How do you get information?
#191
My Dear Friend of Democracy,
A good acquaintance asked me what news sources I check regularly.
While thinking about the answer, I realised that my way of getting info is quite old-school.
For example, I don’t watch the news. I simply can’t. It makes me sad and sick in the long run. Reading is ok. Also listening.
So, here is my list (you will see that it is, since I live in Germany, quite Germany-focused):
I listen to the public broadcaster Deutschlandfunk daily.
Everything else is written text.
Covering Berlin:
liberal, settled
I pay for it and, therefore, read it as ePaper, but it is partly free of charge on the website
Covering Germany:
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, short: FAZ
conservative, economically liberal
I read it as ePaper (way too expensive, but FAZ is the most comprehensive German-language daily newspaper; it is cheaper when you read it on the webpage or in the App with a so-called FAZ+ subscription; it costs about 12 Euro a month)
As a counterpart to the FAZ, I read the left-wing taz
I read it on paper, but it is free on the website
Covering Europe:
I read it on their website; it is mainly free
Covering the world:
I read it on paper and in the app
Reading with the app is not expensive; a few dollars a month, I guess; the best price-performance ratio I know of. :-)
You see, my news consumption is pretty old-fashioned.
How do you get information?
See you,
Johannes