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If a site such as a wiki is used as the platform of a community, it might make sense to put "news" on a collective community blog. All members of the community can blog there. Some communities have only a blog such as KuroShin or SlashDot, while others have used an additional blog to promote the community aspect:

Have a dedicated place to put news
Automatically show the latest pieces of news on a journal page using TransClusion -- possibly the front page of the site
Old news automatically drops off the journal page but remains accessible via search and archives
Channels thread mode contributions
Encourages personal information like an OnlineDiary but focused on the community, not on the private lives of community members

The EmacsWiki has a [news page] to do this, and uses two extra links in the goto-bar to give people access to the DatePages for "today" and "yesterday".

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