online tools to track stories & sources
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Online tools to
track stories & sources
Power Reporting 2010 – presented by Izak Minnaar, 1 Nov 2010
Power Reporting 2010: Content tracking - presented by Izak Minnaar, SABC News Research, 1 Nov
OverviewTracking stories and sources
RSS feeds & aggregators Personalised news and beat pages
News alerts and custom feedsReaders and dashboardsCreate and manage feeds
Content tracking
Sign in: gmail or Google login
Power Reporting 2010: Content tracking - presented by Izak Minnaar, SABC News Research, 1 Nov
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 n
ewsgathering (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 contentSet up tabs for different purposesGadgets & 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
