Documentation

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Manage Users

Account Administrators can add, edit, or delete associated users.

Each User is assigned a role to fit their access needs:
Administrator
Editor
Author
Contributor
Subscriber
edit settings
edit & post news
edit owned sites
share to networks
view & export news
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Add Plugins

Some plugins are included in NewsVoy, many others are added via RapidAPI, and a few are independently available.

Connect a RapidAPI account:
  1. From RapidAPI: Add New App » Security » Application Key, and copy
  2. In NewsVoy: Add » Plugin, choose Rapid, and paste the key
Add a RapidAPI plugin:
  1. From RapidAPI: Subscribe to a compatible API
  2. In NewsVoy: Plugins » Rapid, and mark the corresponding box
Add other plugins:
  1. From API provider: Signup and get a key
  2. In NewsVoy: Plugins » Add, and paste the key
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Find News

Add ATOM/RSS/Google Alerts first if using, or skip to Add Criteria.
Add » Feed, and enter a Name
  • Google Alerts only: Add, set Deliver to » RSS feed, and copy
  • Enter/paste URL
  • Verify to test
Add » Criteria, and enter a Name
  • Enter comma-separated Topic/s
  • Choose Hour/s to schedule daily searches
  • Choose Search Engine/s, and/or Feed/s
  • Choose Content Extractor/s and Sentiment Analyzer (both optional)
    Tip: For best Sentiment results, include an Extractor (more text to analyze)

Click Find News to manually search using active criteria.
Searches run in the background when navigating to other pages.

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Media Ratings

Items are rated by Bias/Reliability (for known news outlets) and Sentiment (per-item text analysis, via plugin).

Media Bias icons are shown for known outlets. Click for info.

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Reliability scores over 32 are considered reliable:

Reliable, Fact Reporting 48 to 52
Reliable, Analysis 40 to 48
Generally Reliable, Analysis 32 to 40
Mixed Reliability, Opinion 24 to 32
Unreliable, Problematic 16 to 24
Unreliable, Misleading < 16

Sentiment Analysis plugins rate items during or after search.
Scores range from -1 (negative emotion) to 1 (positive emotion):

negative ←   « neutral »   → positive
Bias/Reliability by AllSides, MediaBias/FactCheck & Ad Fontes Media
Sentiment Analysis by Japerk & Symanto

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Edit Items

Edit (under item title) to change an item:
  • De-link to remove <a> tags from Intro/Body/Summary
  • De-tag to remove all tags from Intro/Body/Summary
  • Data pulldown actions:
    • Data/Get Sentiment to run extractor/sentiment plugin
    • Set Body to Full Content to restore full crawled content
    • Set Content to Intro+Body to replace full crawled content (for ¶)
  • Change newlines to paragraph tags (and back):
    • Spaces  →  ¶
    • ¶  →  Spaces
  • Choose a Quote pulled from Body
Paragraphs are pulled from full crawled content. To edit paragraphs:
  • Edit >  ¶  tab
  • Select Intro and Body paragraphs
    With Extract Data or manually-added items: see Set Content… above
The item is automatically saved when switching between edit tabs.
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Post Items

Post an item:
  • Post (under item title) to preview
  • Post To Site for previewed site
  • Post To All Sites for all active sites
Batch-post items (List View only):
  • Mark items
  • Actions » Post
  • Apply to post marked items to all sites
Auto-post items: Sites » Site Schedule
  • Set Posting Hour/s as daily schedule
    Note: Posts all found items to all sites daily!
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Share to Social Media

Add Accounts to enable sharing; Hashtags and Handles are optional:
  • Enter Share Settings » Hashtags (space-separated)
  • Add » Handle, enter Handle and relevant Keywords
    Share Preview lists Handles relevant to the item
Share an item:
  • Share (under item title) to preview
  • Shares an item Share Text or Description
  • Choose Handles, Hashtags, and Refresh
Shorten shared URLs:
  • Mark Share Settings » Shorten URLs
  • Uses TinyURL: no account needed
  • Use Bitly instead: Accounts » Bitly, and login to authorize
Choose Share Settings » Share link to:
  • Original Item: found item URL
  • Site Post: posted item URL (if posted)
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Add a NationBuilder Site

Requirements:
  • NationBuilder site & admin user

In NationBuilder: Add Page » Blog
Each NationBuilder site can include multiple blogs.

In NewsVoy: Add » Site
  • Choose Platform » NationBuilder
  • Enter site Name and Username ('slug')
  • Enter URL, leave blank for [slug].nationbuilder.com
  • Save and go to Accounts » NationBuilder
  • Log in to NationBuilder to authorize NewsVoy
  • Go to Edit Site » Blog and choose a destination
  • Click Sync Blogs to update choices
Site options applied to all posts:
  • Tags comma-separated tag list
  • Attach Images
  • Auto-tag media, region or topic: add to site tags
  • Post Drafts
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Add a Wix Site

Requirements:
  • Wix site & admin user

Click Accounts » Wix
Log in to Wix to authorize NewsVoy

In NewsVoy: Sites » Edit
  • Enter site Name, URL, and Folder (leave blank for root URLs)
  • Sync Categories/Tags to get/refresh choices
Site options applied to all posts:
  • Region select to make 'sticky posts' that match item region
  • Categories & Tags: select one or more of each
  • Allow Comments
  • Auto-tag media, region or topic: add those matching site tags
  • Post Drafts
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Add a WordPress Site

Requirements:
  • WordPress site & admin user
  • Old installs below v5.6 need this plugin
From WordPress, as admin user:
  1. Choose Settings » Permalinks » Post name
  2. Users » Profile, and scroll down to Application Passwords
    Enter a Name, click Add New, and copy the password
    Passwords are shown once; Revoke and remake if lost
In NewsVoy: Add » Site
  1. Choose Platform » WordPress
  2. Enter the site Name, URL, Folder (leave blank for root URLs), and Username (WordPress login)
  3. Paste the Password (Application Password Name is not needed)
  4. Save and Verify to test
  5. Sync Categories/Tags to get/refresh choices
Site options applied to all posts:
  • Region select to make 'sticky posts' that match item region
  • Categories & Tags: select one or more of each
  • Attach Images
  • Allow Comments/Pings
  • Auto-tag media, region or topic: add those matching site tags
  • Post Drafts
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Plot Data

Data » Charts, and choose Chart type:
  • Items (line chart): weekly averages
  • Media types (bubble chart): items by type
  • Posted/Unposted (pie chart): ratio
  • Posts (line chart): weekly averages
  • Sentiment (line chart): weekly averages
  • Regions (bubble chart): items by region
  • Regions (U.S. state map): items by state
  • Regions (world map): items by country
  • Topics (bubble chart): items by topic
  • Wordcloud: top terms across items
Choose any Topic/s, Region/s, and Dates
Show Markers within date range
Draw Chart to refresh
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Q Tube

The Q Tube, or QuadraTube, is a quad-library of YouTube items.
Publicly viewable without login, Q Tubes can be shared with friends.

In the top bar, click then Add Q Tube:
  • Enter a Name: must be unique to allow public viewing
  • Minimum Length of videos to find, in minutes
  • Mark Redo to always search previously searched artists
  • Enter comma-separated lists of artists in each quadrant
  • Optionally change Details (1-3) quadrant terms
  • Optionally change Genre for each quadrant
Click Search under the name to update Criteria and Find videos
Click View to see the results, Links to hide/show video links
Click the name for a public page viewable without login
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