{"id":27,"date":"2025-09-13T15:58:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T15:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/akjournlsm347\/?p=27"},"modified":"2025-09-13T15:58:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T15:58:28","slug":"your-digital-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/akjournlsm347\/2025\/09\/13\/your-digital-self\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Digital Self"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Unfortunately in today\u2019s climate the news can feel rather depressing and I try to limit consuming traditional news media. I prefer to consume positive news on the local, national, and global levels. There is a local WI journalist, Christina Lorey, that shares uplifting news in Wisconsin on social media. I also keep up with current events in the U.S. from third-party news sources, specifically outlets catering to younger demographics. I gravitate toward channel3000.com<\/a>, cnn.com<\/a>, and msnbc.com<\/a> as traditional sources. Associated Press is my favorite news source. I like knowing it\u2019s a reputable site and compiles the stories from all over the world. I am from Madison and still live there so I do keep up with Madison news as it impacts my daily living. I want to be educated on current topics, issues, and plans within the city. I follow News 3 Now and various city officials for local news in Madison. I use Google to find news specifically when there is a specific topic I want to read about. Then, I will go through the different results to find a reputable source. I will also read articles from multiple outlets, as long as they are trustworthy. I do use AI occasionally. I think it\u2019s important to limit usage to not become reliant on it but also to not lose skills by having AI do it (i.e. reading, writing, problem solving). However, I do not use AI for finding or reading news articles. I mainly read articles and watch news clips. The majority of news media I consume is online. I occasionally watch news broadcasts, but I prefer to consume media in my own time, rather than sitting to watch an hour plus long broadcast. I prefer watching video clips from independent journalists or broadcasts, typically on social media because I enjoy shorter-form content. I also can get a larger variety of sources, journalists, locations, than sticking to one station or website. I toured a local Madison station and watched a live broadcast in the studio. That is one of the experiences that led me to pursue journalism. I interacted with a few different journalists there. I regularly get news through social media. Usually, it is a preview of the official news page that I will follow the link for the rest of the story. I do not use X or Bluesky regularly. I follow some news sites but I think it is harder to find trustworthy posts on X as a lot of it is political discourse riddled with propaganda and misinformation. I read a couple lifestyle and writing blogs on Substack. I also recently got into podcasts, mostly true crime, pop culture, and lifestyle. I have been online for many, many years and have developed online literacy skills to filter through what is real and fake online. There have been times where I read an article and took another look and found the site was not trustworthy. I try to look for established news sites, multiple independent sources, consistent reporting, use of primary sources, and clear attribution and sourcing within articles which I found helps me find reputable news. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unfortunately in today\u2019s climate the news can feel rather depressing and I try to limit consuming traditional news media. I prefer to consume positive news on the local, national, and global levels. There is a local WI journalist, Christina Lorey, that shares uplifting news in Wisconsin on social media. I also keep up with current … Continue reading Your Digital Self<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17881,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/akjournlsm347\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/akjournlsm347\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/akjournlsm347\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/akjournlsm347\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17881"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/akjournlsm347\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/akjournlsm347\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/akjournlsm347\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/akjournlsm347\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/akjournlsm347\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/akjournlsm347\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}