Newscoop

Newscoop

Newscoop is a CMS designed for news organisations.
Developer(s)	Sourcefabric
Initial release	2011
Stable release	3.5.3 / 19 May 2011
Operating system	Cross-platform
Available in	Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, German, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Swedish
Type	Content management framework, Content management system, Community and Blog software
License	GNU General Public License v3
Website	newscoop.sourcefabric.org

Newscoop is a free and open source multilingual content management system for news websites,^[1] formerly known as Campsite. On January 17, 2011, Sourcefabric announced the renaming of Campsite to Newscoop.^[2]

History

Newscoop 3.5 was released on 31 January 2011 and featured multi-author management, a geolocation interface, increased speed and a new interface tailored for journalists.^[3]

Newscoop 3.5.1 was released on 18 February 2011 as a security update to 3.5 and fixed an XSS vulnerability in the admin login page plus front end vulnerabilities to Cross-Site Scripting attacks.^[4]

Newscoop 3.5.2 was released on 15 March 2011. It added a new plug-in that provides reCAPTCHA service support and improvements to the dashboard and article edit screen andsupport for uploading multiple files to the Media Archive. A new template called "The Journalist" was also included. The update addressed more than 60 bugs found in the previous version, some of which to relate to improving security.^[5]

Newscoop 3.5.3 was released on May 19 and fixed bugs relating to search, article lists, article editing and installation.^[6]

SoundCloud support, allowing users to edit, upload and manage SoundCloud files, was announced in May 2011.^[7]

Newscoop has a user-generated manual hosted by FLOSS Manuals.^[8]

Examples

Sites using Newscoop include mdlf.org and West Africa Democracy Radio who launched a news platform that incorporated Newscoop on April 1, 2011.^[9]

References

1. ^ "Newscoop homepage". http://newscoop.sourcefabric.org. 
2. ^ "New open source organization is dedicated to quality journalism". http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/new-open-source-organisation-dedicated-is-to-quality-journalism-63920-.aspx. 
3. ^ http://www.sourcefabric.org/en/community/news/457/Newscoop-35-out-today!.htm
4. ^ http://sourcefabric.org/en/products/newscoop_release/510/Newscoop-351-released!.htm
5. ^ "Newscoop open source CMS for journalists updated". http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Newscoop-open-source-CMS-for-journalists-updated-1210470.html. 
6. ^ "Newscoop 3.5.3 CMS Released for Journalists". http://www.cmscritic.com/newscoop-3-5-3-cms-released-for-journalists/. 
7. ^ "Sourcefabric and West Africa Democracy Radio have added SoundCloud support to Newscoop". http://soundcloud.tumblr.com/post/5604546453/sourcefabric-and-west-africa-democracy-radio-have. 
8. ^ http://en.flossmanuals.net/newscoop3journalists_en/
9. ^ "West Africa Democracy Radio launches open source news platform.". http://sourcefabric.org/en/community/news/611/West-Africa-Democracy-Radio-launches-open-source-news-platform.