Doom scrolling again? Let's unpack our relationship with the news cycle and work out how to strike a better balance.
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News Outlets I like:
https://www.youtube.com/tldrnews
https://www.doubledown.news/
https://www.simplepolitics.co.uk/
https://novaramedia.com/
SOURCES:
Books:
Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life by Rolf Dobelli
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World — and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Hans Rosling, and Ola Rosling
Against Empathy The Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom
Exhibition:
https://www.bl.uk/events/breaking-the-news
Other internet things:
Solutions based journalism: https://www.solutionsjournalism.org/
Origin of the word News: https://youtu.be/BfbZfUUB-t8
Politifact - https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/feb/12/principles-truth-o-meter-politifacts-methodology-i/
Many prisoners had experienced abuse (29%) or observed violence in the home (41%) as a child
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/278837/prisoners-childhood-family-backgrounds.pdf
Read the Editor’s code of practice: https://www.ipso.co.uk/editors-code-of-practice/
Hypervigilance won't keep you safe in your writing career or anywhere else: https://neonliterary.substack.com/p/hypervigilance-wont-keep-you-safe?s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
PSTD symptoms in news watchers: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150506164240.htm
According to this study, six times faster - MIT study quoted in The Future We Choose: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6380/1146
Who owns the main UK national newspapers?
The Sun, The Times and The Sun on Sunday are owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
The Independent, the i, and The Independent on Sunday are owned by Alexander Lebedev's Independent Print Limited.
The Guardian and The Observer are owned by Scott Trust Limited.
The Daily Mirror, The Sunday Mirror, and The People are owned by Trinity Mirror plc.
The Daily Express, The Sunday Express, The Daily Star and The Daily Star on Sunday are owned by Richard Desmond's Northern and Shell.
The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph, are owned by the Barclay Brothers' Press Holdings.
The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday are owned by Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail and General Trust plc
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zps4qty
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