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Ask Slashdot: How Do News Organizations Keep Track of So Much Information?

Posted by BeauHD on from the too-much-to-handle dept.

dryriver writes: Major news organizations from CNN, BBC, ABC to TIME magazine, the New York Times and the Economist publish a tremendous amount of information, especially now that almost everybody runs a 24/7 updated website alongside their TV channel, magazine or newspaper. Question: How do news organizations actually keep track of what must be 1000s of pieces of incoming information that are processed into news stories every day? If they are using software to manage all this info -- which makes a lot of sense -- is it off-the-shelf software that anybody can buy, or do major news organizations typically commission IT/software contractors to build them a custom "Information Management System" or similar? If there is good off-the-shelf software for managing a lot of information, who makes it and what is it called?

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  1. Figure it out on your own, Bezos. by sootman · · Score: 5, Funny

    We're not doing your legwork for you.

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  2. Excel pivot tables by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Excel spreadsheets tens of thousands of lines long.

  3. Re:Novel idea here. by nospam007 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Have you tried contacting and asking such an organization this very question?"

    He asked the New York Times, but none of their +1500 reporters had time because each had a real news job to do.

  4. Re: If it's the left, just a narrative will do. by KermodeBear · · Score: 1, Funny

    Please note that it's the Republican Party more than the political right. The Republicans are a centrist party. The closest thing you will get to a politically "right" party these days are the Libertarian or Federalist parties.

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