What’s your preferred method of getting the news?

[Montaigut]

Personally, I have always loved Newspapers and the simple art of reading them. I can't get the same tactile experience from a screen/tablet. Still, the immediacy of digital news means I am seeing the stories I want to read way before I even ge the opportunity to buy a paper.

Agreed on the tactile experience; plus it gives your brain the time to process/analyze/think/refute/agree/compare....

I don't confuse immediacy with importance anymore; unfortunately the former is seemingly the only thing that matters now. Now as for immediacy, unless it physically involves me in some shape or other... que va! There is too much flotsam in the news today and I count on my newspaper to do the sifting and deliver only what matters. But for how much longer?...

[Stalebread]

About the only time I pick up an International Herald Tribune is when I'm going to smoke a cigar. Otherwise, I go online to a variety of sources. I remain an avid book buyer. While I am in awe of e-readers with all their features, apps and advantages, I don't think I will ever abandon books in favor of one. I-pads and I-phones are tempting, though.

[Baldy]

Can somebody explain what a "Newspaper" is to me?

[anacostiakat]

Bit of a mix for me. Being a FOG I like reading the newspaper.

However I also like catching breaking news digitally.

If something grabs my attention I like being able to check it out at the moment.

[Ryan]

Three papers on Sunday.

For the rest of the week, internet, radio and television, in that order.

[sandholm]

I trust fox for my news (just kidding)

I read online news in the morning and during the day (a big part of my job is to stay on-top of things that going on with a main focus on what is going on in Europe and the "right/republican" news channels in the US.

Personal i have a couple of weekly/monthly magazine and I watch the Swiss/French and German news during the evening (i have it on in the back ground while I am doing other things).

For books i use both printed once and digital, digital is smaller but when it comes to better/nicer and photo books they are all printed.

Personal i dont really like "digital" news/prints, real once is better but people are stupid/lazy (or dont appreciate quality) and we will see more and more digital distribution.

[Dbone]

I still enjoy getting most of my news from the newspaper. I feel there's a level of credibility which comes from editors I've been reading from for 10 years+ which isn't found online. Along those lines, the editorials are always fun to read and again, taken with a grain of salt depending who's writing it. Some editors I love, some I don't care for, some I swear are just there to stir the pot.

Online news seems more static, factual, dry. It's a lot of AP stuff on google, yahoo, msn. I'm not saying this are not good sources for news, but I like to have a known personality which leads into credibility, behind my news.

With digital age we live in, the front page is usually yesterdays news, so be it. The neighborhood / local community sections are a good bit of local news that usually doesn't make the TV. Business and travel are good reads also.

[scinmyheart]

I've been reading the local newspaper ever since my father got me into it when I was about 15...I really feel like something is wrong if, for some reason, I'm not able to read the paper in the morning...I tried to get my stepson into it when he was in high school, but he just looked at me like I was an idiot

I really dread the day when I'll have to read it online which will probably happen about the time I retire

long live the newspaper

[tdlfoto]

on account of the fact that all printed and televised news media is owned and disseminated by the elite, i much prefer to get my news from unbiased sources online. having said that, i do miss the tactile factor.

[bigfunkyg]

I still get the local daily newspaper and read it every morning and evening. I find it's important to both career and personal life to keep in touch with what going on locally / nationally / globally. I also read the "other" local newpaper on-line but mostly for the Sunshine Girls! I also have the Globe and Mail app on my iPhone and really enjoy the perspective from there.

I do find that the quality of content has dropped dramitcally since the economic downturn. Too many writers were laid off and the quantity of advertising has increase 10 fold. As some point, somoene has to figure out how to make some money in delivering a daily newpaper or it too will so go the way of the dinosuar.

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[thechenman]

Physical media is my preference, but digital media in this day and age has become a necessity, especially for work. Each weekday, I have a physical copy of the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Financial Times which I go through on my 55 minute train ride into the office. During the day, I get all my news digitally...as it is fast, and I need ready information as I work in the equity markets. Bloomberg, Reuters, Dow Jones and CNBC are indispensible. As far a leisure reading like books, magazines, comics, I definitely prefer the physical media. I like turning the pages, the smell of the ink and the feel and sound of the pages. Call me old school, but you just can't beat that.

[Habanos2000]

I trust fox for my news (just kidding)

"fair and balanced"

...I'm just sayin...

[Erm310mce]

Monday through Friday I watch CNN for my morning news, I'm a Karin Chetry fan

The rest is all digital media. I can't remember the last time I bought a newspaper.

[Rehman]

There'll always be a place for good journalism, regardless of medium of delivery. And there'll always be a place for the printed word, which I think is because of the way it's read by an external light source falling on the page and reflecting into the reader's eyes. Reading a monitor screen is a little like reading the words on a lightbulb.

[El Presidente]

There does appear to be a consistent line of thought that digital media is "dumbed down" compared to ink and paper.

Quality journalism from both sources is difficult enough to find but I agree even harder in Digital. I have my favourite collumnists I subscribe to online but just when they are discussing something really juicy be it politics or economics the digital article appears to be brought to a conclusion way too quickly.

I have wondered if even online journalists don't give the same respect to digital media they do to print.

[Wil]

I get my news online on weekdays; newspaper on the weekend when I have time to read it. Don't watch much television news.

Absolutely detest tablet book readers!

[jay8354]

Since I no longer have a subscription for printed news, i get my news online and from the TV in the evenings.

However, if I am having coffee in a cafe, I will still read the printed news to relax.

Also, since the corporations also don't want to go out of business, they don't always have the things you want to read about online.

[Rehman]

I have wondered if even online journalists don't give the same respect to digital media they do to print.

Well observed, sir. I don't think we do. Academics know the power of "peer review" - your work has to pass muster among your own crowd before being unleashed on a wider audience. What reaches the pages of any self-respecting print media must undergo such vetting, and readers rely on that filtration to raise their confidence in the credibility of writers. When writing for an online audience, almost every "traditional" journalist I know opts for a racier, more personal style - whether or not they have the knack for it - believing fast-and-loose is hip for the screen. Now that Twitter's the Thing, those of us who worked in the 1,000-word comment, 1,500-word feature or 5,000-word extended-essay format have to get things down to 140 characters... broadcast journalists are better at this sound-bite approach; old-school print hounds like me retire.

[bombaybill]

Call me old fashioned but I have 2 ongoing newspaper subscriptions.

Los Angeles Times & Wall St Journal. I pick up the OC Register & the NY Times now and then as well.

[danclough]

I take the Taleb philosophy to the daily news. If it's really important, it'll find it's way to me. Otherwise, it's all just day-to-day noise. If I am reading print it'll always be the editorial section where an openly biased author argues a point...much better than getting the hand-picked "facts" of a journalist, in my opinion.

Online or physical medium? Doesn't really matter so long as the material is well written.

[messa]

Primarily RSS supplemented by Podcasts (WSJ especially) and standard news sites (LA Times, CNN, USA Today); especially any sites that have an iPhone App.

My iPhone has become my primary means of reading the news. I have an RSS Reader connected to my google reader account along with the LA Times, NY Times, and USA Today iPhone Apps. I use Yahoo Sportacular & CBS Sports Mobile for my Sports News & Scores, the Stocks app for financials, and The Weather Channel for the Weather.

The only time I buy newspapers is for kindling

[Liuk]

I'm 100% digital! No way to come back to paper!