Comments on: News Online As Narrative http://www.frankieroberto.com/weblog/322 The web and stuff Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:22:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paola Kathuria http://www.frankieroberto.com/weblog/322/comment-page-1#comment-809 Paola Kathuria Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:08:13 +0000 http://blog2.frankieroberto.com/blog/?p=50222#comment-809 I've been thinking the same thing. I feel as if news reporting has become like fire-fighting; we get swept along by the continual onslaught of breaking news which over-shadows what happened the week before. I want to know what happened after hurricane Katrina and whether people have the homes and lives back after the tsunami. Have a look at Google Alerts (http://www.google.com/alerts). It mails headlines and short extracts from its 'top' news stories based on keyword search. (I'd actually prefer to get the whole article in mail rather than a link to a web page.) I’ve been thinking the same thing. I feel as if news reporting has become like fire-fighting; we get swept along by the continual onslaught of breaking news which over-shadows what happened the week before. I want to know what happened after hurricane Katrina and whether people have the homes and lives back after the tsunami.

Have a look at Google Alerts (http://www.google.com/alerts). It mails headlines and short extracts from its ‘top’ news stories based on keyword search. (I’d actually prefer to get the whole article in mail rather than a link to a web page.)

]]> By: Mike Harper http://www.frankieroberto.com/weblog/322/comment-page-1#comment-805 Mike Harper Thu, 12 May 2005 22:41:08 +0000 http://blog2.frankieroberto.com/blog/?p=50222#comment-805 Superb idea. As well as being a personal frustration, not hearing the end of a story prevents people from understanding the context of an event and the processes of which it forms a part. I think this idea could have some significant social effects. [I left a comment at BBC backstage on your item which repeats some of what you say here. Sorry, I hadn't read this post then.] Superb idea. As well as being a personal frustration, not hearing the end of a story prevents people from understanding the context of an event and the processes of which it forms a part. I think this idea could have some significant social effects.

[I left a comment at BBC backstage on your item which repeats some of what you say here. Sorry, I hadn't read this post then.]

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