Job: Frontend developer wanted to help build the tech to power local community journalism

Help build a pioneering Community Engagement System to drive sustainable public interest community journalism.

Cable Community News 9th June, 2021

As one of Europe’s largest membership run local newsrooms The Cable has experienced first hand the limitations of the tools and platforms that are available on the market today. Three years ago we took the decision to develop our own open source membership system, with the goal of taking our learnings and creating something that would help us and others power their community newsrooms. We’ve made a lot of progress, but we’ve always known that as a small under-resourced newsroom it would be impossible to maintain a software product in perpetuity.

We are now excited to announce that a collaboration with three other European media organisations (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism in the UK, CORRECTIV in Germany and Vereniging Veronica in the Netherlands) has now spun out this membership system into it’s own cross-border project. The Cable’s codebase will be a solid foundation to create a product that newsrooms and communities can use to power their journalism; helping to engage communities, drive revenue and support quality journalism.

beabee, the name of the project, is now looking for a frontend developer to join the project on a 2 day/week freelance basis, initially for the rest of 2021 but with the possibility of extending into 2022 and beyond. If you’re someone with passion and skills for civic tech, this is the position for you. You will be building and shaping a product that The Cable uses every day, and helping turn it into something that can power newsrooms across Europe and helping support the innovation and development of a thriving journalism eco-system.

Please note: This is not a role within the Cable. All applications and subsequent hiring and work will be managed by beabee.

For more details and to find out how to apply see the job listing on the beabee site:

We are looking for a frontend developer

The Bristol Cable
The Bristol Cable is created and owned by over 2,500 people in the city. With in-depth reporting, free events and a free quarterly print edition, The Bristol Cable is redefining local journalism through groundbreaking investigations, campaigning for change and amplifying marginalised voices. Online, in print and on the street.
TheBristolCable

Keep the Lights On

Investigative journalism strengthens democracy – it’s a necessity, not a luxury.

The Cable is Bristol’s independent, investigative newsroom. Owned and steered by more than 2,600 members, we produce award-winning journalism that digs deep into what’s happening in Bristol.

We are on a mission to become sustainable – will you help us get there?

Join now

What makes us different?

Comments

Related content

No to Section 60

Racist and traumatising: inside a Section 60 suspicionless stop and search operation

Officers searched innocent children, disproportionately targeted people of colour and undermined their anti-racism reforms during a 48-hour police operation in February. Their narrative that it was an effective knife-crime deterrent, done with consent, is misleading.

Sean Morrison

Reports

University of Bristol paid private security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine protesters

Bristol is among 12 UK universities using Horus Security to monitor protest groups, raising fears of growing campus surveillance

Sean Morrison

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Lewis Wedlock – towards a positive masculinity

Neil asks masculinities educator Lewis about his work in schools in Bristol and beyond, the appeal of the manosphere and why it’s so important to meet young people without judging them.

Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media

Edition 43

Illustration of a woman in a headscarf holding a miniature family engulfed in flames on their hand.

‘Your soul dies but your body stays alive’

After reaching the UK, Palestinians from Gaza face uncertain futures as they wait to be reunited with their families

Roshan De Stone

Hope Is Around The Corner

What now, Bristol?

As spring finally appears, bringing a sense of hope and renewal, what are the narratives that can unite and motivate those of us pushing for a better world?