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Will the real Airtime please stand up?

by Adam Thomas 5.06.2012
Sourcefabric and Airtime love radio!
Sourcefabric and Airtime love radio!(photo: Adam Thomas)

There’s a new Airtime in town. So how can you tell the difference between our non-profit software for independent radio stations and Sean Parker's new start up?

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GEN and Sourcefabric announce live-blogging tool at News World Summit

by Adam Thomas 30.05.2012

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.

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Netgazeti, an independent voice in Georgia

by Jakub Górnicki 21.05.2012

Netgazeti, a leading independent voice in Georgia and one of Sourcefabric's long-term collaborators, has launched an exciting new version of their news platform as another Georgian journalist is arrested.

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Five ways to open source your newsroom

by Adam Thomas 26.04.2012
Newscoop 4's revamped geolocation tools. Credit Sourcefabric | CC BY-NC-SA.
Newscoop 4's revamped geolocation tools. Credit Sourcefabric | CC BY-NC-SA.

Involving readers in news production builds lasting relationships. One of the focuses of Newscoop 4's development was engaging and managing community contribution. So, how can you use Newscoop 4 and a dash of workflow ingenuity to involve your readers more?

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Your guide to what's new in Newscoop 4.

by Adam Thomas 25.04.2012
Newscoop 4's revamped geolocation tools. Credit Sourcefabric | CC BY-NC-SA.
Newscoop 4's revamped geolocation tools. Credit Sourcefabric | CC BY-NC-SA.

Newscoop 4, Sourcefabric's free, open source CMS for news includes new themes, geolocation tools, comment management, community management, a Soundcloud plugin and much more. Here's the full changelog.

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How people can teach publishers how to work with electronic media.

by Adam Hyde 18.04.2012

Online book production can open up very interesting new production models for books. Most interesting, of course, is the ability to collaborate with people from all over the world to produce a book. It seems that the 'public' is ready for this idea and inherently understand the proposition. However, it also seems that publishers often don't see the opportunities...

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Airtime wins award for social change at Guardian Megas

by Adam Thomas 23.03.2012
И награду получает... Airtime! За лучшее использование технологий для социальных перемен. (Adam Thomas CC BY-NC-SA)
И награду получает... Airtime! За лучшее использование технологий для социальных перемен. (Adam Thomas CC BY-NC-SA)(photo: Adam Thomas)

Airtime and Resonance104.4FM won a Guardian Mega in London last night! The Guardian Awards for Digital Innovation reward "the best technology start-ups, innovative app designers and inspirational tech gurus." Previous winners include the BBC's iPlayer, Scraperwiki, Shutl, and Fairshare Music. Airtime won in the category 'Best use of technology for social change.'

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Investigating eco-journalism in Lagos, Nigeria

by Adam Thomas 13.03.2012
Post no bills. CC BY-NC-SA Adam Thomas.
Post no bills. CC BY-NC-SA Adam Thomas.(photo: Adam Thomas)

J-Hub is an international peer-to-peer journalism education and (software) development workshop series. It was launched in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2011. The next workshop will take place in 2012, with a focus on game-based eco-journalism.

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