Real-Time News Curation - The Complete Guide Part 5: The Curator Attributes And Skills

1) Subject Matter Expertise - "makes it much easier to rapidly identify sources, influencers, to understand industry jargon, technical terms and to be well informed on the general industry expectations, fears, and emerging trends." 2) Relevance - "the result of subject matter expertise coupled with a very good understanding of the audience one is trying to serve. Only by knowing, or rather, by selecting a priori, a very specific audience interest, problem or need, the news curator can then proceed to source, aggregate, pick and select the most relevant stories to satisfy it." 3) Trust - "can be gained therefore only by first understanding / identifying a specific content / theme connected to a precise problem - interest - need and then by virtue of personal subject matter expertise by scouting, finding, curating and distributing high-value news channels, resources, collections, maps or other forms of curated content... expanded over time by gaining the visibility, attention and respect of other existing curators and subject matter experts in the same field." SKILLS: 1. Online Re-Search Skills a) Resource Identification b) Online Search [advanced search queries] 2. New Media Literacy Skills a) Crap detection b) Online Collaboration 3. Communication Skills a) Copywriting [quality, storytelling, reporting, reviewing, interviewing, vocabulary] b) Presentation c) Visualization d) Listening [social platforms, blogs, channels & reacting to comments, suggestions, & feedback] e) Marketing Communication ["Adapting, customizing and tailoring messages, language and vocabulary" f) Being unique 4. Editorial Skills a) Selecting ["precise criteria for deciding what to include and what not. Refining and questioning those criteria on an ongoing basis. Having the ability to select on the basis of quality and relevance to the community and topic-niche being served"] b) Contextualizing ["Context can also be enhanced by organizing, juxtaposing, categorizing, tagging, and by covering other complementary stories and viewpoints... "Content curation isn't just about passing along information. Rather, it involves creating an experience for the user, telling a story from multiple perspectives and providing analysis or explanation for why you chose a particular piece of content." Erin Kissane] c) Referencing d) Crediting e) Summarizing [Synthesizing. Creating lists.] f) Updating 5. Semantic Skills a) Organization and Classification [metadata, tags] b) Pattern Recognition c) Sense-Making d) SEO [long-tail keywords] 6. Social Skills a) Networking - Social [Building trusted relationships with thought-leaders, influencers and subject-matter experts b) Engagement 7. Information Librarian Skills a) Preservation - Archiving 8. Technical Skills a) RSS and Real-Time Technologies [search, aggregation, filtering, and content distribution tools and technologies, social bookmarking and monitoring, traffic analytics] b) Content Distribution

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