In conjunction with my investigative journalism module, I want to blog Wikileaks, which shows how a wiki can help journalism (unlike Wikipedia, which leaks accuracy like an incompetent colander each time some "prankster" or Internet troll makes an edit to declare that George Bush is dead or Mars is full of Amy Winehouse's fag ends).
It's a submission site for leaked documents.
The site makes clear how the shortcomings (and they are legion) of Wikipedia are avoided by Wikileaks. Although the same wiki is used, the sites are not related.
Wikileaks is not like Wikipedia. Every submitted article and change is reviewed by our editorial team of professional journalists and anti-corruption analysts. Articles that are not of high standard are rejected and non-editorial articles are fully attributed. If you are unsure about the attribution for an article or other information appearing contact the editor. Open commentary is restricted to Talk: pages, clearly labeled as such in their title heading.
You can submit documents here. The site is also safe for whistleblowers.
Wikileaks incorporates advanced cryptographic technologies to ensure anonymity and untraceability. Those who provide leaked information may face severe risks, whether of political repercussions, legal sanctions or physical violence. Accordingly, sophisticated cryptographic and postal techniques are used to minimize the risks that anonymous sources face.
For the technically minded, Wikileaks integrates technologies including modified versions of MediaWiki, OpenSSL, FreeNet, Tor, PGP and software of our own design.
Wikileaks information is distributed across many jurisdictions, organizations and individuals. Once a document is leaked it is essentially impossible to censor.
Example of documents on Wikileaks:
Project Wing: Northen Rock Executive Summary.
Support Wikileaks-many want to attack the site.
I should point out Bill Thompson of the BBC disagrees with the site's supporters.
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