What is a news feed?

A news feed (also known as an RSS feed) is a listing of a website's content. It is updated whenever new content is published to the site. News readers subscribe to feeds, which means they download lists of stories at an interval that you specify (every 60 minutes, for example), and present them to you in your news reader.

The IHRSA Industry News feed will contain a list of handpicked headlines and excerpts from the stories. All news feeds will have a link back to the original website, so if you see a headline/excerpt/story you like, you can click on the link for that piece of content and will be taken to the website to read it.

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How do I subscribe to IHRSA's news feeds?

Step one is to download your favorite news reader. If you have never used one before, try installing one of the news readers mentioned below and see which one you like.

Just drag the into your news read, or point your news reader to the addesses below for each feed you want to subscribe to.

• IHRSA Industry News: http://cms.ihrsa.org/ihrsanewsfeed.xml
• IHRSA Industry Blog: http://ihrsa-industry.blogspot.com/atom.xml
• IHRSA Wellness Report: http://ihrsa-wellness.blogspot.com/atom.xml
• IHRSA Health Review: http://cms.ihrsa.org/rss/ihrsahealthreview.xml

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What is a news reader?

A news reader is a piece of software that you can use to read your subscribed news feeds. It is to news feeds what Outlook and Entourage are to email.

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Should I use a news reader?

If you want to stay on top of industry news, as soon as it happens, a news reader can save you a lot of time. So, if you want to be alerted automatically when your websites publishes a new story, using a news reader might make sense.

Some commonly used news readers are Feed Demon, Sharp Reader, and NewsGator (an Outlook plugin) for Windows, NetNewsWire and Shrook for Macs, and Bloglines.com for those who like web-based readers.

You can find even more news readers at itopik.com.

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