Sourcefabric Services News

Yemen Times launches news platform, restores lost archive using Newscoop

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:16:45 +0100

Yemen Times, the country's first and most widely-read independent English-language newspaper, has launched their new website yementimes.com and has begun to restore the largest online news database in Yemen. Having experienced severe technical difficulties that threatened the newspaper's online existence for more than two years, the newspaper collaborated with open source software developers Sourcefabric to build an entirely new platform.

Airtime Pro Provides New Hosting, Streaming and Support Service For Radio

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:55:30 +0100

Sourcefabric has announced a new radio hosting and streaming service called Airtime Pro. Built on their successful open source software, which has been downloaded over 12,000 times this year, Airtime Pro delivers a ready-to-broadcast, cloud-hosted version of the Linux-based application. Installation, set-up, upgrades, security updates, server maintenance and worldwide technical support all come included in the range of packages which start at $59.95 a month.

Sourcefabric announces newsroom tool for independent media

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:23:16 +0100

Sourcefabric has announced it has begun work on a new software called Superdesk, which joins Airtime and Newscoop in its suite of free, open source tools for independent media. Superdesk's aim is to allow news organisations to build flexible, scalable newsrooms and deliver content to any available platform. Superdesk has been nominated as a finalist in the Ashoka Changemakers Citizen Media Innovation award.

Journalism goes open source at Mediafabric in Prague

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:34:04 +0100

Mediafabric 2011 saw over 250 guests arrive from five continents this weekend in Prague to explore new ideas at the intersection of journalism and open technology. The one day conference and two day hackathon was organised by Sourcefabric, a Czech not-for-profit promoting open source tools for journalists.

Sourcefabric Extends News Design Contest Deadline

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:26:31 +0100

Sourcefabric has extended the deadline of its global news design contest to 1800h GMT on October 7th 2011. Designers are asked to send in mock-ups of news sites that invent fresh ways to display journalistic content. Winners get plane tickets to Prague, accommodation and VIP passes to the Mediafabric 2011 conference to meet some of the world's leading media experts.

Sourcefabric and WADR win Knight-Batten Journalism Innovation Award

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:39:43 +0100

Sourcefabric have received a Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism for their work on the new West Africa Democracy Radio platform. The prize rewards news and information ideas that significantly enhance opportunities for digital engagement. Other winners this year include Storify, NPR, Guardian Data and Bloomberg Government.

Candidates, Contests and Central America

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:12:01 +0100

Thanks to everyone who came to meet us at our Central American events last week. It was amazing to see such a vibrant community committed to open source software and quality journalism. We'll continue to take our message around the globe - our new Theme Contest and podcast are just two ways you can engage with what we do, wherever you are. If you want to give a little back, we also have two new release candidates ready for you to test! Read more in this week's newsletter!

Sourcefabric launches theme contest at first Central American conference

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:58:56 +0100

Sourcefabric took the occasion of their first ever Central American conference on July 15th 2011 to launch a new global theme contest. Designers worldwide are invited to submit themes for Newscoop, the open source CMS for news organisations.

Languages, Launches and Liquidsoap

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:20:02 +0100

Multilingual site launch (Sourcefabric's website now in Spanish, Greek and Russian), a new release of our open source radio software Airtime, plus beta software releases and a new workshop series in the form of Reporter Labs - it's been a busy fortnight for Sourcefabric.

Cluj, Crowdsourcing and Coding

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:45:49 +0100

This fortnight's news comes to you all the way from Nigeria, Georgia, Romania, Germany, Canada, Guatemala, Czech Republic and, well, just about everywhere really. Sourcefabric's global team continues to engage and support independent media all over, and we've been involved in a host of projects from training to hosting to implementation to site-building. Our Services page is the place to drop by if you want to chat to us about your digital journalism endeavour. In the meantime... read on.

West Africa Democracy Radio launches open source news platform.

Tue, 03 May 2011 13:29:39 +0100

On 1st April, West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) launched a news platform that integrates open source software Newscoop and Airtime with social and cloud networks such as Soundcloud, Facebook and Twitter. West Africa Democracy Radio launched in 2005 with a mission to promote and defend the ideals of democratic and open societies amongst the peoples of the region. It broadcasts 24 hours a day on FM in Dakar, Senegal and via satellite to the rest of the West Africa subregion, including to over 30 partner stations. The station's partnership with Sourcefabric, a Czech non-profit organization dedicated to supporting quality journalism through open source software and tools, led to the adoption of Newscoop, an open source CMS for journalists and Airtime, an open source radio software for radio stations.