Having recently subscribed to CNN to catch important headlines in my Newsgator, I glance through all of them every few hours. There's little going on in the US that I miss.
However when (Australian Opposition Leader) Mark Latham resigned today, and I heard about it first from a colleague, I realised how out of touch with Australian news I am. As I become more reliant on RSS feeds for keeping me up to date, I'm missing out on local knowledge because there are no regular, high-quality RSS feeds from Australian news outlets.
The Sydney Morning Herald RSS feeds are the only ones I know officially released by a news company, and they're useless: five entries with headlines only, and only updated twice a day!
I mean, if the Australian Democrats are doing it, why is it so hard for a company with frequently updated content that thousands of people are interested in reading?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/services/default.htm
(Incidentley, I found out about Mr Latham’s resignation from BBC News, of all places.)
http://p.moreover.com/cgi-local/page?c=Australia%20news&o=rss002
This one includes ads though.
(http://w.moreover.com/categories/category_list_rss.html)
I tried Moreover for a day or two, but I discovered two drawbacks: the volume was way too great for my reading habits (a story every 4-5 minutes), and it included internaional news sources reporting on Australia.
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