:To answer your question, "Who cares who is the person that asked the question."—you do. That's why you have a the appearance of COI. It's not a big deal, but I think you should use the talk page. As Jimbo said, "it would be best to avoid any appearance of impropriety if Wikinews reporters refrain from citing their own work in Wikipedia. I would say the same thing for New York Times reporters."  ''''