For years living in China we were limited on what news we could get on events outside of China other than a free China Daily and a quick look at the International Herald Tribune at a nearby hotel.  With the arrival of the internet, news got easier to keep updated with.  But connections were still slow.  Now that we’ve returned to the USA, I am so much enjoying the perk of being connected.  I like to track a variety of sources, especially sources that provide indepth analysis.  Every news source has its own bias – it’s nice to have the variety of biases.

Odd thing, we find it much harder to keep updated on China and Asia now that we are no longer living there.  I am not sure news coverage is better here – we just pick up on a different part of the world.

I get most of my news either from the radio or the internet – see this week’s home page for sites I track.  While I am driving or making the kids lunches early in the morning, I have my dial tuned to 91.5 (KOPB) and get all the headlines, in depth reporting and great human interest stories from National Public Radio.  We do get a local paper once a week on Sundays – The Oregonian.  Oh, I almost forgot, we also receive Time magazine and The Atlantic.  I picked up six-month subscriptions for $2 each.  Time is news-lite, but it generally has an article or two of interest.  The Atlantic Monthly also usually has something good to chew on. 

But I am finding it is a lot easier these days to read the news on the computer – I can surf information for what I want and if my eyes need it in larger print, no problem.  Especially handy is the New York Times headlines which I have delivered daily to my email – and for free.

Just one of the perks in living in the USA – all kinds of options for staying in touch with what is happening in the world, parts of it at least.