Top 10: What We’ve Been Reading and Sharing, Feb. 2020

Each day Sourcefabric shares on social media a wide range of stories affecting the converging worlds of journalism and technology. If you haven’t had the opportunity, be sure to follow us on Twitter (@Sourcefabric), Facebook (Sourcefabric), YouTube (Sourcefabric), LinkedIn (sourcefabric) and, of course, here on Medium.

Our monthly Top 10 list is based upon the number of impressions each story received on Twitter, with №1 being the top post of the month.

1. @60Minutes broadcast an interview with @Bellingcat founder @EliotHiggins about the open-source investigative methods his organisation used to uncover evidence in the downing of flight MH17, which led back to a Russian military brigade. View the interview here: https://buff.ly/2vX4oJQ (27,807 impressions)
2. With the #coronavirus outbreak worsening as it spreads to more countries, disinformation about the #healthcrisis is proliferating. @journtoolbox has put together a list of accurate resources for journalists tracking the latest developments. http://bit.ly/3810H37 #CoVid19 (4,291)
3. A new tool from @muckrack called Trends offers a fascinating window into what journalists around the world are writing about at any given time. Searches can include between 1 and 6 topics and cover custom or preset timeframes. http://bit.ly/31Ps92s by @itsren via @Poynter (2,721)
4. Read what @cmscritic wrote about Superdesk, our open-source, headless CMS: “An incredibly powerful Content Management System and creation tool that really does live up to the idea of being created for journalists by journalists.” http://bit.ly/378Kg4c (1,177)
5. As an affiliate member of the Open Source Initiative, we’d like to wish @OpenSourceOrg a Happy 22nd Birthday. Read all about how they got started and the fascinating history of #OSI: http://bit.ly/2Unct4B (1,155)
6. When it comes to protecting you and your sources from commercial spyware, using open-source programs with encryption can be the best line of defence. @gijn lists the best open-source alternatives to @WhatsApp, @Skype, @gmail, @Dropbox and more. http://bit.ly/38D5I38 (1,016)
7. Growing revenues is a top priority for publishers around the world. @wnip has put together 5 charts that illustrate the latest in digital subscription trends. http://bit.ly/2uukiLj by @damianradcliffe (801)
8. Python is “the big kahuna” of programming languages. Its clean, English-like syntax is easy for non-programmers to learn and understand. @TechRepublic walks us through why it’s a natural for coding newbies, and where to learn it online. https://tek.io/37psUAi by @EstherShein (730)
9. In the past few months, several big publishers have considerably upped their game on climate change coverage. The latest initiative is Bloomberg Green (@climate), a daily site promising in-depth news on climate change and the “green revolution”. https://bloom.bg/36OC1uc (700)
10. It’s no surprise that Finland was recently rated Europe’s most resistant nation to fake news. A secondary school curriculum was introduced in 2016 with a core, cross-subject component for info literacy and critical thinking. http://bit.ly/36PZKtJ by @jonhenley via @guardian (651)