Open-Source Publishing Platform to be Developed by The Texas Tribune and The Bay Citizen

According to press release @ Knight Foundation

"Two leading non-profit news organizations will develop a free, open-source publishing platform to help other online news organizations more easily engage with readers, manage content and raise revenue, thanks to a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

 The Texas Tribune in Austin and The Bay Citizen in San Francisco, both non-profit online journalism organizations covering regional civic news, will share the $975,000 grant and will co-develop the new open source platform.

 Dozens of local online news organizations now exist, many of which launched within the last year.  At the first Knight Foundation gathering of these news start-ups in Austin last spring, organizations revealed their struggles to find a publishing platform that is low-cost to implement, while flexible enough to allow constant innovation in content delivery, audience engagement and fundraising."

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