User:GRuban/Shankbone
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David Shankbone is the pseudonym of David Miller, an amateur journalist, photographer, and editor for the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
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David Shankbone | |
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Born | David Miller |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Colorado, Fordham Law School |
Occupation | paralegal |
Known for | amateur photography and amateur journalism |
Website | http://blog.Shankbone.org |
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Shankbone has been called Wikinews star reporter by the Columbia Journalism Review and a leading Wikipedia editor by Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post.[1][2][3] His Creative Commons-licensed photographs of over 500 people illustrate an estimated 4000 Wikipedia articles, and have been reused on numerous blogs throughout the Internet.[4][5] In December 2007, Shankbone became the first citizen journalist to interview a sitting head of state, Israeli President Shimon Peres.[6]