Paul Bradshaw of onlinejournalism.com has done a nice job explaining how to use Yahoo Pipes, which is a tool that lets you aggregate and bundle RSS feeds in ways that suit your needs. He's previously posted about how to use it for journalism:
Monday, March 16, 2009
If you want to know who's who in news on Twitter, check out http://wefollow.com/tag/news. It lists the news feeds and news commentators with the most followers on Twitter. They may not be all to your taste but you'll almost certainly find a few news feeds and news voices in there you hadn't come across before.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
More useful tips from journalism.co.uk consulting editor Colin Meek.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
This slide show gives clear and very useful tips on how well-constructed Google searches can help you find people, groups, company representatives in social networks that are otherwise hard to search with any precision. It looks at Bebo, LinkedIn, MySpace and more. A must-watch for journalists.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Another top ten list, this time of things journalists should know going into 2009. It's from www.journalism.co.uk and there's nothing here I wouldn't also recommend a journalist getting their head around. 1. How to use Twitter to build communities, cover your beat, instigate and engage in conversations. 2. How to use RSS feeds to gather news...
Saturday, December 20, 2008
One of the most useful aspects of Twitter for me is following the links people post to their blogs and things they've been reading/watching. There's always good stuff in there. But Twitter's like a 24-hour water cooler - people drift in for a while then move on and you never know who's going to be there when you show up nor what you've missed in the meantime. Enter Twitturly, which lets you see what people have been linking to.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
RSS in Plain English is a great introduction to RSS and using RSS readers to keep track of news and blog posts. From www.commoncraft.com.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
From the NZ Herald Manual of Journalism, 1967, a NZ Herald reporter breaks news from the scene of a fire via the radio telephone.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
More from Mastering Multimedia (loving this blog at the moment), this time top tips on making better audio slide shows. I shoot the photographs for my slideshow like I shoot a video sequence–by taking wide, medium and lots of tight shots. This gives my shows visual variety and allows me to cover my audio by opening with a wide shot, then transitioning to a tight shot of the same scene. It’s best to open your show with a bit of natural sound rather than with a subject talking. The ramp up into your story is important. If you don’t pull the viewer in fast they will bolt. Natural sound eases the viewer into your story without jolting them with dialogue.
Monday, August 18, 2008
I've been mining SlideShare.net a bit lately - mostly looking at journalism & news related slide shows but now and then dipping in elsewhere. Can't recommend it highly enough as a source of ideas and inspiration, especially if you've got a presentation to do anytime soon.
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
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