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Yes. Email is a primary way I gather news. I get a bunch of daily emails from various news sources. Some are news organizations, while others are from govern

Yes. Email is a primary way I gather news. I get a bunch of daily emails from various news sources. Some are news organizations, while others are from government agencies or officials. I also get emails from vendors. I filter these into a "shopping" folder so that if I'm looking for a deal I can rummage through there. I get a few random things that just make me happy, like a daily email from a guy who travels the world and sends one photo a day - he might make his money on guidebooks or itineraries or something. I suppose some might use Facebook or Twitter for this but I use neither.

n0ts0gr33n 4y ago
I'd be interested to know which news sites and government agencies send you this by email.
- massysett 4y ago
  I’m in Maryland USA. There are two non-profits that cover Maryland news and send daily newsletters. The county executive (chief executive person for the county) sends a weekly email with various county service news, and the county council sends regular emails. Of course this stuff is self-promoting but it does let me know what is happening as press coverage at this level is minimal at best. The parks send a weekly mail with events, as do other local agencies. Most government agencies around here do this and they usually have sign up links at the bottom of every webpage, in the pile with all the other links that don’t get noticed much. Unfortunately it seems to me the big newspapers like NY Times are intent on sending mails with daily commentary and “analysis” rather than just high-level digests. I do get digest emails for my work - Washington legislative stuff that doesn’t get a lot of public attention - and those are much more useful than the “analysis” NY Times likes to send; I really wish they would do more of a straight daily news summary. C-span also has a great daily email with video clips from the day - just politicians in their own words, rather than “analysis” which always just means commentary and opinion. The Economist does some commentary in its daily emails but it’s brief and has a good survey of world news and it’s always worth reading.

n0ts0gr33n 4y ago

I'd be interested to know which news sites and government agencies send you this by email.

massysett 4y ago
I’m in Maryland USA. There are two non-profits that cover Maryland news and send daily newsletters. The county executive (chief executive person for the county) sends a weekly email with various county service news, and the county council sends regular emails. Of course this stuff is self-promoting but it does let me know what is happening as press coverage at this level is minimal at best. The parks send a weekly mail with events, as do other local agencies. Most government agencies around here do this and they usually have sign up links at the bottom of every webpage, in the pile with all the other links that don’t get noticed much. Unfortunately it seems to me the big newspapers like NY Times are intent on sending mails with daily commentary and “analysis” rather than just high-level digests. I do get digest emails for my work - Washington legislative stuff that doesn’t get a lot of public attention - and those are much more useful than the “analysis” NY Times likes to send; I really wish they would do more of a straight daily news summary. C-span also has a great daily email with video clips from the day - just politicians in their own words, rather than “analysis” which always just means commentary and opinion. The Economist does some commentary in its daily emails but it’s brief and has a good survey of world news and it’s always worth reading.