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Fetch weekly news mentions and alert district leaders

Automatically monitor scheduled news mention checks across Schedule by Zapier and news APIs. Post weekly Slack alerts when relevant coverage appears, so you can surface new articles, link back to sources, and keep communications aligned without manual reporting.

How this automation delivers weekly media alerts

When the weekly check runs, missed mentions can slow leader awareness and weaken messaging timing. This automation schedules a lookback, fetches recent coverage, and posts Slack alerts—so your team can respond quickly.

  1. 1.Schedules weekly news mention checks

    Integrate Schedule by Zapier and time-based scheduling tools to start weekly checks with a run timestamp as the source date.

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  2. 2.Formats the one week lookback date

    Integrate Formatter by Zapier and date transformation tools to compute and format a one week lookback window.

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  3. 3.Fetches recent articles from the news API

    Integrate Webhooks by Zapier and API request tools to retrieve article title, summary, URL, and publish date.

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  4. 4.Filters for qualifying mention results

    Integrate Filter by Zapier and conditional logic tools to continue only when mentions pass the relevance criteria.

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  5. 5.Posts a Slack message with new links

    Integrate Slack and message formatting tools to post title, summary, and links with the lookback window.

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Calendly
Okta
Zendesk
Dropbox
Asana
Allstate
Airbnb
AktivKampagne
Lyft
Webflow
Canva
Sysco
LA Clippers
Getaround
Grammarly
HelloFresh
Lululemon
Barry's
Hopper
Casper
Hudl
Miro
The New York Times
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