Phil Robinson Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 The news feed used to contain only news - it was monitored to check that everything on there was relevant. Not any more, it seems. How are these "live news"? https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23020549%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{B4E9034F-5E87-4E1B-981A-2E6A7E4DC4CD}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1684482315881 https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23020369%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{2D4D25F5-10D0-4087-BA0D-F4B299130B51}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1684482335247 https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23020997%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{9117602C-4D57-4CE3-A533-B1A4B08BDD58}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1684482366595 https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23020668%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{37EAC0CA-C926-4FCC-A7F1-D899F5E9EAF4}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1684482390957 https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23019833%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{9020D409-D8FE-4B3C-B278-A5E4031BF206}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1684482495581 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alamy Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Hi Phil, Unfortunately the links you've provided are not loading for us. Please could you email them over to contributors@alamy.com and we can look into this for you. Thanks, Chantelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 (edited) Well amazingly they all seem to have been removed! Spooky. They were 'Cityscapes of Dresden', some ducks on a lake and other things that had no news value whatsoever. This has been happening a lot recently - 'tourists on a beach in Spain' and so on, as well as the same sets of images appearing three times as they came via different sources. I can still see, however - Italy: Burano a small island in the Venice lagoon, Burano, Italy. Very nice travel stock, but not news. And 'People Visit the National museum, Sanaa, Yemen', 'Shopping Online, Berlin, Deutschland', 'Salmon fishing off Shaldon beach, Devon, UK', 'Alzheimer's, dementia, fading memories, Berlin, Deutschland' I know most sales come from sets sent out to potential customers rather than them looking at the Live News feed, but it really doesn't give a very professional impression. Edited May 19, 2023 by Phil Robinson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Ore Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Twenty of strawberry harvesting in Kashmir, India. Not a specific festival. Three images of a bee flying toward a flower and drinking from it. Six images of the TikTok logo (um, what country last banned TicTok?). Fishermen hauling nets -- maybe weather shot, or filler. National Museum of Beirut, Lebanon, no special occasion mentioned. And this isn't all I wondered about on the first two pages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted May 20, 2023 Author Share Posted May 20, 2023 China: Crayfish Popular In Summer, Suqian, China 'Workers feed cows at a dairy farm' - if they didn't it might be news Rape blossom, Brandenburg Gophers in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia (x3) Village church Tarmow Valor do boi gordo, (cows) China: China Xinjiang Tour, Bazhou, China - a tourist enjoys themselves 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 (edited) Just one day: Pasjaca Beach in Croatia The memorial complex of the shrine of Alexander Nevsky in the Concert Hall of the Sta... Ruble banknotes., Moscow, Russia Photo illustration in Brazil (mobile phone screen) World News (mobile phone screen - no news) Baby Jesus Lizard, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA The Pollinator Green Bee, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA Empty tables in the outdoor gastronomy, Munich, Deutschland Marienplatz with Fischerbrunnen in Munich, Munich, Deutschland Workers unload chemical fertilizers in Dhaka, Bangladesh Daily life in Dhaka, Bangladesh Rail transport infrastructure, Berlin, Deutschland Cell phone mast, cell phone transmitter, cell phone antenna, Berlin, Deutschland Vodafone radio mast, cellphone mast, cellphone transmitter, cellphone antenna, Berlin... "410163379" ???? Photo illustration in Ukraine 2023-05-24T12:43:41+01:00 Vineyards on the Unstrut, Zscheiplitz, Germany CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-RIVER TERN "This undated photo shows a river tern flying in the Mekong flooded forest area in Cambodia. " British tourists on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain China: Power Coal Transportation, Lianyungang, China Dairy Cows Base, China Injured racehorse in rehab swim None of it news It seems the answer to my question is yes. Edited May 25, 2023 by Phil Robinson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted May 26, 2023 Author Share Posted May 26, 2023 26th: "46531074" "46531073" "Alamy Live News Images" Everyday Life in Izmir, Turkey - people are seen coming down the stairs A bird flies against the Dharahara tower in Kathmandu Gottleuba Valley Bridge, Pirna, Germany Montfort Castle in the morning light, Langenargen, Germany China: Yangshuo Scenery, Guilin, China China: China Manufacturing Industry, Nantong, ChinaBenches Stadium Baseball This is embarrassing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted June 5, 2023 Author Share Posted June 5, 2023 