A few years ago I heard that the most informed people were those who regularly watch the evening news – local and national. This came as a surprise to me, a guy thoroughly overwhelmed by hundreds of minute-by-minute RSS feed updates. I thought that I was surely the most up-to-date fellow around. But, I’ve never been able to get a solid grasp of “real” world news from online sources. Either I get overwhelmed by the amount of information or I get distracted by geek news and pictures.
So, two years after first learning that despite being highly tech savvy I was among the less-informed, I am going to undertake an experiment and get my news from three different sources each of three months.
March: I will read one local and one national newspapers daily for one month. I will do my best to avoid both online and television news.
April: I will watch the local and national news daily, avoiding newspapers and online news.
May: I will read online news (sources TBD), avoiding tv news and newspapers.
My prediction is that if I can make/find the time to read the newspapers, I’ll be most informed during March. Least informed in May.
I’ll post my thoughts at the end of each month and a conclusion in June.
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