tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post4383892801266196868..comments2024-03-28T18:39:59.184-07:00Comments on SearchReSearch: SearchResearch Challenge (8/4/21): What do you do to find high quality news content? Dan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-80887018310621130752021-08-15T09:48:55.111-07:002021-08-15T09:48:55.111-07:00… sorry for the glitch
try this - Yandex image sea...… sorry for the glitch<br /><a href="https://yandex.com/images/search?text=smoking%20reporter" rel="nofollow">try this - Yandex image search - the Russians like their tobacco…</a><br /><a href="https://tinyurl.com/b6ra5asa" rel="nofollow">stats</a><br /><a href="https://tinyurl.com/ypu72jnm" rel="nofollow">a little backstory</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-66328652444856946842021-08-14T16:11:31.033-07:002021-08-14T16:11:31.033-07:00I got an error when I clicked on the second link.I got an error when I clicked on the second link.Mathladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05805035115941387152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-72200812450568749002021-08-14T11:52:21.002-07:002021-08-14T11:52:21.002-07:00kinda hard to find the old-time, smokin' repor...kinda hard to find the old-time, smokin' reporter… pc images?<br /><a href="https://imgur.com/a/G1Jerxb" rel="nofollow">nice shadow</a><br /><a href="https://tinyurl.com/2mnaaadw%22%22" rel="nofollow">a bit easier on the Russian site</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-67508967449791974572021-08-09T16:43:01.967-07:002021-08-09T16:43:01.967-07:00the reporter/typewriter photo, Cleveland Press… ch...<a href="https://type-writer.org/?p=3173" rel="nofollow">the reporter/typewriter photo, Cleveland Press… check the site out</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-18822475799919706862021-08-09T13:38:27.765-07:002021-08-09T13:38:27.765-07:00My first stop for news is my local newspaper, whic...My first stop for news is my local newspaper, which I pay to subscribe to. Next I use Google News, which helps to provide a better global perspective. If I am looking for detailed news about a minor, local matter, I check the websites and social media accounts of our local radio stations. For something that is 'breaking' news, I usually turn to social media (Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, generally). I have also appreciated the AP's Not Real News feature (https://apnews.com/hub/not-real-news). I don't personally look for general news coverage through my social media feed, but it is interesting to see what other people think is 'news'. <br /><br />When I find an article that I want to share with others who may not subscribe to our local paper, I look to see if it's an AP story. If so, I Google the keywords in the article's title and try to find an open source version (most recently, I did this with https://www.denverpost.com/2021/08/08/facebook-prayer-tool/, which was also reported in my local paper (behind the subscription paywall)).Melanie Bueckerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13893124314417309065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-66233024420827800472021-08-09T09:38:05.272-07:002021-08-09T09:38:05.272-07:00he is kinda flamingo pink<a href="https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2021/8/big-mac-lover-donald-gorske-has-officially-consumed-his-32-000th-burger-670275" rel="nofollow">he is kinda flamingo pink</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-76918392856172125782021-08-09T09:35:12.581-07:002021-08-09T09:35:12.581-07:00he should be the same color as BigMac algae…maybe ...<a href="https://tinyurl.com/j49e835s" rel="nofollow">he should be the same color as BigMac algae…maybe that's the vegan one…</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-30495712825197869342021-08-09T09:03:42.009-07:002021-08-09T09:03:42.009-07:00am backward searching…
French salt ponds
salmon-co...am backward searching…<br /><a href="https://kottke.org/21/08/the-pink-salt-ponds-of-camargue-france" rel="nofollow">French salt ponds</a><br /><a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/why-are-flamingos-pink/" rel="nofollow">salmon-colored flamingos…what color are BigMacs?</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-24599651788477824712021-08-07T08:20:23.476-07:002021-08-07T08:20:23.476-07:00This search tool allows you to filter results by w...This search tool allows you to filter results by whether the source leans right or left (under lens, search for the word right or left)<br />https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/waldo-%E2%80%93-search-less-see-m/codlehhdmfjjenohbcibmhhedmfmefib<br />H.Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10374267183653557390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-68593116717305181572021-08-07T06:25:10.914-07:002021-08-07T06:25:10.914-07:00Yeah.. it astounded me as well. But having dengue...Yeah.. it astounded me as well. But having dengue fever reported in your community REALLY wipes out the local tourist trade, so there are a lot of forces working together to NOT report such bad news. <br />Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-8439015471849481032021-08-07T06:22:38.531-07:002021-08-07T06:22:38.531-07:00wow on the dengue fever bit!wow on the dengue fever bit!H.Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10374267183653557390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-60723122382266598272021-08-07T05:53:51.165-07:002021-08-07T05:53:51.165-07:00I also have several subscriptions to a variety of ...I also have several subscriptions to a variety of sources, as well as news feeds from different locations and political outlooks. <br /><br />And we'll talk about lateral reading AND other language sources. Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-69881269413007646642021-08-07T05:52:45.876-07:002021-08-07T05:52:45.876-07:00Learning discernment--we'll try to tackle that...Learning discernment--we'll try to tackle that this coming week (or next)! Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-15519728499721135752021-08-07T05:52:10.666-07:002021-08-07T05:52:10.666-07:00Good point. Another thing to consider: what is mot...Good point. Another thing to consider: what is motivating this particular coverage (or non-coverage) of an event. There might well be political forces at work as well, or financial forces, or some combination. I know of instances where outbreaks of dengue fever (in the US!) were not reported in the news, even though it's clearly a newsworthy story. Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-33949228286995255622021-08-07T05:50:11.674-07:002021-08-07T05:50:11.674-07:00A local perspective is important. During the news...A local perspective is important. During the news coverage of the big California (local to me) earthquake of 1989, the national news got a LOT wrong (places, names, history) that the local reporting got correct. Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-49640512677105781182021-08-07T05:48:41.117-07:002021-08-07T05:48:41.117-07:00What a great perspective: News truly is the "...What a great perspective: News truly is the "first draft of history..." and, as such, is always being re-written as we learn more. Useful to remember this. Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-40342289531077306832021-08-07T02:39:05.923-07:002021-08-07T02:39:05.923-07:00 I have a number of strategies for finding good q... I have a number of strategies for finding good quality news and it depends on what I am looking for and why, which strategy I use. If it is UK or US news, I have online subscriptions to the FT, the Guardian, the NY Times and the Washington Post and will check those first. I like to get different points of view and so, sometimes if I am not in a hurry, I will also look at other newspapers with which I am familiar and which I know are reliable and see what they are saying. If I am looking for news from countries I am unfamiliar with and I want a local view point, I will look for newspapers or news services in the county and check them out on Wikipedia to see what they have to say there about them. All of this will depend on time and how important the story is to me.<br /><br />I am a school librarian and often give advice to students and teachers on searching for reliable sources, especially those from news sources they are unfamiliar with. I teach them how to check out a news source using lateral reading, a quick strategy for impatient web users who want immediate results. I also teach classes of students to use the various tools on google for finding news sources, especially students looking for foreign language news articles.Serendipityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998388866580079770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-84158763894876455372021-08-06T11:33:21.346-07:002021-08-06T11:33:21.346-07:00not a bad covid snapshot…(SmartNews) The city sear...not a bad covid snapshot…(SmartNews) The city search is handy too<br /><a href="https://coronavirus.smartnews.com/us/" rel="nofollow">from SmartNews</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events" rel="nofollow">wikipedia current events portal</a><br /><a href="https://bigseventravel.com/best-burgers-usa/" rel="nofollow">'Seattle' - got me here in time for lunch</a><br /><a href="https://tinyurl.com/2k7vkaed" rel="nofollow">via Gooooooooogle</a><br /><a href="https://dphss.guam.gov/covid-19/" rel="nofollow">OoT/Guam</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/GuamDPHSS/" rel="nofollow">fb</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events" rel="nofollow"><b>wiki current events portal</b> - handy to go back in time easily</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lindbergh" rel="nofollow">wouldn't have seen this death otherwise - handy to have quick access to wiki info on subject</a><br /><a href="https://www.quora.com/Do-employees-at-the-CIA-actually-use-the-World-Factbook-in-their-research" rel="nofollow">CIA, info source?</a><br /><a href="https://www.quora.com/" rel="nofollow">Quora questions about events</a><br /><a href="https://www.iste.org/explore/Digital-and-media-literacy/Top-10-sites-to-help-students-check-their-facts" rel="nofollow">list of fact checking sites</a><br /><a href="https://www.statista.com/chart/25443/estimated-amount-of-data-created-on-the-internet-in-one-minute/" rel="nofollow">chart of the day</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-4713879589588668682021-08-06T10:10:46.785-07:002021-08-06T10:10:46.785-07:00ever growing, shifting sand<a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/08/one-minute-internet-web-social-media-technology-online" rel="nofollow">ever growing, shifting sand</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-80080054279794660612021-08-06T08:42:09.410-07:002021-08-06T08:42:09.410-07:00just for fun, tried this search — the trick seems ...just for fun, tried this search — the trick seems to be finding sources that just don't tell you what you want to hear… thanks machine learning.