Superdesk Review

Save Time and Money

Superdesk spares you from spending thousands of dollars and wasting weeks to months that stem from either building a custom software or purchasing a new one. Global newsrooms now require a powerful content management solution that is able to help news organizations meet demanding requirements and most agencies choose either to buy a new software, which can be quite costly, or create a bespoke solution from the ground up, which needs money, professional software development expertise, and time. Lots of time.

Superdesk gives you a scalable news-specific content management system that doesn’t come with a heavy price tag and the huge maintenance expenses associated with commercial newsroom CMS systems, whilst providing you all the versatility of a custom software. Being an open-source product, you and other users are able to tweak Superdesk’s code without dealing with the complications of commercial software licenses while enabling Superdesk developers to focus their development efforts, adding new features that are unique to your needs.

Superdesk Planning Component

This tool helps newsrooms to plan their coverage. It works as an editorial organizer that fully integrates with customer-facing calendars and journalists’ workflows. The Superdesk Planning Content automates the creation of content items when a task is set in the journalists’ calendar jumpstarting their news coverage. The tool harvests third-party meta-data relevant to the content, saving journalists time so that they can focus more on getting the story. Changes are relayed down to all involved: photographers, reporters, and stringers via Superdesk’s built-in notification.

Newshub

Newshub is a client portal where newsrooms can share their content with their clients. Customers can access Newshub from anywhere—desktop. tablet. or mobile and download content in G2, NewsML, NITF, or plain text formats. It can also handle multiple file downloads by zipping everything into one folder for your customers. Superdesk has built Newshub with powerful search functions, from predefined filters to custom queries, so searches turn up the results you need. Journalists can utilize Newshub to get background information on the stories they are covering.

Analytics Module

The Analytics Module was developed by Superdesk in partnership with the Australian Associated Press to track newsroom efficiency metrics. The open-source reporting tool collects production data such as the number of corrections, user performance, desk activity, or the time spent producing a story. These data are stored in a dedicated back-end repository. The Analytics Module aids managers to make operational decisions on newsroom productivity based on actionable insights presented in easy-to-digest charts.

Very Flexible and Scalable

Superdesk features an API-forward modular design that basically lets you and other users scale the software so that it meshes perfectly with your business, your existing workflows, and processes. While it is ultimately designed to meet the needs of professional news writers, editors, and journalists, Superdesk can be tailored and adapted as your needs change.