Newsrooms tap into open-source database managers
Missouri School of Journalism
As news outlets struggle to make bottom line, journalists might look for new ways to save some cash.
Fortunately, journalists doing CAR can look toward no-cost open-source database managers as powerful alternatives to commercial software.
Open-source database applications like MySQL and PostgreSQL are more resilient than commercial software applications, such as Microsoft Access, and offer more powerful capabilities for analyzing and synthesizing data.
Nick McClellan is a master’s student at the Missouri School of Journalism, studying convergence journalism.

