In my post “Newsmaster Flash” I promised that I would
describe ways to corral the great fire hose of Web news and commentary that
is generated every day.
Professionals, and RSS.
Then, last week, I wrote about the emergence of "crowdsourcing," a technology and approach that could impact online journalism by tapping into
the wisdom of crowds and the collaborative power of open source efforts.
In the days since I have noted some uptake for this term, and
thought: what better time to cover newsmastering?
Newsmastering provides you with the tools needed to monitor,
remix and publish the news of the day.
Looking beyond the obvious applications of PR results
tracking and competitive monitoring, newsmastering can also offer a way to monitor the evolution of buzz and give you a way to generate a news section for your blog or
Web site.
In this case I turn my attention to the aforementioned term,
“crowdsourcing,” and utilize a hosted newsmastering solution from Kipcast.
If all goes as planned, I should be able to publish here later or tomorrow news stories and blog posts that mention crowdsourcing. I will then explain how (hopefully) easy this all is.
So, I know that I am regrettably leaving you in a heightened state of suspense, and that your browsers will remain loyally tuned to this very site in anticipation.
Please don’t forget to periodically hit refresh so that you will see when the magic happens!
Hey Bob, I got my RSS reader rockin’ again and I’m back. Will be reading regularly! -alex