OPEN SOURCE
TOOLS FOR
JOURNALISM

• Robots in the newsroom: The good, the bad and the (un)ethical

  
  

  

  Gregory Bruno
  published 9th October

  To technologists, and some news executives, automation is key to saving a struggling industry, as it promises to deliver news faster and in more targeted ways. But Thomas Kent, a journalism professor at Columbia University and a former CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, cautions that such...

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• The Future of Open-Source Software in Journalism

  
  

  

  Gregory Bruno
  published 11th September

  Sourcefabric founder Sava Tactić recently spoke with Vahe Arabian, host of the State of Digital Publishing podcast, to discuss the myriad ways that open-source technologies are changing the news business.

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• Nettavisen: Using Live Blog to promote reader engagement and media literacy

  
  

  

  Anna Rohleder
  published 3rd September

  Norwegian online news site Nettavisen has used Live Blog to cover news events that generate a lot of discussion, such as the Premier League football player trading season, as well as the controversial trial of domestic terrorist Anders Behring Breivik in 2012.

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• Helping Independent Media Make Global HDLNs

  
  

  

  Gregory Bruno
  published 23rd August

  Consolidations and budget cuts have damaged the quality and quantity of news around the world. In Brazil, a group of journalists is working to solve this universal problem and is using Sourcefabric’s technology to do it.

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