What We’ve Been Reading and Sharing — Sept. 15–30
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), Instagram (@sourcefabric_org), LinkedIn (sourcefabric) and, of course, here on Medium.
With so many new developments and changes taking place in the industry, we want to help you keep track with a bi-weekly roundup of the most popular stories we are reading and sharing with the community.
Sourcefabric News:
Our release of Superdesk Publisher 2.0 is a big step forward for our digital-native publishing extension. Read about all the exciting improvements here: http://bit.ly/2mV34D9
Here’s a short video tour of some of the cool new collaboration features we’ve added to Superdesk Editor 3.0, including inline comments, document versioning and annotations. http://bit.ly/2AAMX0P
It used to be that when a publisher wanted to replace their news outlet’s content-management system, they faced some version of this question: to buy or build? But thanks to open-source software, that question has now become obsolete. http://bit.ly/2mdq3IP by Sava Tatić
How to Start a College Radio Station: We walk you through the basic steps of launching a radio station at your college or high school. http://bit.ly/2mVb1bt
Introducing our seamless integration of Rocket Broadcaster. Anytime you want to broadcast live on your Airtime Pro online radio station, you’ll be able to do it with just one click. http://bit.ly/32NTAZM
Sourcefabric is hiring: We are looking for a Front-End Developer for our Belgrade office who is passionate about open source, and loves web and UI development. http://bit.ly/2lsorL8 Check out our other jobs listings here: http://bit.ly/2kNTuRk
Education, Journalism Skills, Funding:
New reports out from @INN and @MediaFunders show that nonprofit news outlets aren’t relying as heavily on foundations — but journalism philanthropy continues to grow. http://bit.ly/304lxPU by @newsbyschmidt via @niemanlab
Most journalists use Google daily, but search engines only show about 4% of the content that is actually available online. At #GIJC19, researcher & trainer Albrecht Ude shared tips on harvesting the deep web. http://bit.ly/2m5hOPv via @GIJN
Covering Climate
As part of @CoveringClimate, @TheEconomist has devoted this week’s entire issue to one subject: the climate emergency. http://bit.ly/30dOvNf by @MarcelaKunova via @journalismnews
Immigration, EU, climate change: how 16 media outlets helped 16,200 readers with opposing views meet and talk to foster dialogue and counter the extreme polarisation of European political debate. http://bit.ly/2mntTzp by @MarcelaKunova via @journalismnews
Personalisation, Subscriptions, Membership
How do you measure the success of a news site’s membership program @membershippzzle’s latest report takes a deep dive into how they measure the success of loyalty programs. http://bit.ly/2mcjlDa by @emilyroseman1
Personalisation is seen as the future of news platforms, and those who don’t transition from the broadcasting model to the personalised model are seen as likely to struggle, if not perish. But is it really that simple?http://bit.ly/34OsNOR by @InsightsPeople via @StateofDigitalP
How publishers get their reporters to drive subscriptions: pageviews and unique users are out; measuring influence and efficiency are in. For many, the answer is to simply raise awareness of what is working among reporters. http://bit.ly/30kPag0 by @maxwillens via @Digiday
Investigative Reporting, Misinformation
Many of the world’s most famous brands unwittingly spend at least $87M/yr on Google ads for websites that actively seek to misinform with pseudo science, extremism and conspiracy theories, says a new @DisinfoIndex study. http://bit.ly/2mFxFE6 by @isocockerell via @CodaStory
A new @dw_akademie publication showcases nine media outlets from across the globe spearheading investigative reporting. They prove investigative journalism can mean business, even under the most difficult circumstances. http://bit.ly/2ndqtzt
Open Source, Tech, Tools
AP has open sourced its DataKit, a robust project management tool that makes it easier for newsrooms and journalists to collaborate on data-driven journalism. It’s free to download and available for anyone to use. http://bit.ly/32EwxAs
Find out about the open-source tools Slovak startup @dennikN used to custom build a CRM that helped them segment their audience and target readers with the right messaging, helping them grow their subscription base to 42.000. http://bit.ly/31V2R1O via @ejcnet
Journalism Conferences
The 11th Global Investigative Journalism Conference took place last week (Sept. 25–29), and @gijn has pulled together an archive of videos and resources from the gathering of more than 1,500 journalists from around the world. http://bit.ly/2nrH4zI #GIJC19
For those who couldn’t make it to New Orleans for @ONA’s big 20th-anniversary conference earlier this month, they’ve conveniently archived transcripts, podcasts and videos of sessions. http://bit.ly/2Luh9AZ #ONA19
