12.1 What Problems does Revision Control Journalism Solve? || Janine Römer

Janine thinks the status quo standard practices in journalism are both unproductive and unethical. The main problem is intransparency of the review and editing process, where editors are not credited for their work. Silently fixing a gross error is a common practice. Revision control journalism uses the principles of free software development, mainly a transparent open review and crediting system.