Open software for open media. Starting with a summer of collaborative projects, #newsbeta is an initiative that will help coders and non-coders work together to build tools for amazing independent media organisations.
Information Architect's latest blogpost on the Neuen Zürcher Zeitung confirmed the web design agency's blog as one of my favourites out there. So, why do I like iA?
Sourcefabric have been building a new open source live-blogging tool for newsrooms and journalists. GEN Live Desk arose from a Google-supported GEN Editor's Lab, where journalists from the BBC, the Guardian, Le Monde, Voralberger Nachrichten and Zeit Online contributed to its design.
news:rewired – media in motion looked at the latest tools, strategies and approaches in online journalism and the use of digital technologies for innovative news production, with a focus on social and mobile developments. Sourcefabric was there.
Superdesk is a newsroom tool made by Sourcefabric which will offer new ways to source, manage, verify, process and present the facts behind a story. Not only this, but Superdesk will allow that story to be broadcast from any platform and medium available.