Adam Thomas – Project: Sourcefabric

Project: Sourcefabric
Adam Thomas

Sat 26th 5 pm – 5.20pm
Open Platform Stage

At the intersection of journalism, technology and software, there lies an uncertain but promising future. Creativity and enterprise with free, mobile and open tools lowers the barrier of entry for media organisations, allowing them to continue to produce quality news in shifting circumstances, whether economic, political or geographical. Sourcefabric specialises in helping media thrive in these situations. Adam Thomas takes us through various innovations helping journalists and presents a unique and award-winning solution for radio broadcast in West Africa as just one example of how increased mobility for journalists and audiences is shaping the future of news.
Sourcefabric builds open source tools for journalists, including Airtime for radio stations and Newscoop for newspapers. Open source software continually evolves, not only in terms of its code, but also its use-case scenario. Sourcefabric’s software is being installed and improved every day, all over the planet, joining together a variety of organisations under one umbrella.

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