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This is gospel for media consumption in the 21st Century - Its all about finding the right filters. For a great exercise in learning to do this choose a single news story, then find sources that devote themselves to following it, then follow them. Natural disasters are particularly instructive (i.e. Katrina, California Wildfires, etc) as they usually yield a diverse medley of national, local and individual sources to follow - Breaking news from the AP and local newspapers' websites, updated satellite imagery and analysis provided on a weather-related community site by an NOAA employee, at-the-scene photos and narratives from local bloggers. Learn to find the right filters and you will vastly increase both the breadth and depth of your information consumption. … Read More
September 9, 2008 |
Nathan Zeke commented on Jay Rosen on How To Digest News on September 9, 2008, 9:56 AM
This is gospel for media consumption in the 21st Century - Its all about finding the right filters. For a great exercise in learning to do this choose a single news story, then find sources that devote themselves to following it, then follow them. Natural disasters are particularly instructive (i.e. Katrina, California Wildfires, etc) as they usually yield a diverse medley of national, local and individual sources to follow - Breaking news from the AP and local newspapers' websites, updated satellite imagery and analysis provided on a weather-related community site by an NOAA employee, at-the-scene photos and narratives from local bloggers. Learn to find the right filters and you will vastly increase both the breadth and depth of your information consumption.
Nathan Zeke commented on Jay Rosen on How To Digest News on September 9, 2008, 1:56 PM
This is gospel for media consumption in the 21st Century - Its all about finding the right filters. For a great exercise in learning to do this choose a single news story, then find sources that devote themselves to following it, then follow them. Natural disasters are particularly instructive (i.e. Katrina, California Wildfires, etc) as they usually yield a diverse medley of national, local and individual sources to follow - Breaking news from the AP and local newspapers' websites, updated satellite imagery and analysis provided on a weather-related community site by an NOAA employee, at-the-scene photos and narratives from local bloggers. Learn to find the right filters and you will vastly increase both the breadth and depth of your information consumption.