Bottom-up News

A few months back, I made Google News my browser startup page, began using Google News Alerts to follow interesting stories, and started reading a few blogs on a daily basis.

I'm enjoying the combo: it's fun to experience news as an ever-changing pattern of events & people, rather than a composed editorial viewpoint -- and it's incredibly useful to follow stories of interest via keyword alerts. Now, if I could just customize my Google News layout and have those alerts showup on my start page, I'd be a happy girl.

I still browse the New York Times , Cnet, and Wired -- but less often than before I made a habit of reading bottom-up news sources like blogs and Google News. Take note, editors & advertisers :-)

So - what's your favorite source for online news, and why?

Comments

[dave davison]

I agree with your comments about the value of blogs as an alternative to doing all the scanning yourself.

Given the style of your Musings - I thought you would find Zblog a refreshing new voice in the Blogosphere and one which complements your Blog/Scan listing.

http://www.zpluspartners.com/zblog/

Andrew Zolli, principal of Z+Partners, is the creator of ZBlog. His wide-ranging scan of books, events and other blogs is presented with great graphics to stimulate your interest and interaction. I have Andy's blog on my IE toolbar and peruse it daily. Although there are others in my list of suggested Blogs, I think Andy's is the best.

If you do visit ZBlog, take a moment to quickly scroll down through the content, just looking at the pictures and headlines - I am sure you will find more than enough is his "musings" to interest you in delving into the content more deeply.

[AJ]

Thanks Dave -- the blog looks great, I'll add it to my list!