Kigali back wire

Most of the core newsgathering will initially be done using a bunch of custom RSS feeds.

• I set up a bunch of keyword RSS feeds mostly coming out of Google News using keywords such as Kigali, Rwanda, “Paul Kagame” etc.
• I set up more keyword RSS feeds drawing in information from photosharing sites like Flickr, video search engine Blinkx, a variety of blog search engines including Technorati, from Twitter and a discussion forum search engine. I put all of these into a Yahoo Pipe, filtered them, sorted them for duplicates and subscribed to resulting single RSS feed - I’ll document this process in more detail at some point.
• In addition, I monitor those websites focussed on Rwanda that do not have native RSS feeds or do not have RSS feeds that work well.
• Lastly, I’m beginning to cultivate contacts on the ground within the NGO world and among journalists, researchers, consultants and analysts as well as, of course, Rwandans.

One idea I have for kigaliwire.com is that it might become a very niche focussed site. Not just Kigali or Rwanda as a niche, but something far more narrow, perhaps a single issue.

Photo taken from the Kigali Wire Photobucket account