I have used YouTube, Reddit and Mastodon for news related to certain topics. Now I want to be more independent in finding my own news sources. However, there are so many sources on the internet I wouldn’t know where to begin to find them by myself.
I have used YouTube, Reddit and Mastodon for news related to certain topics. Now I want to be more independent in finding my own news sources. However, there are so many sources on the internet I wouldn’t know where to begin to find them by myself.
Check out the Ground News app. I’ve been giving it a try on recommendation from a friend, otherwise I just use the same rss feeds I’ve always used.
If you’re new to news, start with AP, Reuters, and Ars Technica, then add local stuff if you have it (BBC, CBC, Indigenous outlets as applicable, etc) and carry on with sources you like.
When you say you’re getting your news from social media, you’re really getting your news via social media. It’s still published somewhere, ideally after having been written by a human journalist. What are the sites whose links you like to follow from reddit or mastodon? Subscribe to those.
And you’ve got yourself a news app!