CCI NewsGate

Knowledge - Capture and reuse information that would otherwise be lost

CCI NewsGate is the central ‘filing cabinet’ for all the knowledge that simply gets lost today – often because there is no appropriate or agreed place to store it, nor a way to find it again.

CCI NewsGate can record, retain, find, share, augment and therefore capitalize on all of the knowledge that already exists within the organization. Not just within, but across newsrooms.

This includes knowledge about content, such as published material, background information and similar assignments. But it also includes knowledge about people and resources, such as contacts, telephone numbers, staff expertise, staff availability, approved freelancers and available equipment.

In addition to capturing and organizing this information, CCI NewsGate provides access from the same screen to content and information in archives, listings, public records or other sources that are connected under the CCI NewsGate ‘umbrella’. By searching across all archives and databases in one go, you can quickly find all relevant material, be it published or non-published.

Powered by a state-of-the-art search engine from Autonomy and featuring search options including full-text, natural language, filtering, by keywords, by categories or by fields, CCI NewsGate supports both advanced and simple searches.

CCI NewsGate also analyzes and compares the actual content of stories, documents, source material and contacts in the background, creating a ‘knowledge network’ of similar and related items. Within the context of any given task, it gathers and presents all material that appears relevant and instantly offers it to the user. 

And as more people have access to more information, they use it, reuse it and add to it, thus ensuring that the organization’s knowledge base grows richer all the time.

This has tremendous potential in a newsroom where it can help people find lost stories from the past and discover additional sources or other information which can bring about new stories or story angles that might never have materialized.