What’s your preferred method of getting the news?

[El Presidente]

Do you still love the fell and aroma of a fresh newspaper/magazine?

Are you a convert to the digital news world?.........or somewhere in between?

Do you see yourself changing the way you get your news in 5 years time?

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.

[Justin01]

As one of the younger guys around, this probably not a huge surprise but I'm 95% digital when it comes to news. Free online access to my local paper of choice (The Globe and Mail) and a student online subscription to the WSJ. I grab free copies of the Post or Star at school on occasion.

[Colt45]

Generally, I get my daily headlines online. I still watch television news weekends, and I'd hate to see newspapers go out of business.

I'm a big fan of printed magazines and books, and can't ever imagine myself purchasing a digital reader.

While I do like the immediacy of online news, I think it's a double edged sword - in the effort to be the first to post a story, it seems that journalistic

integrity increasingly goes by the wayside. So I do usually take some breaking news with a grain of salt, waiting for the full story to come out.

[Nocoins]

I still read the paper with breakfast and coffee every morning. I'm 34, and for as long as I can remember, breakfast and a paper have always gone together, starting when was a 4 or 5 year-old kid and all I read was comics and sports. I really enjoy having the paper to read during the meal, the ritual of the whole thing, and I find that I will read many more stories than if I were just clicking headlines on a webpage. I don't think this will ever change at this point. Of course, I also read a lot of online news, since I work at a computer most of the day.

[SandmanTR]

I am 100% digital and have been so for years now for both news and books. I've never had an issue with missing the 'feel' of a book or newspaper. I enjoy digital delivery so much more.

[Guest robustog]

I like physical media .... I take it in the reading room. Only problem is that the family complains I occupy the room too long. That an by butt gets numb!

[aes8]

Do you still love the fell and aroma of a fresh newspaper/magazine?

Are you a convert to the digital news world?.........or somewhere in between?

Do you see yourself changing the way you get your news in 5 years time?

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.

For me its like smoking a DC, I need to carve out the time to fully enjoy it, which given the time it is my preference.

During the week the on line form is just too convenient. I can slip out to a web page while I'm in the office.

[kjellfrick]

I get up way too early every morning in order to read two newspapers, one national and one regional. On top of that I read the news online several times a day. I've quit watching the television newscasts though...at that time I'm generally smoking a cigar!

[LeafLover]

Online. Yahoo news is great for news. Plus I get to pick and choose what I want to read.

[MoneyPit]

I watch the local news in the morning while getting ready for work and at night while settling down for bed. My employer keeps fox news on during the day without any audio. I guess I don't really mind since I'm not paying attention to the stories anyway..... The fine ladies of fox news have it going on!!!

[frenchkiwi]

Mainly online nowadays. I've been through cycles of getting a weekly paper or a daily but I found that in both cases there'd be days when i just didn't have the time or inclination to read it ... and it just felt like a waste going straight into recycling. If i still had to commute on public transport i would be a subscriber though.

The digital revolution is partially responsible for killing good journalism. As Colt said, they're all in a rush to get breaking stories on paper, so they just push out the original or barely modified press releases from Reuters AP or one of the very few big distributors out there (a worry in itself!). Most of the papers are jointly owned by big corporate groups who then don't see the point in taking time over the stories, so they merge news departments from various newspapers to cut costs, and you get the situation where papers all over the country have exactly the same stories under a different (theoretically Local) brand.

No analysis. No critical thinking. Just replication of sameness. Only the big independents are keeping intelligent columnists. sigh.

[LeafLover]

I watch the local news in the morning while getting ready for work and at night while settling down for bed. My employer keeps fox news on during the day without any audio. I guess I don't really mind since I'm not paying attention to the stories anyway..... The fine ladies of fox news have it going on!!!

The weather girls!!!!

[Trimble]

Pony Express

[Fuzz]

I've always enjoyed reading the newspaper. Sure the ink stains your fingers, it's cumbersome (how many sections does a newspaper need?!) and the info is a bit dated, but there's just something about the printed press that keeps me coming back. I often enjoy reading the paper while having lunch.

Then again, there is a certain appeal to having the most up to news at your fingertips. Whenever I'm goofing off at work I read the news online.

[mm12]

I keep up with national and world news online. I get local news from the local newspaper. NEVER under any circumstances do I watch any kind of TV news. I think all the TV stuff is either exaggerated/slanted/out of context, OR the station just trying to cash on some sort of horrible event. It's always something like "A family of 6 was burned alive this afternoon when their house caught fire, channel 6's Joe Ponderosa is on scene...Stay tuned to find what everyday household product could be giving you brain cancer!!" I just refuse to help the TV news industry further line their pockets.

[cigcars]

*I'm a diehard HLN Headline News (sister network of CNN) lover and also love watching the local news on our home TV stations. Used to read voraciously, but as age sets in and eyes beginning to go bad, newspaper reading is sometimey these days (usually in the breakroom at work, I'll peruse what's laying around on the lunch tables). When CNN news hit the TV airwaves courtesy of Ted Turner in about 1983(?) I was in high hog heaven. I'm a news junkie

[dicko]

90% online. I'll read the paper when I'm out and about or at lunch at work.

I try and read skeptically and get the story from a range of sources.

[JasonInChiTown]

Drudge Report is the best aggregation of news that I have seen. Twitter for breaking news - its quite resourceful

[MontrealRon]

Canada's national paper The Globe and Mail is a daily must.

Print version, always.

Montreal Gazette, print also, for local news.

New York Times, online.

TV news, rarely, and only when my brain is already fried.

[baragh]

Mostly online, but i still read the AFR hardcopy

i agree there's nothing quite like laying out a real newspaper in front of you while you relax with a morning coffee, but when you're commuting a newspaper can be unwieldy. On the train I much prefer to read something on my kindle because it's just so much more convenient

[Habanos2000]

I typically get the news from the radio in the process of going to work every morning. I'll also grab an online update at the office as well as enjoy the paper on Sundays. Don't have a lot of time for paper reading during the week unless I'm on a plane.

[adic88]

I want all my news on one of my digital devices.

I'll still buy books, because reading a book is still a personal experience that i really enjoy; nothing beats the feel of pages and the ability to dog ear pages.

But for news, digital 100% is my preferred method. News are by definition something that you consume, digest and forget (well depending on how important the news is). Then the next day, you repeat the process with new news. Etc ad nauseum.

So i'll save the trees, and give the waste man a little less to worry about by going purely digital for that.

[MrGlass]

I don't bother.

If I'm on the computer at work with nothing to do, I might jump on Google News and have a brief look at what's happening, but for the most part I don't care. From what I've seen, what's making the news is either miserable and of no impact to me, or providing minimal details on how I am currently or about to be screwed over and how I can't avoid it.

[El Capitan]

Digital when in the office over a quick bite to eat. Paper when free in the Qantas lounge when travelling. Always buy "The Age" and read over a leisurely breakfast on Saturdays and Sundays.

[cubanmule7]

I'll watch the local news early in the morning while reading the local paper.

Then throughout the day check on CNN, FOX or BBC to get some world news. If I'm on the computer I check websites from newspapers around the globe.

If I'm out and about I have various news organization apps on my IPhone that I check.