Wikinews ndi tsamba laulere la wiki komanso pulojekiti ya Wikimedia Foundation. Tsambali limagwira ntchito pogwiritsa ntchito utolankhani wogwirizana. Woyambitsa nawo Wikipedia Jimmy Wales adasiyanitsa Wikipedia ndi Wikipedia ponena kuti "pa Wikinews, nkhani iliyonse iyenera kulembedwa ngati nkhani yankhani kusiyana ndi nkhani ya encyclopedia." Malingaliro osalowerera ndale omwe adakhazikitsidwa mu Wikipedia amawasiyanitsa ndi zoyeserera zautolankhani za nzika monga Indymedia ndi OhmyNews. Mosiyana ndi ma projekiti ambiri a Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia imalola ntchito yoyambirira pansi pamalipoti oyambira ndi zoyankhulana.