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Media Metrics refinements
Following is a log of refinements, minor keyword changes and any other changes made to Media Metrics newsfeeds since the service was launched on Sept. 21, 2006.
Sources
24 November 2006
News feeds from all African sources, as well as Taiwan News, are currently suspended by the provider. We're hoping to find a solution to this problem soon.
The following sources are not currently available due to the provider's technical problems. We are hoping to resolve this soon:
Kazakhstanskaya Pravda (Kazakhstan)
Asahi Shimbun/Asahi Evening News (Japan)
Daily Yomiuri (Japan)
Indian Express (India)
Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
Miami Herald (US)
Irish Independent (Ireland)
The following sources are not available on Factiva anymore:
Santiago Times (Chile)
Keyword changes
African hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 24 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
AIDS pandemic
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'aids' as a keyword
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that have 'aids' as a verb
AIDS in Africa
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'aids' as a keyword
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that have 'aids' as a verb
AIDS in Americas
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'aids' as a keyword
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that have 'aids' as a verb
AIDS in Asia
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'aids' as a keyword
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that have 'aids' as a verb
AIDS in Europe/C.Asia
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'aids' as a keyword
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that have 'aids' as a verb
AIDS in M.East
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'aids' as a keyword
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that have 'aids' as a verb
Burundi hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 24 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Chad hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 24 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Djibouti hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Date: 13 August 2008
Changes: All the includes and mandatory words made to appear in 1st 200 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
E.African hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 19 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
East Sudan insurgency
Date: 28 September 2006
Changes: Include 'Eastern Front' and 'eastern rebels' keywords in title and 1st 70 words
Reason: To bring in missing stories
Date: 26 October 2006
Changes: Include 'eastern region' in title and 1st 70 words
Reason: To bring in missing stories
Date: 17 November 2006
Changes: Mandatory 'Sudan' in title and content
Reason: To exclude irrelevant stories
Eritrean hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 24 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Ethiopian hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 24 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Food and Hunger
Date: 17 July 2008
Changes: "Food crisis" and "global food" included in title and 1st 70 words.
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Georgia, Abkhazia and S. Ossetia
Date: 25 September 2006
Changes: Removed 'Georgia' include title and 1st 70 words
Reason: To stop stories on U.S.'s Georgia
P>Date: 11 August 2008
Changes: Georgia* mandatory in title/1st 120 words, and separatist included in title/1st 120 words
Reason: To capture all relevant news on violence in South Ossetia
Hurricane Katrina
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Hurricane Stan
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Search for keyword 'Stan' in the title and 1st 70 words only
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories
Intense hurricane 05B
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Search for keyword '05B' in the title and 1st 70 words only
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Intense hurricane Gordon
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Search for keyword 'gordon' in the title and 1st 70 words only
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Intense hurricane Helene
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Search for keyword 'Helene' in the title and 1st 70 words only
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Intense hurricane Ileana
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Intense hurricane Isaac
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Search for keyword 'isaac' in the title and 1st 70 words only
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Intense hurricane John
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Intense hurricane Lane
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Search for keyword 'Lane' in the title and 1st 70 words only
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories
Kenyan hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 24 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Kenya land clashes
Date: 02 January 2008
Changes: Luo* and Kikukyu* included in the title and 1st 120 words
Reason: To ensure relevant stories come into this section
Date: 03 January 2008
Changes: Merged into new 'Kenya violence' section (see below)
Reason: To reflect the broader nature of the violence
Kenya violence
Date: 03 January 2008
Changes: Section renamed (see above). Luo* and Kikuyu* included in the title and content, genocide and violence added in title or 1st 120 words. Kibaki*, Odinga*, kalenjin* and displaced added in title or 1st 70 words
Reason: To ensure relevant stories come into this section
Date: 10 January 2008
Changes: 'Kenya' is now mandatory, and the following must appear in title or first 120 words: turmoil, displaced, kalenjin*, Odinga*, Kibaki*, violence, genocide, kikuyu*, luo*, clash*, land, elgon
Reason: To capture all relevant articles
Lebanon crisis
Date: 21 May 2008
Changes: War, conflict, camp and fighting to be included in the title and 1st 120 words.
