Where I get news

Posted by chcs on 1 February 2025 General

For everything you read, watch, listen to and consume: ask yourself--who owns it?

When possible, I prefer non-US, non-commercial and local sources.

• Non-US
  • BBC
  • CBC
  • The Independent
  • The Globe and Mail
  • The Guardian
  • Reuters
• Non-commercial
  • Bluesky
  • NPR
  • Rail.chat (Mastodon) (Find a Mastodon server you like at Fedi.garden)
• Local
  • Capitol Hill Seattle
  • Cascade PBS
  • Northwest Asian Weekly
  • Northwest Labor Press
  • Seattle Medium
  • South Seattle Emerald
  • Washington State Standard
  • West Seattle Blog
• Other
  • UPI

Some of these require subscriptions, either free or with introductory deals. But paying for subscriptions is less expensive than dealing with advertising and disinformation.

If this sounds like a lot, I pay for Feedly, which lets me organize news sources. It even lets me create custom email addresses to sign up for online newsletters.

Your suggestions are welcome. Please interact with me on Rail.chat​​​​​​​ and Bluesky.