Tool The Lure of the One True System
Across many days at SRCCON, I heard many people express a common wish: a single piece of software that would unify every piece of knowledge in a newsroom. Reporters’ notes, interview transcripts, style guides, story drafts, published articles, and updated corrections: All of it would be eaten by this wonderful engine. It would store notes and publish stories and accumulate knowledge and even handle permissions.
Tool Ultralight CMSes Head to Head
Ultralight CMSes are, in many ways, the product of hacking or infecting the CMS. Here’s a breakdown of a few popular ones, complete with setup instructions, pro/cons, and newsroom case studies.
Project Meet Tarbell
Introducing a very simple content management system from the Tribapps team (and friends).
Learning Public Info Doesn’t Always Want to Be Free
Matt Waite on how using mug shots of recently arrested perps lead to a cascading set of ethical quandaries.
Project Fast Hacks: Solr and Newscoop
News startups in and around Georgia helped improve search in Newscoop content management system using Solr.
Project How We Made “For Amusement Only”
- By Trei Brundrett, Billy Disney, Laura June, Scott Kellum, Erika Owens
- Trei Brundrett, Billy Disney, Laura June, Scott Kellum
- The Verge
In a Q&A with Source’s Erika Owens, the team behind For Amusement Only explains how it was done.
