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News feeds (also known as RSS feeds) are an easy way for you to be alerted when new content that interests you appears on websites of your choice - it's ideal for a-n's opportunities listings where there are over 200 listings at any time to help you see what's newly added.
Instead of spending time browsing through websites on the off-chance that new material might have been added, News feeds do the work for you. If new material is found you will be alerted with brief details and a direct link to the appropriate web page. The real benefit of feed readers is that they can pull in content from many feeds from many sites very efficiently - it takes a fraction of the dial-up connection time it would take for you to browse for the same information - a factor that is particularly attractive for artists who aren't on broadband and need to watch dial-up costs.
News feeds are available from websites wherever you see one of many different kinds of news-feed icon, such as:
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An emerging standard is developing around this icon 
which we have chosen to use.
To make use of News feeds you need a feed reader. The latest versions of internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari) have a built-in reader which means you don't need to install another reader. Otherwise these come as standalone programmes - try the free NetNewsWire Lite for Macintosh (look for the free Lite version) or FeedReader for Windows. Alternatively, the personalised home-pages such as Google Home or My MSN can display your selected feeds - useful if you rely on a shared computer.
Once you have installed your feed reader click on the News feed link in the relevant Opportunities section, copy the url in the address field of your browser and paste it into the news feed function in your reader - each reader handles this in a different way so follow your feed reader's instructions. You can select a-n News feeds for specific categories of Opportunities - just select the ones you want - or have an alert when any new opportunity is posted - select 'All categories'.
You can also have news feeds to alert you to new postings on a-n's reviews unedited and projects unedited sites.
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