Frequently Asked Questions
What is Newslines?
Newslines is a site where ordinary people can come together to make and read interactive news timelines that combines the best parts of daily news sites and Wikipedia
What is the aim of Newslines?
Newslines aims to organize all the world’s news. You can use Newslines to find all kinds of news about celebrities, sportspeople, teams, politicians, products, and companies.
Why would I want to use Newslines?
You’ll save time by getting no-nonsense, fact-based summaries of the news that’s important to you. You’ll also be able to see the complete news history of any topic.
Unlike other news sites we go beyond “hard news” and include YouTube performances and interviews, important tweets and other information to give a full view of the news about any topic.
How is Newslines unbiased?
Newslines’ contributors strip out all bias to create a just-thefact summary, a quotation, information about who participated in the event, and other unbiasd data.
- In Alabama, Trump refuses to heed calls for gun control — Left-leaning headline
- Trump Alabama rally vows to protect 2nd Amendment – Right-leaning headline
- Trump gives a speech in Alabama about the issue of guns – Unbiased headline
What does crowdsourced mean?
Crowdsourced means that the site is not made by journalists, but by ordinary people like you, who come together to add news events into the site.
Some topics don’t have much information
Rght now, we are concentrating on news about Elon Musk, and his companies. Once we get that n good shape. we will move on to other topics.
How do I become a contributor?
First, go to our welcome page to get information on how Newslines works. Then, when you are ready, submit a news event for consideration. If it meets our standards, then you will be invited into the community.
What is a news event?
News events are can include life events (such as births, deaths, marriages), movie appearances, YouTube performances, important Twitter announcements, TV interviews, crime reports or match reports. Our system then organizes the summaries into news timelines, called “newslines”.
I am a fan of X. Can I make a newsline about them?
Of course. We are happy to have you contribute anything, especailly if you are a fan and can share your work with other fans.
Can I make a Newsline page about myself, or my company?
You can only make a newsline about yourself or your own company if you or the company have been in the news. We will delete any newslines that do not use reliable sources.
What kind of sources are acceptable?
Each post on Newslines should have a link to an original news story. Usually these will come from news sites, but they may come from press releases, interviews, YouTube posts, Twitter posts, and news from blogs and other sources.
How does Newslines make money?
Newslines sells advertising and (coming soon) ad-free subscriptions. We do not sell your data to third-parties.
Who founded Newslines?
Newslines was founded by Mark & Mary Devlin. Mark and Mary have been involved in magazine and web publishing for many years. After moving to Japan in 1989, in 1993 they founded Metropolis magazine, Japan’s No 1 English magazine; and in 2000 the founded japantoday.com, the world’s largest news and information site about Japan in English. The moved to the U.S. in 2007 and back to Scotland in 2016.