I agree to the use of cookies in accordance with the Sourcefabric Privacy Policy.

Support our media development efforts

Please note: due to the quarantine measures required by the coronavirus outbreak, we are unable to answer the phone in our Prague office. Please send an email to contact@sourcefabric.org and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.

Who, what, when, where and why

Get the latest news about Sourcefabric software, solutions and ideas.

Put Live Blog 2.0 to the test

by Theo Schwinke 28.08.2014
Fast moving stories like the recent unrest in Ferguson, Missouri need real-time coverage. | Photo Loavesofbread (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Fast moving stories like the recent unrest in Ferguson, Missouri need real-time coverage. | Photo Loavesofbread (CC BY-SA 4.0)

We’re looking for a few good journalists to test Live Blog 2.0 in real news situations and give us their unvarnished impressions.

Read more

Live Blog 2.0 stable is here!

by Sebastian Horn 26.08.2014
This is how it feels at the Berlin and Cluj offices right now. | Photo Jochen Jansen (CC BY-SA 3.0)
This is how it feels at the Berlin and Cluj offices right now. | Photo Jochen Jansen (CC BY-SA 3.0)

After weeks of intense testing and bug fixing, we are proud to release Live Blog 2.0 stable today. This version of our real time storytelling app makes it easy for publishers to have their live blogs indexed by search engines, which means that more readers will see and follow your stories.

Read more

We're going to Media Party (Karamu, fiesta, forever)

by Douglas Arellanes 21.08.2014
Media Party organizer Mariano Blejman and his wife Alejandra Dandan with co-organizer Mariana Berruezo and Douglas Arellanes at Media Party 2013.
Media Party organizer Mariano Blejman and his wife Alejandra Dandan with co-organizer Mariana Berruezo and Douglas Arellanes at Media Party 2013.

The schedule for Media Party 2014 reads like a who’s-who of open media. Meet tomorrow’s open media superstars while they’re still just hacker slobs like the rest of us.

Read more

Lessons from EuroPython 2014

by Peter Lamut 14.08.2014
Photo by Steven Lek (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Steven Lek (CC BY-SA 3.0)

EuroPython 2014 gave us some new ideas about concurrent programming and scientific computing in Python and how to further improve Sourcefabric’s everyday development.

Read more

Introducing the new Sourcefabric website

by Theo Schwinke 13.08.2014
Vladimir Stefanović, Aleksandar Jeličić and Darko Tomić making magic. | Photo by Ljuba Ranković
Vladimir Stefanović, Aleksandar Jeličić and Darko Tomić making magic. | Photo by Ljuba Ranković

Here at Sourcefabric, we spend a lot of time working on our code. This means we occasionally overlook other things, like eating, sleeping and generally looking presentable. Today we are making some overdue progress on that last point.

Read more

Citizen Desk: Connecting newsrooms to witnesses

by Douglas Arellanes 7.08.2014
Citizen Desk will help newsrooms verify user generated content. | Photo Anton Muhajir (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Citizen Desk will help newsrooms verify user generated content. | Photo Anton Muhajir (CC BY-NC 2.0)

We're making Citizen Desk a stable tool that anyone can use to collect and verify eyewitness media. Come have a look at our work-in-progress.

Read more

After SRCCON, much remains to be done

by Holman Romero 6.08.2014
Downtown Philadelphia | Photo Peter Jašek
Downtown Philadelphia | Photo Peter Jašek

More and more organizations are helping journalists improve their technical skills and understanding. We’re developing and distributing open source code. We’re spreading ideas. Just not fast enough.

Read more

Storyteller Update #6: Testing, testing ...

by Pete Haughie 24.07.2014
Storyteller development wraps up in time for Pete's holiday | Photo credit Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Storyteller development wraps up in time for Pete's holiday | Photo credit Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

This week we started testing Storyteller in earnest. I have no doubts that I will have a list of tasks as long as my arm when I come back from Greece. But I know I can go away safe in the knowledge that, although it's not perfect, it is slowly leaving the development studio.

Read more

Meet Holman Romero at SRCCON

by Anna Kozakova 22.07.2014
Our CTO Holman Romero is heading to SRCCON
Our CTO Holman Romero is heading to SRCCON

Here are some of the major technical developments we're working on these days and what to expect from Sourcefabric projects in the upcoming months.

Read more

Team profile: Veronika Divišová, head of strategic partnerships

by Anna Kozakova 18.07.2014
Veronika Divišová, Sourcefabric head of strategic partnerships
Veronika Divišová, Sourcefabric head of strategic partnerships

Veronika Divišová finds media organizations around the world who need technology, and then finds the funding to help build that technology for them and for the global community of open source users.

Read more

Journalism coders converge at SRCCON

by Holman Romero 15.07.2014
Philadelphia City Hall | Photo credit Flickr Michael Righi (CC BY 2.0)
Philadelphia City Hall | Photo credit Flickr Michael Righi (CC BY 2.0)

Sourcefabric is headed to the first ever SRCCON in Philadelphia, July 24-25. We're excited to meet with other newsroom innovators to share our experience and gain insight into other innovative development practices.

Read more