[web-cowboy]

Rough spot in time to be:

- Once print newspapers were no longer a thing, even local news outlets are struggling to stay alive, and are resulting to sensationalism and entertainment as news - Corporate sponsors retain a huge influence in mainstream news (or have outright purchased it and use it for partisan politics). - "Social" media resides in (you guessed it) corporate-owned walled gardens. - Even those willing to speak out are being targeted by federal agencies

Wondering where others are finding great places to learn what's going on, what's actually relevant to me, and what I can actually do about it.

[nebula8804]

This is just an opinion.

Follow trusted journalists that have a history of superb journalism. You have to decide what is good for yourself. Also industry specific journalists for deeper insight into industry you care about. Many of the greats realize that all the news companies are sinking ships and are trying to establish their own thing before things completely collapse.

Focus on what each journalist specializes in and don't read too much into it when they report on topics that are not their forte (like Breaking points talking about AI). Many journalists stay in their lane but the groups covering all the news don't. I wish all journalists would stay in their lane but this is not the world we live in anymore.

For everything else that you are not willing to invest the time in, just accept you are not going to get great coverage.

My (typically far left) biases are comfortable with the following (these are not all far left)

Zeteo + dropsite for foreign middle east leaning coverage

Breaking points for daily news

Ken Klippenstein, Glenn greenwald for national security state/us government news. Klippenstein is more fun (when he gets an FBI email asking for info but also politely asking to not release it, he goes ahead and provides a download link). Greenwald feels a bit more dry.

Industry specific: autoline (youtube+website) for automotive, semianalysis for semi.

Again this is just my opinion, please decide for yourself.

[tdb7893]

There's a decent amount of non-profit news. I read NPR a lot and donate to them and Propublica. I think one of the big issues is advertising so news you actually pay for is a lot less likely to clickbait you.

[kjkjadksj]

Pablo Torre, the last true sports journalist in America.

[ctoth]

Ah yes, NPR who famously doesn't advertise but just tells us about new products! That sponsor programs!

[ajross]

There's something "Very HN" to see a comment in a discussion about literal political censorship of the news media pointing out the horrifying hypocrisy in one of those media sources running... something sort of like advertisement.

Is this what kids mean when they tell people to touch grass? My generation would accuse you of having lost the plot.

[DangitBobby]

Being forced to run advertisements because one political party in particular decided being unbeholden to corporate interests is a dangerous thing for a news organization to be.

[pico303]

Someone already mentioned NPR. BBC also does a great job reporting on US and international issues. New York Times still does strong reporting. And there are local sources too, such as the Colorado Sun, LA Times, SF Chronicle, or SF Gate (obviously I’m in the US).

[nxobject]

The Guardian has a decent (enough) US bureau – I think an alum of the Intercept edits it. Of course it's not as thorough as an American-based outlet.

[kjkjadksj]

LA Times is in the process of getting Bezosed/Murdoched by their billionaire political activist owner.

[biophysboy]

Not all the legacy newspapers are failing; NYT is doing well. There are other news sources beyond legacy newspapers, broadcasters, local news, and social media. There are wire services (AP, Reuters), insider access journalism (Axios, Punchbowl, Semafor), public media (NPR, PBS, BBC), investigative journalism (ProPublica), digital-first outlets (Politico, Vox), and the growing wave of small, indie , creator-led media (YouTube, Substack, Patreon).

[giraffe_lady]

NYT as a news organization is, charitably, part of the controlled opposition. They are not meeting this moment at all, through cowardice or intentional complicity I'm not completely sure.

[moogly]

NYT is doing well because of Wordle and all other games; their journalism is a joke.

[biophysboy]

Why do you think I care about your journalism opinions?

[moogly]

Yeah, sorry. I should've said they're doing regime sanewashing the right way, to paraphrase Ezra Klein.