ljidol, current events

[liret]

I don't have to watch the news anymore. I have people who do that for me.

Technically, they don't do it for me, exactly. They do it for the internet. But it works out to the same thing. And I'm apparently not unusual in my preference - it seems that now people under 30 get more of their news from the internet then from tv

Comments

[zeitgeistic]

This is something I love about microblogging because I always need to stay on top of current events, and it's pretty much impossible without crowdsourced information feeds.

[silyara]

I listen to NPR every day, at least Morning Edition. I often also listen to Tell Me More and All Things Considered as well. I don't use Twitter, and I don't really log onto Facebook. Sometimes I see stories that are posted on Livejournal, but mainly I find the daily exposure to the news pretty helpful. Plus, since I walk a lot, I can combine the two via NPR.

[lawchicky]

I do get most of my news from the internet these days. Usually I read a whole story though, instead of twitter-style news.

[frecklestars]

Great intro, great execution of the concept.

[sazeracs]

Are you familiar with longform.org? It melds the internet aggregate and expert/in depth worlds pretty well, though it isn't always of the "breaking news" variety.