Australia: Finding Specific News Coverage

Need to find a specific article, online mention or broadcast clip?

Follow the options below to locate your specific mentions.

Option 1: Search Using Keywords

(use for The Australian and other Newscorp publications)

Use this method when:

• The publication sits behind a firm paywall
• You don't know the exact headline or URL, you only have a heading and subheading on the paywall page

📺 Watch: Search Using Keywords
 

Steps

1. Identify a few unique terms from the article, such as:
   • Company names
   • Executive names
   • Topics discussed
   • Unique phrases
2. Navigate to Explore
3. Open the Keyword Search.
4. In the All of these box enter your company keywords or executive names/spokespeople
5. In the At least one of these box enter unique keywords specific to the article
    

   

   
    
6. In the date picker, adjust the date range to include the publication date.
    

   

7. Select Search.

8. The article will appear in the content stream below.
   **note if your article does not appear, try a different combination of keywords using this method

💡 For Broadcast: repeat these steps using keywords from the broadcast segment and change the Source Filter to  Broadcast

 

Option 2: Search by URL

(use for the AFR)

Use this method when:

• You have the article link available
• The publication uses a stable URL structure

📺 Watch: Search by URL

Steps

1. Copy the article URL.
2. Navigate to Explore.
3. Open Advanced Search.
4. In the search box enter: URL:"paste article URL here"
    

   

    

5.  In the date picker, adjust the date range to include the publication date.
    

   

   
    

6. Select Search.

7. The article will appear in the content stream below.

Option 3: Search by Headline

Use this method when:

• You can see the full headline
• The content was published recently

📺 Watch: Search by Headline
 

Steps

1. Copy the article headline
    

   

    

2. Navigate to Explore.

3. Select Keyword Search.

4. Paste the headline into the All of these search box
   
    

   

    

5. In the date picker, adjust the date range to include the publication date.
    

   

6. Select Search.

7. The article will appear in the content stream below.
    

💡 Sometimes headlines can change, if you can’t locate the article using the headline search option, try Option 1 from this article.

Using the Meltwater Chrome Extension

If you're a Google Chrome user, the Meltwater Chrome Extension can help you quickly determine whether content is available in Meltwater.

🔗 Follow this Step by Step Guide

Sharing Coverage

Once you've found the content, you can share it directly from Meltwater.

Options include:
 

• Using the Share button
  1. Hover over the article 
  2. Select the more options
  3. Click Share via email or post to social media
      

     

      

• Copying the article link
  1. Hover over the article headline
  2. Right click and copy link