Project Facet is an open source software project to help newsrooms more effectively manage the editorial process and create effective, successful collaborations with other newsrooms. More information: http://projectfacet.org/

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Journalism
Hackbright
Academy
Project
Facet
Tutorials and learn-as-I-go software
engineering, building things for
news organizations and working as
a reporter, editor and photographer
for newspapers, public radio and
public television.
Facet goes from a passion project
in my free time to a funded open
source project via a Knight
Prototype grant from the John S.
and James L. Knight Foundation.

3. Project Facet is an open source Django project designed to help newsrooms more strategically
manage the editorial process and work with collaborators inside and outside the newsroom.
About Facet
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Streamline the network of tools
and the processes of the
editorial process to simplify the
act of doing journalism.
Journalists can create and
manage the process for content
on all platforms.
Give newsrooms the ability to
create networks with other
news organizations and share
the editorial process on single
stories or series. Organizations
can also share content with
partners in their network.

4. Project Facet meets a common need in small newsrooms that lack
the technical resources to build their own tools.
How Did it Happen?
A Passion Project
Unconventional Funding
A Small Team
Getting the Foundation in Place
Opening it to the Community
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5. From coding on small bits to organizing a proper project management system.
The Process
User Research
Paper Prototyping
Codeful Prototyping
Coding
Testing
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6. There are countless areas this project could extend into.
The Future
Editorial
Collaboration
CMS
Social Distribution
Beyond Journalism
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7. Project Facet is will soon be open to contributions from developers interested in
participating in an Open Source project to develop tools to help newsrooms.
Get Involved
Tech Stack Issues
Django
Django REST Framework
Angular
Facet is being conducted as openly
as possible with all planning
documentation, code and prototype
work being posted to Github.
Issues will be
designated for
participation starting in
mid-January.
github.com/ ProjectFacet

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