Newscoop sourcefabric

Open source CMS for news.

Developed and used by news organisations like Switzerland’s TagesWoche, ElPeriódico de Guatemala and Yemen Times, Newscoop 4 aims to help independent news organisations manage online publications, enrich content and find new audiences.

Intelligent media archives, drag-and-drop front page management and a range of citizen journalist tools allow journalists to gather, compile and share news easily and effectively.

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  • Streamlined article creation and editing Streamlined article creation and editing
  • Drag-and-drop front page management Drag-and-drop front page management
  • Manage and add new Themes with one click Manage and add new Themes with one click
  • Edit and place images with intelligent image management Edit and place images with intelligent image management
  • Centralised media archive for journalists Centralised media archive for journalists
  • Manage citizen reports, images and videos Manage citizen reports, images and videos
  • Community management tools as standard Community management tools as standard
  • Dynamic maps give locations to your news Dynamic maps give locations to your news
  • Comment moderation in one easy interface Comment moderation in one easy interface
  • Related Articles allow you to thematically link news items Related Articles allow you to thematically link news items
  • Build beautiful video and picture slideshows Build beautiful video and picture slideshows
  • Dashboard with articles, news feeds and map search Dashboard with articles, news feeds and map search
  • The New Custodian theme front page The New Custodian theme front page
  • The New Custodian theme article page The New Custodian theme article page
  • The New Custodian theme section page The New Custodian theme section page
  • Add debates and polls for great engagement Add debates and polls for great engagement
  • Create news workflows with user permissions Create news workflows with user permissions
  • Localize the interface easily into any language Localize the interface easily into any language
  • Make your site as multilingual as you want Make your site as multilingual as you want
  • Import your Wordpress blog into Newscoop Import your Wordpress blog into Newscoop
  • Manage user contact information and permissions Manage user contact information and permissions
  • Upload to SoundCloud and browse your audio archive Upload to SoundCloud and browse your audio archive

  • "The things that I liked most working with Sourcefabric were the easy-going co-operation during the design process, the efficiency of their problem-solving and their openness towards unconventional ideas from the editorial team."

    Remo Leupin Chief Co-Editor, TagesWoche
  • "Working with Sourcefabric, Newscoop and open source technology has provided us with an opportunity. We're glad to know we're pioneering something that will become widespread."

    Peter Kahler Station Manager, WADR
  • "In addition to excellent consulting, Sourcefabric provides many different services including secure, cost-effective hosting. They really understood how important high quality journalism is."

    Nestan Tsetskhladze Editor-in-Chief, Netgazeti

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  • News Optimised

    Made by journalists, for journalists, Newscoop allows you to structure your content in issues, sections and different article types and manage subscribers’ access. Perfect for periodicals.

  • Media Archive

    You invest in creating content, so a centralised media archive that handles video, images and files is vital. Newscoop 4's media archive stores media and vital metadata, meaning your news team are just a click away from adding great visual content to their articles.

  • Intelligent Images

    Great photography is a must for the modern online news site - one article's photo can appear in many places - front page, articles, thumbnails. Newscoop helps your journalists get it right every time, by providing an easy interface to view and edit how the image will look on every part of the site.

  • Dynamic Maps

    Geolocation is an asset. It allows for more detailed forms of content production and opens up new location-based revenue streams. Newscoop 4 allows journalists to effortlessly attach one or more locations to an article and then overlay this data onto their preferred map service.

  • New themes

    News sites' design needs are so unique and important that we wrote our templating language for them. It's powerful, flexible and ensures that every site can not only look different, but can also work differently.

     

  • Citizen Journalism

    Newscoop 4's community tools allow citizens to become an integral part of news gathering and sharing, creating deeper relationships with them. Newscoop allows visitors to sign up for a profile, comment on articles and even follow topics.

  • Front Page Management

    Breaking news is online media's forte and Newscoop is designed to make the process of rearranging your front page easy through a drag and drop interface. Journalists and editors have the option of adding every article to the front page, and then simply dragging that article around to determine where on the page it appears.

  • Adaptive CSS

    Delivering suitable content to all devices allows you to tell a special story to every individual reader. Newscoop's advanced browser detection allows you to customise your content down to the level of individual advertisment campaigns for specific devices. Lift the spirits of your web designers and take advantage of absolute control over your client's experience.


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