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One thing that is lost with online v. physical print papers is the story breaks (…continue on A5…) and the folds. I get the physical paper and skim the headline
by csw-001 4y ago
One thing that is lost with online v. physical print papers is the story breaks (…continue on A5…) and the folds. I get the physical paper and skim the headlines above the fold - I promise myself I will only finish a story (continue on …) if the story impacts me personally in some tangible way.
Another tip - I read geographically close to far. So start with hyper locally news, then metro news, then state/province news, then national/international. As in most democracies and communities, my vote and efforts matter a lot more locally, so being up on the local politics and happenings better informs real life actions I can take to help.
- thom 4y agoMost UK papers are in the tabloid format now (i.e. in the physical sense, not that they're all about sex and celebrities), with very few stories written over pages, nor a meaningful fold (I like it when the crossword is on half a page but beyond that it's irrelevant). Glad that you mentioned voting though, as much as I don't think there's much I can do about most world events, I do still feel the responsibility to be an informed voter, however slim the pickings might be. I have also found that print media (both newspapers and magazines) have made it much easier to engage my kids on various issues.