Keeping up with the alleged 24 hour news cycle in Western media (BBC included) I think leaves people poorly informed and over-hyping predictable events.
It wouldn't surprise me if in 50 years there is still a paper copy of it.
- portfolio,
- adhoc screen that you define how you want
- geographic area
- news source, ie twitter, specific newspaper or website,
- by author, analyst, assuming they've permissioned you to get their research
You can get each story sent in real time or by daily digest if that works better for you.
Though its a bit expensive to pay $1650/month if its coming out of your own pocket and you only use it for the news.
Here's an example. For the majority of my life I've been a hardcore gamer. By that I mean esports, tournaments, strategy and more. My most recent game was Dota which I played for 3 years then moved onto Dota 2 for 4 years.
The Economist wrote a story on the esports explosion and culture and they TOTALLY nailed it.
They were able to capture the emotion and passion people have for video games, and why someone like me would travel across the country to go to tournaments, and spend hours watching professional players on Twitch TV.
I had seen dozens of articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, the New Yorker, but none of them really captured what it was like to follow the esports scene.
The Economist always captures the essence and nuance of many different stories around the world, perfectly. That's why always come back to it for excellent stories and news.
Would be good to have something independent of the publisher
Other than that, I use quartz once in a while - a nice interactive messaging format based news application. I recommend that for people who just want a few notable headlines.
Additionally, I skim through NPR and NYTimes first thing in the morning for the headlines for the day.
Weekly issues on long form without to much of the "news flash" of daily news.
I dont have a ton of time generally, so I allocate about 10-20 minutes to scanning and reading interesting content
That and Fark, at least they're funny.
I listen to a lot on BBC Radio Four which I have on most of the day.