Using MediaCloud to query for coverage in media or collections

mc_basic_queries.py

keywords = "inequality"
sources = [28, # Miami Helard
           39] # South Florida Sun Sentinel
collections = [38379430] # Florida state & local
mc = mediacloud.api.AdminMediaCloud(API_KEY)
# how many sentences have used this word in the last 3 months?
print(mc.sentenceCount(keywords, ["media_id: ({})".format(" ".join(map(str, sources))),
                                  'publish_date:NOW to NOW-3MONTH']))
# how many stories have used this word in the last 3 months?
print(mc.storyCount(keywords, ["media_id: ({})".format(" ".join(map(str, sources))),
                               'publish_date:NOW to NOW-3MONTH']))
# how many stories in the Florida state & local colleciton used this word in 2017
print(mc.storyCount(keywords, ["tags_id_media: ({})".format(" ".join(map(str, collections))),
                               "publish_date:[2017-01-01T00:00:00Z TO 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z]"]))