Clipping Services


 

Clipping Services

 

 

Description

Users can enter keywords and receive emailed news articles containing those keywords.

 

Uses and Potential Benefits

Useful for getting automatic news updates for issues of importance.  Example: a grantee might set up a clipping service to send it all the news articles that come up about the issue it is currently working on.

 

Examples of the Tool (Not exhaustive or vetted)

www.google.com/alerts

www.klipfolio.com

www.customscoop.com

www.cyberalert.com

alerts.yahoo.com

 

References/Articles/Examples from Nonprofits and Foundations

 

Using Google Alerts for Intelligence Gathering

Online Tracking Tools

 

Real Time or Time Independent?

Time Independent

 

Can Start Small and Expand?

Yes

 

Time/Cost to Implement?

Low

 

Time/Cost to Maintain

Low