https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23116378%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{9150A94B-7F89-4344-B5F0-2AD1BCE1ABD0}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1686000834065 ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP Essex Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 On 26/05/2023 at 21:31, Phil Robinson said: This is embarrassing Totally. And there's more.https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23117790%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{727F3AA1-46DD-4881-B219-AD6E011FAD68}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{B2492996-8535-4339-99B6-CDC856F2FBAF}%26rand%3D1686035231201 27 images of a Germany pharmacy, many of them poor quality over 9 entries of "news", these are via DPA I had some decent news sales in the past, I still post some soft news items when the opportunity presents itself. And sometimes they sell. But this sort of thing will surely just make serious news outlets less likely to bother with looking in the first place? "Nah we don't bother with Alamy News anymore, it's just photos of pharmacies and people shopping"... I remember how hard it was to sell news photos in the 1990's, I lived in London & the tedious phoning contacts on picture desks, taking photos in, waiting for the lab, rushing hopefully to the newsagents the next morning. Now I can do it out of a backpack anywhere in the world. But the problem with that is so can the person who has a mate with a pharmacy in Germany... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted June 6, 2023 Author Share Posted June 6, 2023 Not to mention these, which seem to appear most dayshttps://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23117237%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{79C303D1-92DE-4B93-8705-8554E743CA2E}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1686036109223 It would be good if Alamy could officially notify us what the new guidelines are for submitting to the Live News Feed, as they have clearly changed radically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted June 15, 2023 Author Share Posted June 15, 2023 https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23183883%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{A84BFA60-5E64-490E-90BC-48E17A033CD3}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1686844944859 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted August 8, 2023 Author Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) "Live News" :https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23482476%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{B4127DBB-6D5D-45AF-ADCA-97B0B440E30F}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1691508903208 https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23482474%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{34501BD4-4ADF-47F9-80AB-49017FC7553F}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1691509002113 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sb photos Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 13 hours ago, Phil Robinson said: "Live News" :https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23482476%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{B4127DBB-6D5D-45AF-ADCA-97B0B440E30F}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1691508903208 https://www.alamy.com/news/newsresults.aspx?qt=l#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26qt%3D%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D120%26aoa%3D1%26news%3D%26sports%3D%26entmt%3D%26Videos%3D%26bb%3D1%26md%3DOL23482474%26dt%3D%26gid%3D{34501BD4-4ADF-47F9-80AB-49017FC7553F}%26destxml%3D%26imglst%3D%26orderby%3DDT%26newsseq%3D%26userid%3D{173C1BC7-D93A-43C2-A48C-B5EB9221055B}%26rand%3D1691509002113 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Nothing changes. Repeat offenders should have their ability to upload live news removed. Alamy must be seriously under resourced or have decided the percentage of non live news uploads compared to genuine live news isn't worth acting on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Might be the agencies getting their product into the system without going through QC. Shame they don't use reportage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) 💤 Edited August 17, 2023 by Mr Standfast Events...thought better of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 None of these links work for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, geogphotos said: None of these links work for me. Live news is deleted after a few days, old images will now be in the main body now. 8th Aug are still visible. Edited August 16, 2023 by Mr Standfast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted August 30, 2023 Author Share Posted August 30, 2023 Today's offering: 30th Aug, 2023. (FILE) Spectators watch the 458-meter-tall Luhai International Center during a light show in Chongqing, China, June 18, 2022. Yes, that's right, June 2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted September 2, 2023 Author Share Posted September 2, 2023 I hereby give up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BidC Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Was only talking about this (with Alamy News as it happens) the other day, and was given some excellent advice. I have been puzzled for a while at what is considered 'news' in some areas, and I have to say have possibly made a story or two myself out of something only weakly newsworthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 35 minutes ago, BidC said: Was only talking about this (with Alamy News as it happens) the other day, and was given some excellent advice. I have been puzzled for a while at what is considered 'news' in some areas, and I have to say have possibly made a story or two myself out of something only weakly newsworthy. Please share, if you can. