Blog Post 1: My Top Five Sources of News & Information

 Blog Post 1: My Top 5 Sources of News & Information

Nation-wide and international news and information has been shared and spread through all kinds of platforms. What first started as news being spread through newspapers progressed to television, and now can be found pretty much anywhere on technology devices. Applications have been created solely for the purpose of  providing news to everyone on the go with just the tap of a finger. Since my generation is the generation that uses technology the most, I have a few apps of my own that I use to find out information that is happening around me. 

In this post, I will be presenting my top five sources of news and information, and provide unique findings with those sources that I recommend users apply to their search for news.

Source 1 - NewsBreak

My first source that I use as a college student is NewsBreak. I first heard of NewsBreak through an ad on Snapchat and I personally love NewsBreak because I can specifically find news in the city I live in or in areas I am visiting. The app has features that allows you to specify what you want the app to tell you, whether it is politics, criminal activity, or information specific to the area. It tells me about accidents, crime, and events that I need to know of that are happening near me. Altogether, this app is a great way to receive news and information that is more specific to one's interests. 

Source 2 - Fox News

The second source that I prefer to use is Fox News, which is widely known to be a national news outlet, mainly discussing politics, news around the nation, and features news that is international, as well. I prefer Fox News not only because of my political stance, but I have found Fox News has been both reliable and informational and I tend to agree on its views. I would recommend because they cover a variety of topics, but it is a conservative news channel, so it may not appeal to all. I also have found it reliable and trustworthy depending on if you agree with its views. 

Source 3 - The Wall Street Journal

My third choice in news sources and information is The Wall Street Journal, where I am able to gather information about what is happening in the world today and I can keep up with overall information without it getting too political. I tend to enjoy non-political news sources the most because I feel like there is no bias or filter, however, The Wall Street Journal is known for being a tad bit conservative.

Source 4 - CNN

While CNN is not my most liked news source since it can be so political and does have some views that I personally do not agree with, I like CNN for giving me news straightforward and covering a variety of topics, so therefore, CNN is on my list of top sources I use for news and information. Like Fox News, CNN is trustworthy and reliable depending on if their views agree with others, but I still recommend it as a news source as it does get the job done in sharing information about what is happening in our country as well as our nation. 

Source 5 - Instagram

Instagram is my fifth source of information and news since I go on Instagram often, but it definitely is not my first choice because it is hard to find accounts that are authentic and share real news and not false information. I like Instagram because I can quickly scroll through information without having to read and analyze large paragraphs. One issue with Instagram is, again, the easy spread of false information and posts not giving all the information necessary without misinformation being spread, and therefore, I would not recommend this as a news source unless absolutely necessary. In addition, here have been some instances where Instagram and Facebook have been accused of being biased and permitting information that supports one side compared to the other, so that contributes to the negatives with the application. Instagram is not a reliable source for news, but occasionally, I will see things that I did not know where happening in the real world, which helps.

Conclusion

I hope the sharing of my thoughts and opinions on these news and information sources was helpful, and please take my recommendations into consideration. I am still currently looking for more news sources that I like and will be attempting to find more reliable ones at that. 

My next post will detail the Supreme Court and I will share my thoughts on it and what new facts and information I learned while researching about it.