(Newswire.net — November 2, 2018) — The advent of the internet, smartphones and other related technology has been great for communication. It’s now easier than ever to share one’s thoughts and transmit news with minimal restrictions.
That has made it easy and cheap to stay up to date with happenings from anywhere around the world. As great as that is, the downside is that there’s now a deluge of information, making it difficult to sift through all the news sources that are credible. If you’re feeling overwhelmed and want to cut through the noise to stay up to date without stress, here are a few ways to do just that:
1. Social Media Notifications
If you’re like most people, you already spend some time every day on social media. What you might not be doing yet is curating small lists of accounts that you can check at intervals to get an overview of the latest news. That’s much more efficient than going through your entire timeline or feed since you’ll only see posts by those vetted accounts.
On Facebook, you can set posts from your favorite news accounts to show first in your timeline so every time you log in, you’ll see them before anything else. On Twitter, you can make use of the lists feature to go through tweets from a few accounts, and even activate SMS notifications to give you a preview of each tweet from accounts you specify.
2. Try Multimedia
With audio or video news broadcasts, you have the advantage of being able to work on other things while still listening or watching the news. You can download a podcast app and subscribe to news podcasts, or use the fox news live stream to watch the news as it unfolds while at work or in the course of your commute.
Another benefit of audio-visual broadcasts is that they are better able to give much more detailed coverage than articles, which is to be expected, considering the that they directly transmit audio or video of situations. Live video feeds are especially good for keeping up to date with developing situations as they occur.
3. Sign Up for News Roundup Newsletters
Most major news outlets offer a daily newsletter that you can sign up for to get a roundup of all the most important stories every day in your email. If you have a specific outlet that you prefer and trust, you can sign up for the roundups alone, but you can also sign up for multiple ones if you’re interested in getting multiple perspectives on each story.
The great thing about these newsletters is that even after receiving the emails, you can wait until you have a break in your schedule to quickly skim through them and open the stories that pique your interest. Since they are in your email account, you can also refer to them quickly by searching your inbox, thus enabling you to access any story without needing to go through a news outlet’s archives.