Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?

#1

Post by peterlk » Tue, Aug 07, 2018, 3:04 PM UTC

I think HN does a pretty good job at aggregating news that is interesting to me, but I'm looking to broaden where I get my news from.

Re: Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?

#2

Post by LinuxBender » Tue, Aug 07, 2018, 3:11 PM UTC

I mostly get news from patch [1] as it is generally the only news that applies to me. News on HN sometimes applies to my career field, yet rarely ever applies directly to me.

[1] - https://patch.com/

Re: Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?

#3

Post by cm2012 » Tue, Aug 07, 2018, 3:23 PM UTC

Twitter can be nice once you curate some.

Re: Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?

#4

Post by AnimalMuppet » Tue, Aug 07, 2018, 4:07 PM UTC

For a sane take on general news, I like Reuters. I think Google does a decent job of collecting headline news.

Re: Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?

#5

Post by motiw » Tue, Aug 07, 2018, 4:19 PM UTC

New google news app works well for me.

Re: Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?

#6

Post by Bucephalus355 » Tue, Aug 07, 2018, 5:09 PM UTC

cm2012 wrote: post #3

Twitter can be nice once you curate some.

I’d like to second this.

Also make sure on Twitter you are using the “Lists” feature which is very important / keeps you sane.

As an example, for news on China I’ll create 3 lists: China 1, China 2, China 3. I’d then fill each list with 15 ppl. Now each list is almost a mini news app in itself.

Surprisingly, I have found Russia Today and CGTN tv (the propaganda arm of Russia and China respectively) interesting at times. Russia Today has some truths to its reporting (and even good Western guest writers / reporters at times) ; CGTN does not and is mostly entertainment for me.

Also you can watch live Bloomberg TV on YouTube which is pretty cool.

Re: Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?

#7

Post by lihaciudaniel » Tue, Aug 07, 2018, 5:27 PM UTC

LinuxBender wrote: post #2

I mostly get news from patch [1] as it is generally the only news that applies to me. News on HN sometimes applies to my career field, yet rarely ever applies directly to me. [1] - https://patch.com/

"Hello! Patch is currently unavailable in most European locations.

We are working on a technical compliance solution, and hope to be able to provide our local journalism offerings to EU readers soon.

—The Patch Team"

I guess this is another day for GDPR

Re: Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?

#8

Post by steve1011 » Tue, Aug 07, 2018, 6:08 PM UTC

LinuxBender wrote: post #2

I mostly get news from patch [1] as it is generally the only news that applies to me. News on HN sometimes applies to my career field, yet rarely ever applies directly to me. [1] - https://patch.com/

I have been doing my own local news curation via google alerts; patch looks much better, will give it a try

Re: Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?

#9

Post by dpeck » Tue, Aug 07, 2018, 6:34 PM UTC

It surprised me, but I've come to like the News app on iOS. A little bit of currating and adding subscriptions to The Economist and such and its become part of my morning news ritual.

Re: Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?

#10

Post by bsvalley » Tue, Aug 07, 2018, 6:34 PM UTC

HN is awesome for that specific niche. Interestingly, I've been using twitter (exclusively) for global news, in addition to HN (tech news). It works pretty well and you get straight to the point. What made me switch is the amount of articles written around one single tweet every day.

It's crazy to see how journalists these days can create a whole story out of a 140 character message. I'd rather get the 140 original characters...