My Top 5 News Sources- Blog Post #1

 My Top 5 News Sources

My top news sources are not typically considered conventional ways to receive new,s they are cues from others who share one aspect of a story that encourages me to do some digging on my own. Below will be an explanation of how and why these sources work in unison to keep me informed on major news within the world. 

#1Tik Tok:Tik Tok acts as my most used social media which means oftentimes the news I see is through Tik Tok from videos talking about events around the world. Tik Tok may be my most used news source but it is not a news source I rely on. Tik Tok being a place where anyone can post or share information plus the fact that the algorithm is created to show you content you like means it is not a place I trust information from. It simply acts as a place that shares when a major event happens so I can find further information. 

#2 Fraternity Group Chat: My fraternity group chat is highly active and people are often talking about recent news, especially when it is something shocking, such as a shooting. Which prompts me to look the events up and learn what actually happened, not what college men say happened because that story often varies from the truth or only includes aspects of the truth. 

#3 Google: Being conscious of how facts can be mis represented or stories can be created within Tik Tok or people in the fraternity sharing news events. I use google very frequently as a way to fact check and as my main source for learning details about major news events. While on google I click through the top few news outlets in attempt to avoid biases news stations often have in how they tell stories. 

 #4 Grandpa: I am in an incredibly lucky position to have a close relationship with my Grandpa. A relationship that includes weekly conversations, unlike myself my Grandpa spends the majority of his time reading about the news or watching the news. Being someone who spends their day reading article after article on cities such as Wall Street Journal or Fox. He almost always knows what is going on in the world before I do and often on our phone calls he talks about what is happening around the world. I am conscious of the fact that almost every news channel he gets his information from(even though he claims it is not true) is often a more conservative leaning channel of communication. 

#5 Instagram: Similarly to Tik Tok I use Instagram more then most other social media's and often see news posted on peoples stories or on my feed through news channels I follow on the app. This is another service similar to Tik Tok where I see some basics of news and then turn to other channels such as google to learn the true story or a more extensive version of the story. 

By utilizing these sources I have been able to stay in the loop with major news events and some less major yet still newsworthy events. I have never been someone who stayed in the loop with world events because I often feel they are negative however I try to ensure when events do happen that I ensure I know the necessary information