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Gregory Kohs was Examiner.com's only citizen journalist assigned to exclusively cover Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation.  Kohs held this role from July 2010 until July 2016, when Examiner closed down due to financial insolvency.  Over that span of time, he published 90 different articles which collectively received over 80,000 page views.  Archived copies of these articles are kept here for posterity.
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[[Directory:Gregory J. Kohs|Gregory Kohs]] was Examiner.com's only citizen journalist assigned to exclusively cover Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation.  Kohs held this role from July 2010 until July 2016, when Examiner closed down due to financial insolvency.  Over that span of time, he published 90 different articles which collectively received over 80,000 page views.  Archived copies of these articles are kept here for posterity.
    
==National Wiki Edits Examiner==
 
==National Wiki Edits Examiner==
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* '''[http://archive.is/Wd3Y5 Wikipedia rejects name for South Beach neighborhood]''' - May 25, 2011
 
* '''[http://archive.is/Wd3Y5 Wikipedia rejects name for South Beach neighborhood]''' - May 25, 2011
''On the afternoon of May 18, a Miami-based executive specializing in hotel real estate wanted to give a name to the famously ritzy section of South Beach along Collins Avenue, between 24th and 15th Streets. We know this...''
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''On the afternoon of May 18, a Miami-based executive specializing in hotel real estate wanted to give a name to the famously ritzy section of South Beach along Collins Avenue, between 24th and 15th Streets. We know this...'' ([http://archive.is/ERNlf map]) ([http://archive.is/nzK1r photo])
    
* '''[http://archive.is/EoNWk Wikimedia Foundation and its CTO no longer fit]''' - June 6, 2011
 
* '''[http://archive.is/EoNWk Wikimedia Foundation and its CTO no longer fit]''' - June 6, 2011
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* '''[http://archive.is/S8xTF Wikimedia Foundation board does not change]''' - June 22, 2011
 
* '''[http://archive.is/S8xTF Wikimedia Foundation board does not change]''' - June 22, 2011
''The non-profit foundation that is responsible for Wikipedia and multitudes of smaller sister projects announced the results last week of its board of trustees election. As reported earlier here at Examiner, the foundation determined that its best interests...''
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''The non-profit foundation that is responsible for Wikipedia and multitudes of smaller sister projects announced the results last week of its board of trustees election. As reported earlier here at Examiner, the foundation determined that its best interests...'' ([http://archive.is/Lh0F8 photo 1]) ([http://archive.is/IBev2 photo 2]) ([http://archive.is/6TaQl photo 3])
    
* '''[http://archive.is/5HFwQ Wikipedia reveals Top 10 most contentious people]''' - July 11, 2011
 
* '''[http://archive.is/5HFwQ Wikipedia reveals Top 10 most contentious people]''' - July 11, 2011
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* '''[http://archive.is/WPcNc Wikimedia UK trustee finds his hands tied]''' - November 29, 2011
 
* '''[http://archive.is/WPcNc Wikimedia UK trustee finds his hands tied]''' - November 29, 2011
''Earlier this month the new charitable organization, Wikimedia UK, received its government clearance to operate as a non-profit in the United Kingdom. The mission of the Wikimedia UK, a spin-off from the San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation...'' (alternate [http://archive.is/KRLef link])
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''Earlier this month the new charitable organization, Wikimedia UK, received its government clearance to operate as a non-profit in the United Kingdom. The mission of the Wikimedia UK, a spin-off from the San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation...'' (alternate [http://archive.is/KRLef link] with photo)
    
* '''[http://archive.is/LT9cw Wikimedia UK stonewalling effort to see documents]''' - December 20, 2011
 
* '''[http://archive.is/LT9cw Wikimedia UK stonewalling effort to see documents]''' - December 20, 2011