Cherwell and its RSS Feeds
One often hears the phrase a river of information. And indeed most informations flows like a river specially if one were to subscribe to an RSS feed. But what makes bathing or fishing in the river worth it? And it is what is in it. So it is with an RSS feed. And the RSS feed of Cherwell Newspaper seems to be potentially interesting. But Cherwell is not a mainstream newspaper but an independent student newspaper of Oxford University. The online version of the paper was called Cherwell24 now its just Cherwell.
So what makes Cherwell interesting?
It was the launching pad of several known journalists and writers like BBC Newsnight reporter and author Michael Crick, Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh.
The paper bested several dailies with the engagement of Charles, Prince of Wales to Diana Spencer.
The paper was also the first newspaper that broke the story that Chelsea Clinton planned take up a masters degree source at Oxford.
Being an Oxford University-based newspaper has its advantages. Even if one is independent but this is what makes the newspaper interesting.
It is a good news source also because Oxford University as an academic institution conducts research. As such, potential discoveries or findings might be found here.
At present there are two RSS feeds for the news and for the comments:
News RSS Feeds can be found at the Front Page
Comment RSS Feeds can be found at the Comment Page
The feed themselves are partial feeds containing only the title and a one sentence summary or description of the article of the file.
One confusing bit about the site is the page called RSS Feeds and is an explanation about the RSS feeds but not a list nor directory of RSS feeds available. This can be confusing because the page does not give a link to the RSS feed. The user then has no choice but to go back to the Front Page.
Interesting site but I have they get to include full text articles in their feed and more visible ways to get the RSS feeds.
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