Learning Objectives
You will learn about Print News within TRAC
You will understand the type of data that can be collected from Print News
What is Print News?
Print News data is a collection of printed newspaper and magazine articles that are provided in the form of full text or hosted scanned PDF files or clippings (eClips). In the UK, this data comes from the NLA, whilst LexisNexis provides global coverage from a comprehensive range of media outlets.
What kind of data can I get from Print News?
We collect the following from Print News content:
The article - the published article itself
Author name - the name of the article's author
Outlet name - The publisher's name
AVE - Advertising Value Equivalency
Page number - the page number where the article was published
Historical data is available for Print news, but the time frames for data collection vary depending on the source:
UK & FR Print (NLA): Previous 6 months
Global Print (LexisNexis): Previous 60 days
🚨 Important: Data collection for NLA Print content is embargoed between 12am and 4am (GMT). This means that we are not permitted to deliver NLA print content via Pulsar between these hours. We will resume collection at 4am, and then every 6 hours, thereafter.
LexisNexis Print content on the other hand is not embargoed and will be collected every 6 hours.
How can I add Print News data to my search?
Print News can be enabled along with other sources during Search Setup
If you have an existing search and would like to add Print News, you can do so by editing the search from the Search Management > Summary page
📝 Note: In order to enable Print News as a data source, you'll need to also select at least one Print News License
Licensing
We support the following print news licenses:
NLA eClips: UK//FR Print
LexisNexis Print: Global Print
CAL, Isentia: AUS Print
PMCA, Isentia: NZ Print
If you're interested in learning more about news licenses, please reach out to your account manager or check out our News Licenses Explained article
Where can I find Print News data on TRAC?
You'll find your Print News data along with content from other data sources in the Feed > Results section.
If you'd like to isolate Print News data, you can do so using filters!
📝 Note: We can only display the full text of the article for LexisNexis Print.
FR Print will only show the headline as well as the first 140 characters of the article.
Other NLA Print data will only show a maximum of 256 characters; the article's headline is included in this count.
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