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The best of 2015 in the life of Sourcefabric

by Micz Flor 18.12.2015
The top 10 moments from 2015
The top 10 moments from 2015

Before we embark on 2016, we would like to thank you for playing a part in our history and take a moment to reflect on 2015. Brought to you in a new longform format using our Storyteller theme for Newscoop, here's a collection of 10 of the greatest moments from this past year. We hope you enjoy!

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Sourcefabric provides tools for SHIFT. SHAPE. MOBILIZE. 2015

by Julia Vernersson, Letizia Gambini 17.12.2015
21 special bloggers attending the Shift. Shape. Mobilize. workshop in Berlin. Photo: Nikolay Vdovenko
21 special bloggers attending the Shift. Shape. Mobilize. workshop in Berlin. Photo: Nikolay Vdovenko

At Sourcefabric, we always look forward to sharing our tools with bright people who have brilliant ideas. So, when the bpb (in English: Federal Agency for Civic Education) approached us to partner with them and n-ost to organise a workshop for bloggers we were more than up for it. That's how we got 21 bloggers together in Berlin for the tools & skills workshop SHIFT. SHAPE. MOBILIZE. 

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Not your grandma's newsroom management system

by Emma Van Sant 15.12.2015

One thing we can say for certain is that we are uncertain about the future of the news industry. Trends come and go and there is no silver bullet for keeping an online newsroom competitive. So unless you’ve got a crystal ball tucked away somewhere, I'm placing my money on Superdesk, a future-proof newsroom management system.

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Activist Radio: a watchtower for human rights in Armenia

by Eva Dangendorf 10.12.2015
Yerevan, Armenia | Photo by: Marco Zanferrari (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Yerevan, Armenia | Photo by: Marco Zanferrari (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Ashkhuzhak (activist) radio was launched in September 2015 as one of the radio stations of the microwav.fm project. It runs on Airtime and Newscoop and is an independent radio platform managed and hosted by three civil right pioneers in Armenia. Their goal is to work for human rights and drive progress for civil rights and diversity in Armenian society. 

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Live Blog 3.0 enables delivering real news in real time

by Letizia Gambini 8.12.2015
User interface of Climate News Mosaic Live Blog
User interface of Climate News Mosaic Live Blog

Today we announce the release of Live Blog 3.0 stable version, a completely revamped version of our open source live blogging software. Live Blog answers to the needs of media organisations and journalists covering breaking news or any other fast-paced event, such as the current UN Climate talks in Paris, or the celebrations of this year’s Polish National Day.

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Live Blog 3.0 stable and the secret to improving any software

by Karel Petrák 8.12.2015
Climate News Mosaic is currently using Live Blog 3.0 to cover the UN climate conference in Paris, France
Climate News Mosaic is currently using Live Blog 3.0 to cover the UN climate conference in Paris, France

Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been working hard to make sure to release the first stable version of Live Blog 3.0. Today we announce the release of Live Blog 3.0, a completely revamped and stable version of our open source live blogging software, which brings you a redesigned UI, responsive embed codes, user roles for better newsroom collaboration, drafts and contributions for creating and editing content before it gets published and much more.

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Sourcefabric joins IPTC, the global standards body of news media

by Letizia Gambini 27.11.2015
The first open source newsroom system to fully embrace IPTC standards: Superdesk | Photo from IPTC website
The first open source newsroom system to fully embrace IPTC standards: Superdesk | Photo from IPTC website

We are proud to announce that Sourcefabric became an associate member of the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) in November of 2015. IPTC is the Global Standards Body of the News Media, bringing together over 50 companies, organisations and associations from the news industry.

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Glocal transparent reporting on climate change with Live Blog

by Magdalena Klein 26.11.2015
Climate changes are affecting a lot of areas of human activities, even coastal fishing communities in Bangladesh are vulnerable to flooding from sea-level rises I Photo by Michael Foley, World Bank - ARD, (CC BY 3.0)
Climate changes are affecting a lot of areas of human activities, even coastal fishing communities in Bangladesh are vulnerable to flooding from sea-level rises I Photo by Michael Foley, World Bank - ARD, (CC BY 3.0)

The 21st United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place between 30 November to 11 December in Paris and the Climate News Mosaic’s team will cover the whole duration of the UN-led climate change negotiations.

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Podcasting and Facebook for Airtime Pro

by Albert Santoni 24.11.2015
Take your station to the next level with two brand new features, a built-in podcasting feed and the Facebook player widget. Reach more listeners, enhance your station and share content between stations, all with a few clicks.
Take your station to the next level with two brand new features, a built-in podcasting feed and the Facebook player widget. Reach more listeners, enhance your station and share content between stations, all with a few clicks.

Take your station to the next level with two brand new features, a built-in podcasting feed and the Facebook player widget. Reach more listeners, enhance your station and share content between stations, all in a few clicks.

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Hacks/Hackers Berlin #28: Trolls, journalism and image verification

by Letizia Gambini 19.11.2015
Hacks/Hackers #28 on trolls, journalism and image verification | Photo: Douglas Arellanes
Hacks/Hackers #28 on trolls, journalism and image verification | Photo: Douglas Arellanes

Ever had to deal with trolls online? Have you ever thought about how trolls could affect the work and life of journalists? Ever wondered if the solution could be to be a good troll? It increasingly seems that we are surrounded by trolls. Trolls are people online who deliberately seek to provoke their interlocutor in comments, chats, forums, etc.

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Verified Pixel: making image verification as easy as not verifying

by Douglas Arellanes 16.11.2015
Image verification made easy | Photo: Bart Everson CC BY 2.0
Image verification made easy | Photo: Bart Everson CC BY 2.0

Eyewitness reports have become a regular source of information for the world’s media, one of the things we have observed in our work in this space is that not enough organisations are actively involved in verifying the reports they receive.

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