Reason: To ensure relevant stories come into this section
Lesotho hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 24 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Malawi hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 24 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Mali hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 24 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Mozambique hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 24 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Myanmar displacement
Date: 20 November 2006
Changes: Change the following keyword to include in 1st 120 words, from 1st 70 words: 'karen',
'junta', 'fta', 'displace*', 'refugee*', 'military*'
Reason: To include relevant stories missed by the current keyword set-up
Date: 28 September 2006
Changes: Excluded 'Delhi*' and 'Bhutan*' keywords from the title and 1st 70 words
Reason: To stop stories on Indian rebels picked up by this section
Date: 27 September 2006
Changes: Included 'security council*' keywords in the title and 1st 70 words
Reason: A story Myanmar and the Security Council was missing
Date: 26 September 2006
Changes: Changed Burma* to Burm* in search keywords
Reason: A story that contained the word 'Burmese' was not picked up by this section
Date: 22 September 2006
Changes: Excluded 'coup*' title 1st 70 words
Reason: To stop stories on the Thai coup coming into this section
N.Korea famine
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 19 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Namibia food crisis
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 19 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Niger-Mali Tuareg unrest
Date: 07 December 2007
Changes: 'Niger' added as mandatory title content. The following added as keywords in the first 70 words: Mali*, Tuareg*, militia*, rebel*, bandit*, MNJ, touareg*. The following are excluded from the 1st 70 words: Nigeria*, delta.
Reason: To ensure relevant articles appear in this section
Niger hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 19 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 23 November 2006
Changes: Change 'exclude' to 'include' for 'food aid' keyword
Reason: To include more relevant stories into the feed
Pakistan violence
Date: 31 December 2007
Changes: Violence and riot* added into the 1st 70 words
Reason: To capture all relevant news in this section
Date: 03 January 2008
Changes: Musharraf* and Bhutto* added into title and 1st 70 words
Reason: To capture all relevant news in this section
S.African hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 19 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
S. Asia monsoon
05/10/2006Date: 28 September 2006
Changes: Removed 'storm' keyword and added 'cyclone*' and 'rain*' title 1st 70 words
Reason: To prevent stories using 'storm' metaphorically from coming in
Date: 26 September 2006
Changes: Added 'Hindu*' to Reuters search keywords
Reason: To make sure that flood stories not mentioning India from Hindustan Times and the Hindu come in
Somalia hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Somalia troubles
Date: 23 November 2006
Changes: Exclude flood* from title and 1st 70 words
Reason: Exclude irrelevant stories from the feed
South Sudan fragile peace
Date: 10 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'south darfur' and 'southern darfur' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid Darfur stories coming in to this feed
Super typhoon Saomai
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Search for keyword 'saomai' in the title and 1st 70 words only
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Swaziland hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 19 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Thailand violence
Date: 27 September 2006
Changes: Excluded 'China's south*' from search keywords
Reason: To stop irrelevant stories coming in
Tropical storm 17W
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Search for keyword '17W' in the title and 1st 70 words only
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories
Tropical storm Bopha
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Tropical storm Miriam
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Search for keyword 'Miriam' in the title and 1st 70 words only
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories
Tropical storm Prapiroon
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Search for keyword 'Prapiroon' in the title and 1st 70 words only
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories
Tropical storm Shanshan
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Search for keyword 'Shanshan' in the title and 1st 70 words only
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories
Tropical storm Xangsane
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Intense hurricane Wukong
Date: 3 October 2006
Changes: Replace 'storm' keyword with 'tropical storm' search phrase
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Search for keyword 'wukong' in the title and 1st 70 words only
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories that use 'storm' as a metaphore
Date: 6 October 2006
Changes: Search for keyword 'Xangsane' in the title and 1st 70 words only
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories
W.African hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 19 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Zambia food crisis
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 18 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Zimbabwe crisis
Date: 30 June 2008
Changes: Zimbabwe* mandatory in the title/1st 70 words.
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Zimbabwe hunger
Date: 29 September 2006
Changes: Replace 'food' keyword with: food aid, food shortage*, food security, food relief, lack of food, food cris*, FEWS NET, food suppl*, food rations*, food handout*, food emergenc*, food situation, food stock*, food distribution*, food insecurity, food envoy*, food agency*, food body*
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
Date: 18 October 2006
Changes: Exclude 'hunger strike' from 1st 70 words
Reason: To avoid irrelevant stories coming into this section
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