[dehrmann]

> the focus seems to be on only the publications from traditional publishers, like these...

All of these are entertainment publications. I'm really not too concerned with how it's paid for, whether its ads, subscription fees, or a Youtuber doing it for free. The news I worry about is the eat-your-vegetables sort that is valuable for society, but few people actively seek out. Public funding doesn't work well because its subject to political whims, ad funding doesn't work because it doesn't drive enough volume, and subscriber funding doesn't work because not enough people actually want to pay for quality reporting that isn't biased towards entertainment.

[Spivak]

So what are the eat-your-vegetables sorts of news because I can't think of a time that news news has been relevant to my life -- "staying on top of current events" has only ever benefited me making small talk at parties. The stuff that matters like local politics, community events and organizing rarely happens in the newspaper. Maybe it used to before my time but it doesn't seem to anymore. Following my states bill tracking platform, local orgs, my local chapter of the ACLU, and the social media of local politicians and government agencies like the planning commission, and (begrudgingly) Facebook events actually surface real life actionable stuff. For capital G grass roots stuff Tiktok has been surprisingly good since they feed you geographically local content. Have been to a few protests that organized on TT.