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Online tools to track stories & sources. Power Reporting 2010 – presented by Izak Minnaar, 1 Nov 2010. Overview. Tracking stories and sources RSS feeds & aggregators Personalised news and beat pages News alerts and custom feeds Readers and dashboards Create and manage feeds.
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Online tools to track stories & sources Power Reporting 2010 – presented by Izak Minnaar, 1 Nov 2010
Overview • Tracking stories and sources • RSS feeds & aggregators • Personalised news and beat pages • News alerts and custom feeds • Readers and dashboards • Create and manage feeds Power Reporting 2010: Content tracking - presented by Izak Minnaar, SABC News Research, 1 Nov
Content tracking Sign in: gmail or Google login
Content tracking • RSS feeds; news feeds; news aggregators • News readers: • Programmes to install • Feedreader in Internet Explorer 7+/Firefox • Online options • RSS in plain English • How to use RSS and social media for newsgathering (Paul Bradshaw) • Read more on “passive-aggressive newsgathering” Power Reporting 2010: Content tracking - presented by Izak Minnaar, SABC News Research, 1 Nov
Tracking news stories • Personalised Google news page • Change the format • Add content with labels and sections: • Build a beat page • Track top stories of the day • Advanced search options • Countries • Sources • Features & FAQ and Help pages • News alerts and news feeds Power Reporting 2010: Content tracking - presented by Izak Minnaar, SABC News Research, 1 Nov
Readers • Subscribe to Google Reader • Browse for stuff: feed bundles • Add a subscription for existing/customised feeds: • Feed url • Web address • Site/publication name • Search term • Manage subscriptions; settings • How to use Google Reader (Mashable) • How to Use Google Reader (Andy Wibbels) • Other options: • Newsgator, Bloglines, more feed readers Power Reporting 2010: Content tracking - presented by Izak Minnaar, SABC News Research, 1 Nov
Dashboards • iGoogle • Customise format and content • Set up tabs for different purposes • Gadgets & widgets • Other option: Netvibes Power Reporting 2010: Content tracking - presented by Izak Minnaar, SABC News Research, 1 Nov
What if … • No RSS feed on a site? • Web scraping tools: • Feedity • Ponyfish • Too many feeds? • Use tools to combine and customise feeds • Blended feeds: xFruits, FeedRinse • Mashups – eg Yahoo pipes: SA Media and SAM • Create a master feed of all your feeds with FeedHub Power Reporting 2010: Content tracking - presented by Izak Minnaar, SABC News Research, 1 Nov
Personalised pages overview • Monitoring stories • Google Personalised News • Google News Alerts • Monitoring sources • Google Reader • iGoogle • Monitoring both • iGoogle • Google Reader Power Reporting 2010: Content tracking - presented by Izak Minnaar, SABC News Research, 1 Nov
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