areas of coverage include: Elections, Football
Contact information: 
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Accredited Reporter No.: 16528
Received accreditation: January 27, 2009

Location: Texas, United States
Areas of coverage include: Politics and conflicts
Contact information: justin_liuwn-reporters.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 2780319
Received accreditation: July 14, 2021

Location: Scottish Borders, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: Scotland, aviation, some criminal law, health and science
Contact information: iain DOT macdonald AT wikinewsie DOT org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 14511
Received accreditation: October 12, 2008

Location: Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Politics, disasters (fires, hurricanes, whatever), Entertainment,  Business, general news.
Contact information: 
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Accredited Reporter No.: 2930
Received accreditation: January 24, 2006

Location: Brampton and Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Areas of coverage include: Culture, entertainment
Contact information: nicholasmoreau@gmail.com
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Accredited Reporter No.: A8 / 45
Received accreditation: November 26, 2005

Location: London, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: Politics, science, education, culture, law.
Contact information: tom[dot]morris@wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 126901
Received accreditation: November 4, 2011

Location: New South Wales, Australia
Areas of coverage include: Politics and conflicts
Contact information: alison_newmanwn-reporters.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 2819075
Received accreditation: February 9, 2021

Location: Texas, United States
Areas of coverage include: Politics
Contact information: wssaturn@gmail.com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 21437
Received accreditation: February 5, 2011

Location: London, Ontario, Canada
Areas of coverage include: Technology, Crime and law.
Contact information: craig@craigweb.net
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Accredited Reporter No.: A3 / 1808
Received accreditation: June 10, 2005

All users listed below are accredited reporters however have been inactive on the Wiki for some time, and will subsequently be moved to expired.
Location: Turangi, New Zealand
Areas of coverage include: New Zealand, Disasters, and articles about this side of the world
Contact information: brian.anderton@wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 4460
Received accreditation: 01:27, 4 January 2006

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Areas of coverage include: News and event photography, photos for Wikipedia biographies, National Register of Historic Places and other historic or significant places. Wikipedia article writing on motorcycles, photography, Seattle, Washington, and various topics.
Contact information: dennis.bratland@wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 10048768
Received accreditation: January 28, 2016

Location: Bathurst,  New South Wales, Australia
Areas of coverage include: Motorsport, Crime and law, disasters, interviews and local events
Contact information: nathan.carter@wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 5579
Received accreditation: 07:27, 23 March 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: New York, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Geography, science (meteorology in particular)
Contact information: Juliancolton2@yahoo.com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 21135
Received accreditation: 15:15, 12 November 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: Tampa, Florida, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Entertainment reporting, preferably in the television field.
Contact information: mike.halterman@wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 2327
Received accreditation: 09:54, 15 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: O'Fallon, Illinois, USA
Areas of coverage include: event, disaster, location photography
Contact information: Robert Lawton, Lawton Photos, and rklawton_at_lawtonphotos_dot_com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 14896
Received accreditation: 17:08, 12 April 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: General Interest
Contact information: Thor.Malmjursson AT Wikinewsie DOT org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 24928
Received accreditation: 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Location: Wagga Wagga, Australia
Areas of coverage include: Historic events, community events, sports, politics
Contact information: bidgee at me dot com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 22727
Received accreditation: 01:43, 18 July 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Original Reporting, Breaking news, World news, Local news, Science/space, Disasters.
Contact information: jason.safoutin@wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 6038
Received accreditation: 00:28, 2 March 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: Spain
Areas of coverage include: Current Events, Sports
Contact information: maria[dot]sefidari[at]wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 956
Received accreditation: 9:10, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Location: New York, United States
Areas of coverage include: Technology, Activism, Disasters, Crime, Politics (strict NPOV)
Contact information: chaserv3@gmail.com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 253394
Received accreditation: 21:26, 10 April 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: All
Contact information: george[at]dendodge.me
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Accredited Reporter No.: 26321
Received accreditation: 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Location: Toronto, Canada
Areas of coverage include: Politics, the ignored Third World
Contact information: Joshua.Sherurcij@wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 3741
Received accreditation: 08:06, 6 June 2007

Location: San Francisco, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: 
Contact information: bastique (a) bastique.com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 2644
Received accreditation: 00:34, 28 February 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: Adelaide, Australia
Areas of coverage include: Sports, disasters, breaking news
Contact information: dbwiki[at]gmail.com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 9457
Received accreditation: 08:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC

Location: Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: Politics, culture, arts, sociology, history
Contact information: steve.callaway@wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 1536
Received accreditation: 14:28, December 5, 2009

Location: Washington, DC, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Economics, Politics, and international trade. I would probably focus a  fair amount on the WTO, World Bank, and IMF.
Contact information: 
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Accredited Reporter No.: 23647
Received accreditation: 06:58, 12 October 2008(UTC)

Location: Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Areas of coverage include: Politics, environment
Contact information: seanheron@gmx.de
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Accredited Reporter No.: 7559
Received accreditation: 08:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: Enschede, Netherlands
Areas of coverage include: 
Contact information: vanderhoorn_at_the-email-service-Google-provides_dot_com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 11752
Received accreditation: 08:40, 16 April 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: Kent, England.
Contact information: 
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Accredited User No.: 6663
Location: Rabat, Morocco
Areas of coverage include: Politics, conflicts, crime, law, economy, business, health, human  rights, Middle East, Africa, Europe
Contact information: alexandrdmitriromanov@gmail.com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 117377
Received accreditation: 14:20, December 5, 2009 (UTC)

Location: London, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: Protests and grassroots politics
Contact information: [mailto:JulesMattsson+wn@googlemail.com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 
Received accreditation: 18:05, 3 January 2010

Location: Los Angeles area, California, United States
Areas of coverage include: California
Contact information: Via Wikinews, chaetodipus[at]gmail.com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 70202
Received accreditation: 01:45, 1 April 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: Politics & activism, popular culture, science & technology
Contact information: edmund.schluessel@wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 18761
Received accreditation: 22:21, 11 March 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: SoMa, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Breaking News, Tech-related articles
Contact information: terin.stock@wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 2488
Received accreditation: 23:02, 24 September 2006 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: North Carolina, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Science and technology, original reporting, etc.
Contact information: dodge.story@wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 6488
Received accreditation: 04:13, 21 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: All
Contact information: 
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Accredited Reporter No.: 104486
Received accreditation: 08:27, 20 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: Tuebingen, Germany
Areas of coverage include: EU, politics, literature, religion (see user page)
Contact information: AIM: Gwyndon
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Accredited Reporter No.: 3900
Received accreditation: 07:16, 27 September 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Local, Sports, some politics
Contact information: 
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Accredited Reporter No.: 22784
Received accreditation: 20:54, 14 August 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: Essex, England, United Kingdom
Areas of coverage include: Local, Sports,  some politics
Contact information: paul.williams@wikinewsie.org
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Accredited Reporter No.: 8508
Received accreditation: 18:16, 15 May 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
Areas of coverage include: Science, politics, science-fiction
Contact information: zelinsky@gmail.com
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Accredited Reporter No.: 7041
Received accreditation: 10:08, 23 December 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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