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10.22.2018—12am    Post #9300
FT: Helping subscribers keep track of information they have consumed

A new tool, Knowledge Builder, aims to help readers who are heavy information consumers.

 

If you are like me, you often feel that you are on information overload.

Each day there are certain topics that we will follow throughout the course of a day, or even a week. For example, the recent disappearance and mystery surrounding Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi , a story that has all the ingredients for a good Netflix series: intrigue, international espionage, superpowers in the crossfire, and, of course, a gruesome murder.  I have been following this story from all angles: news and daily updates, commentary, analysis, and the White House remarks about the case.  At some point, I have felt that I was getting too much information, but I found myself often returning to headlines I had already read.

That is why I am interested in this new Financial Times tool, Knowledge Builder, aimed to help readers track amount of information they read about a topic, and suggest other articles for them to read. This, I think, will be greatly appreciated by news hungry subscribers like me.

Read all about it here:

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://americanpressinstitute.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd4573d74e237e345f9abc9034%26id%3D17b1a7bd8d%26e%3De1e252587c&source=gmail&ust=1540205084725000&usg=AFQjCNH9xueeqrxBTTS4mW5ihyM8_K1ED

A highlight:

The tool also “gamifies” news consumption by allowing readers to earn points as they read articles on various topics, which flow into a “progress bar” that shows them how much they’ve learned on a given topic.

I will keep an eye on how the FT new tool works for subscribers. I believe that it will be a great way for subscribers to track their news reading experience.

 

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