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Search. RSS + social media = “Passive-Aggressive Newsgathering” (A model for the 21st century newsroom part 2 addendum) Just when I thought I’d put the 21st century newsroom to bed, along comes a further brainwave about conceptualising newsgathering in an online environment (the area I covered in part 2: Distributed Journalism).

RSS + social media = “Passive-Aggressive Newsgathering” (A model for the 21st century newsroom part 2 addendum)

It seems to me that the first stage for any journalist or budding journalist lies along two paths: subscribing to a reliable collection of RSS feeds (and email alerts); and exploring a collection of networks. The first part is passive; the latter, more active. So I’ve called it, tongue-in-cheek, “Passive-Aggressive Newsgathering”. But if that sounds too Woody Allen for you, you could call it “Aggregating-Networking Newsgathering”. Not quite as catchy, though, is it? Note: an edited version of this was published in Journalism.co.uk as How to: use RSS and social media for newsgathering As you can see from the diagram above, each RSS element has a social equivalent.

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