🗞️
the range of news given in newspapers is kind of incredible. there are so many options and you don’t have to scroll through the websites and hope to spot something interesting. you’re exposed to news and stories from places you had no idea existed. my only problem with them is that they don’t have the what‘s showing in cinemas section anymore.
Feb 22, 2024
Related Recs
🗞
My city has a small local newspaper and it’s awesome. Once a week they have an artfully designed front cover, a new crossword(my fav) and sudoku, news stories from the week, classifieds, and an events section letting you know all the little happenings throughout that week, with a whole dedicated section for music stuff going on around town. it makes me happy
Jan 2, 2025
📍
i recommend identifying some indie journalists that are local or focus on a subtopic you’re interested in and following them (twitter and bluesky have a lot). just first skim their profile and check the outlets they’ve written for in case there are red flags (i can rec some US ones if u want!)
i also above all recommend finding your nearest newspaper - in the US you usually have some sort of “tribune” or other local newspaper. if you aren’t in a metropolitan area i recommend additionally following one from your closest metro area (if not, your state capitol).
if you have a local NPR affiliate they are generally reliable and free.
your local news might only be one of those acronym-number tv ones (FOX11, ABC7 etc), but their stories are free, report on a variety of topics, and usually better than CNN imo (**be mindful they still tend to publish random copaganda crime stories)
also, local papers almost always still report out on national news and big international news
you also don’t even need a paper subscription, a web subscription is typically cheap. usually $10-30 for a year
all that said - local newspapers can still be biased, but IMO it can be easier to spot the BS when you know the issues local to you. if you know your mayor has sucked because he is funding a shady project and he’s cutting budgets for something that fixes an important issue in your town, and an article comes out on the issue getting worse but doesn’t mention the budget cuts or only quotes the mayor without fact-checking or adding further context — that’s suspicious and you know to be weary of what else that paper is putting out. but if they do publish a nuanced story with multiple sources, background context, and seems to be fact checked, you can then approach other things they publish with less apprehension. it’s an imperfect litmus test for news
Sep 3, 2024
reading the neighborhood newspapers and newsletters helps me feel connected to my community!
Feb 20, 2025
Top Recs from @moonie
⌨️
I‘m wondering why we stopped having blogs and writing essays? I want to hear people’s thoughts. I want to share my thoughts! and I don’t want to see these thoughts in a few sentences on twitter or a short Instagram post. I need a 1000+ word essay with images, links, references, book recs, and everything else. I wanna know what’s going on inside your brain.
Feb 20, 2024
I need to share this list I made because it is such a blessing to me that I can just open youtube or vimeo and watch these lovely little movies. there’s a range of them like bergman, tarkovsky, polish films, art-house, weird matthew gray gubler short, experimental horror, short films from the 20’s. how fun.
Jun 8, 2024