<br />it often seems to be the cliche of drinking out of a mega fire hose… hard to be discerning…<br /><a href="https://tinyurl.com/x5xawzks" rel="nofollow">fwiw: a KIWI top 35 list…</a><br /><a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/new_zealand_news_websites/" rel="nofollow">the full list</a><br /><a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/mexican_news_websites/" rel="nofollow">for Ramón</a><br /><a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/canadian_news_websites/" rel="nofollow">for jon</a><br /><a href="https://themeisle.com/blog/news-aggregator-websites-examples/" rel="nofollow">for those of us in Guam</a><br /><a href="https://mashable.com/article/best-news-apps" rel="nofollow">another list</a><br /><a href="https://www.smartnews.com/en/" rel="nofollow">out of Japan - english version</a><br />a secondary site for topical/interesting bits…<br /><a href="https://kottke.org/" rel="nofollow">kottke</a><br /><a href="https://www.lifewire.com/cool-websites-to-look-at-when-bored-3486362" rel="nofollow">also in the genre…</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-4490854311548860102021-08-06T05:28:54.243-07:002021-08-06T05:28:54.243-07:00I like to use a variety of sources, so I'm a b...I like to use a variety of sources, so I'm a big fan of RSS feeds. Like Jeff, I use an aggregator, in my case, Netvibes. That way, I can create what is essentially my own newspaper. I know that RSS feeds are considered very old fashioned, but I would urge news outlets to include them in their coding.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926643661680242527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-48832980747209356882021-08-05T12:45:41.047-07:002021-08-05T12:45:41.047-07:00I read the news every day on Stuff, which is our l...I read the news every day on Stuff, which is our local (NZ) news site, but after changing ownership it has become very left-wing and the grammar and spelling in articles is often poor. Another issue with Stuff is that it seems to show different articles depending on whether one is on a phone or desktop, or logged in. My husband will mention an article that I haven't seen, and it's hard to find an article that is a day or two old. In that case I do a Google search using the Site operator to find the item on Stuff. Why don't I find a different news site? New Zealand Herald now has subscription-only access to some material, and the layout of Radio New Zealand (RNZ) was dull. If I want more information on a topic, or backstory or a different perspective, I do a Google search. Results include CNN, BBC, The Guardian and local NZ sites or sites specific to the topic I am interested in. That is enough for me.ikijibikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13283403889630069456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-26013985790874790702021-08-05T01:08:51.913-07:002021-08-05T01:08:51.913-07:00One criterion I keep in mind is the criterion of e...One criterion I keep in mind is the criterion of embarrassment so let's say there's a fight between liverpool fans and Arsenal fans. If a pro-liverpool source says something that's not flattering for Liverpool fans, then I'm more likely to believe it as there is no clear incentive for the source to be inaccurate.<br /><br />I also favour sources that I already know to be nuanced and fair-minded like people within the Effective Altruism movement.<br /><br />Hashem ElAssadH.Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10374267183653557390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-62495434673857260162021-08-04T19:06:07.648-07:002021-08-04T19:06:07.648-07:00In order to find the news I do this.
If it is jus...In order to find the news I do this.<br /><br />If it is just checking what's news, my first visit is Google Discover. And there, I read the news I need. And then, visit News.Google.com sections. I visit both US version and Mexico's version<br /><br />After that, I visit the sites I like and trust to be informed. And read or watch the news<br /><br />If the news is the called "Breaking News" or news in development, like an earthquake or accident or something like that, after knowing about the news (maybe told by someone or getting a notification or listening about it), I go to Twitter as those are news that are changing minute by minute. I follow the same process for news that are informed in comments or as information that reporter gets and still are not in newspapers. Examples of these news are news about a soccer team, minute a minute in a presentation or similar.<br />Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-27886297077815836782021-08-04T18:04:10.408-07:002021-08-04T18:04:10.408-07:00This is only obliquely related, but it is what I d...This is only obliquely related, but it is what I do. I like to read news generated close to what is happening. For example, I grew up near the Gulf coast but now live far away. I was very interested in the April 2010 oil leak and the national coverage was spotty, so I read the New Orleans and Pensacola newspapers. Not only was there more information in those publications, but the letters from readers describing what they were seeing every day gave a human picture of the devastation there that I would not have gotten from any newspaper.<br /><br />I also prefer international news for international events. My current favorites are the BBC and Raidió Teilifís Éireann in Ireland. These days the two have different perspectives on the G20 corporate tax reform which will affect the countries differently. When I travel internationally (here’s hoping), I read newspapers from my destinations to see what issues are important and what people are thinking in those places. The news may be biased but it does give a flavor of the culture.<br /><br />These strategies do not address accuracy as much as ambience, which is important to me sometimes, and it is one view of reality.<br /><br />Mathladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05805035115941387152noreply@blogger.com