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Where do you prefer to get your news?
Where do you prefer to get your news?
Are you a fan of social links from Twitter and/or Facebook?
Do you prefer to curate your own via Blogs / RSS?
Do you prefer Newspapers on the Web or Newspapers in Print?
What about Magazines on the Web or Magazines Print?
Or, are you a person who prefers TV or Web-based TV to stay up to date?
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Personally I use multiple sources for my news. I use both online media, whether it be actual news sites or blogs. I also watch some of the main stream media news channels on TV. I believe that to get the best overall information you have to reach to multiple different platforms and get many different points of view, for the best perspective of what is going on. Also to get different points of view and opinions on the topics being discussed.
I too use multiple sources for news, blogs posts, and research.
I prefer newspaper in print, but newspaper on the web is much more convenient during my Monday through Friday work week. I'm a big fan of the Guardian in the UK, Reuters, and I check the New York Times Bits and Blog section for Technology and Business. As far as local news goes, I check the local websites for info. The San Francisco Chronicle almost went to online media only.
I definitely read magazines only by print. However, I rarely have magazines unless I travel.
As far as social media, I have the names of 5 people on twitter who post great material daily. Their updates consist of rich material that is either news, research, or just funny clips. @brianprovost @scottalbro @sportsguy33 (for sports) @mint (financial) are just a few. It's really easy to check their updates and it informs me of things I missed, so social media is a great tool for catching rare information.
We have so many outlets to find news and information these days that it's sometimes overwhelming...thanks to the creation of social media.
I generally visit the same "non-biased" news sources (which I realize in many ways, is laughable). But, I also try to be aware of news in the form of half truths (not lies, but not the full truth either). While, this is often difficult to synthesize, one thing I typically do is visit news sites from a wide range of geographical locations. What some news sources consider headlines, others don't even cover...
The great virtue (and in some cases, vice) of the internet as a news platform is that the control and censorship piece which goes unseen in a TV newscast, has a very limited effect. Considering the advent of social media and constant information exchange, highly controlled news-- while still alive-- is suffering and endangered by its silent competitor.
That competitor is: People have a choice, in fact they have thousands of choices of where to go for news. This is a good thing.
I subscribe to several mailing lists (TDWI, IT toolbox, Jeff Kaplan...) and RSS feeds. Those are the places that we get ideas for our blog (available at http://businessintelligence.me/blog/ ). Twitter is another excellent source of up-to-date information if you are following the right people. Also the flowing data blog is great for data visualization pieces.
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