OPEN SOURCE
TOOLS FOR
JOURNALISM

• Innovation on a Shoestring: Lessons from microwav.fm

  
  

  

  Anna Rohleder
  published 13th October

  Media innovation isn’t just about new technologies. It’s also about being creative with existing ones.

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• Why Open Source is Good News for the News Media

  
  

  

  Karel Petrák
  published 13th September

  One of the few certainties in today’s rapidly changing media environment is that news organisations need allies. Small and medium-sized operations in particular, and independent journalism outlets in general, have to find creative ways to survive in an environment of increasing consolidation and...

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• Project Update: An Open-Source Payment Hub for Independent Media

  
  

  

  Anna Rohleder
  published 17th August

  A digital subscriber database and a CRM solution are key components for news organisations aiming to deliver value to their readers.

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• 5 Reasons the Future of Software is Open Source

  
  

  

  Anthony Covalciuc
  published 19th July

  Open source is a proven alternative to proprietary commercial software in a variety of sectors, and it’s growing fast.

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• Closing a Chapter on Newscoop, Our Original Newsroom Management System

  
  

  

  Paweł Mikołajczuk
  published 20th June

  The team that worked on Newscoop has moved on to Superdesk Publisher, our next-generation platform for digital journalism. As of September 2017, we will no longer be developing or supporting Newscoop ourselves, although the code will remain available to be forked on GitHub. As we close this...

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