Statement on the Closure of Australian Associated Press (AAP)
We are dismayed by the decision on the part of AAP’s shareholders to close the country’s primary news agency.
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How To Customise Your Airtime Pro Radio Page
Customising the look and functionality of your online radio station is a great way to get your branding message across and forge a deeper connection with your audience.
Read moreRegistration, Retention, and Recommendation: 2020’s Top Trends in Newsroom Tech
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University has published its Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions 2020. Given our focus on open-source tools for journalism, here are our top takeaways.
Read moreIn the news: Sourcefabric speaks to the future of journalism tech
Anna Rohleder, Sourcefabric’s communications director, discusses news-technology development and the future of open-source software with German daily Kobinet-Nachrichten.
Read moreMetrics in the Newsroom: Introducing the Superdesk Analytics Module
Unlike many CMSs, which jettison production data at the end of publishing, in Superdesk, those bytes are saved and reused by the Analytics Module, helping newsroom managers answer key questions about their internal operations.
Read morePress Release: Superdesk Analytics Module to Debut at Prague Media Point Journalism Conference
Developed in partnership with the Australian Associated Press, the Analytics Module is designed to help newsrooms powered by Superdesk, our open-source newsroom management software, answer key questions about their production processes.
Read moreWhy Photo Metadata Matters
With updates to photo metadata standards, the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) is strengthening revenue streams for photo agencies and photographers, and improving how consumers interact with images online.
Read morePlanning the Planning Component: How IPTC Standards Influence Our Software
While every newsroom operates differently, at its core, the news-making process can be codified. For software developers, those standardised bits of data are the equivalent of digital gold.
Read morePress Release: Sourcefabric Managing Director to Speak on Journalism Technology at Media Days Munich
Sava Tatić, Sourcefabric co-founder and Managing Director, will join a panel of media-industry innovators at Medientage München (Media Days Munich) this week to discuss trends in open-source software development for journalism.
Read moreKeeping Tabs on Trends in Newsroom Tech
New research finds that even as a growing number of journalists embrace digital tools to do their work and connect with readers, news managers are often reluctant to invest in innovation.
Read moreRobots in the newsroom: The good, the bad and the (un)ethical
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 black and white assessments ignore the risks of dangerous data.
Read moreSolving Journalism’s Buy or Build Quandary with a Collaborative CMS
It used to be that when a publisher wanted to replace their news outlet’s content-management system, they faced some version of this question: to buy or build? But thanks to open-source software, that question has now become obsolete.
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