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BidC Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Mr Standfast said: Please share, if you can. 😉 Will see if I can find the email later on, but ultimately it boils down to common sense (as most things do ). I was just (almost) blindly following the example of some UK contributors (none of them on here, and none from London). The issue had always puzzled me. However, in the other contributor's defence (plural - ie not just one contributor), if you don't live in London a story may be news in your area, however nondescript, but does not appeal to the wider UK (or global) audience. Ultimately these images don't really sell well. In my experience, and as highlighted by Keith Morris, a news image filed to Alamy has to support a story that's of wider national interest. Many of the other images are better sent in as stock. Perhaps a wider story may develop. Perhaps not - but it's up to the photographer to keep an eye on how a story is developing (or not). Local stories, published by local and low cost news outlets, are usually supported by images sent in by phone. That was the gist of it (and is not a quote from Alamy). To be honest I knew this, but wondered if perhaps I'd misunderstood - hence my question to Alamy, prompted by a recent email sent to all contributors. I think the appeal in sending stock images as news is not only that news by passes QC (which really shouldn't be an issue), but that it's possible to write more in terms of explanation to support it. Thats just my opinion - others see other valid reasons for doing so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 (edited) 30 minutes ago, BidC said: Will see if I can find the email later on, but ultimately it boils down to common sense (as most things do ). I was just (almost) blindly following the example of some UK contributors (none of them on here, and none from London). The issue had always puzzled me. However, in the other contributor's defence (plural - ie not just one contributor), if you don't live in London a story may be news in your area, however nondescript, but does not appeal to the wider UK (or global) audience. Ultimately these images don't really sell well. In my experience, and as highlighted by Keith Morris, a news image filed to Alamy has to support a story that's of wider national interest. Many of the other images are better sent in as stock. Perhaps a wider story may develop. Perhaps not - but it's up to the photographer to keep an eye on how a story is developing (or not). Local stories, published by local and low cost news outlets, are usually supported by images sent in by phone. That was the gist of it (and is not a quote from Alamy). To be honest I knew this, but wondered if perhaps I'd misunderstood - hence my question to Alamy, prompted by a recent email sent to all contributors. I think the appeal in sending stock images as news is not only that news by passes QC (which really shouldn't be an issue), but that it's possible to write more in terms of explanation to support it. Thats just my opinion - others see other valid reasons for doing so. Makes sense. Thank you! Edited September 4, 2023 by Mr Standfast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb photos Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 6 hours ago, BidC said: Will see if I can find the email later on, but ultimately it boils down to common sense (as most things do ). I was just (almost) blindly following the example of some UK contributors (none of them on here, and none from London). The issue had always puzzled me. However, in the other contributor's defence (plural - ie not just one contributor), if you don't live in London a story may be news in your area, however nondescript, but does not appeal to the wider UK (or global) audience. Ultimately these images don't really sell well. In my experience, and as highlighted by Keith Morris, a news image filed to Alamy has to support a story that's of wider national interest. Many of the other images are better sent in as stock. Perhaps a wider story may develop. Perhaps not - but it's up to the photographer to keep an eye on how a story is developing (or not). Local stories, published by local and low cost news outlets, are usually supported by images sent in by phone. That was the gist of it (and is not a quote from Alamy). To be honest I knew this, but wondered if perhaps I'd misunderstood - hence my question to Alamy, prompted by a recent email sent to all contributors. I think the appeal in sending stock images as news is not only that news by passes QC (which really shouldn't be an issue), but that it's possible to write more in terms of explanation to support it. Thats just my opinion - others see other valid reasons for doing so. If I shot an event and I classed it as weak news I upload as reportage. I would never upload weak news as live news although many do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BidC Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 hour ago, sb photos said: If I shot an event and I classed it as weak news I upload as reportage. I would never upload weak news as live news although many do. Yes, reportage is basically stock, with the 'news and reportage' category selected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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