Five things we learned from Hacks/Hackers Berlin
Last night was the second Hacks|Hackers Berlin event trying to reboot journalism with journalists, coders and start-ups. Here are five things we learned.
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And the winner is... Aloha! Choosing a web editor...
WYSIWHAT? was a week of unconferencing and development workshops at Sourcefabric in Berlin that brought folks from Newscoop, Booktype, Superdesk, OERPUB, Connexions and Siyavula together to discuss the future of the WYSIWYG editor.
Read moreThe collaborative spectrum of writing a book in the browser
Collaboration on a book is a normal part of writing and producing a book, but there are several work models that a writer can choose from. Adam Hyde discusses the spectrum of collaborative book publishing.
Read moreAirtime software hits the 2012 Grassroots Radio Conference
Josh McLain reviews the 2012 Grassroots Radio Conference, relating his experience presenting Airtime software to American community and independent radio broadcasters.
Read moreFive mapping questions every news organisation should be asking
David Bauer of TagesWoche speaks to Sourcefabric about how geolocation mapping can be integrated into Newscoop software.
Read moreIs your CMS front page ready for breaking news?
Breaking news requires unique design in order to reflect the importance of news. How does your CMS and newsroom deal with the front page?
Read moreHacks/Hackers Berlin kicks off with speedpitches and start-ups
Germany's capital Berlin saw the launch of its inaugural Hacks/Hacker chapter last night at co.up in Kreuzberg. Around 40 coders, journalists, engineers, entrepreneurs and curious individuals attended.
Read moreAutomation is dead. Long live radio!
The Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre is one of the largest Free Software events in the French-speaking world. This year, the event was held in Geneva, Switzerland, with the European Broadcasting Union co-hosting the Media, Radio, Television and Professional Graphics track of the conference.
Read moreHow editors can work on their website like print editors work in InDesign
This short screencast shows you how to include the Aloha Editor (an HTML5 WYSIWYG editor) into your Newscoop templates and make it accessible only to editors with user rights to edit the content of a publication.
Read moreFrom Lagos to Maputo, an open source tool for citizen journalists
How can citizen journalism reports be verified and contextualised before being published? How can we allow anyone to submit a report, with both smart and 'dumb' phones? How can we reward quality citizen journalism with donations, paid assignments and kudos?
Read moreDesigning books in Booktype with some CSS trickery
Creating spotless book design is easier than you think. We will learn how to do this using the coding language CSS and the open source software Booktype.
Read moreWhich app should your newsroom build next?
Sourcefabric has begun development on our API for Newscoop. So we're asking journalists, developers and news consumers, which app should your newsroom develop next?
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