- With the ever-increasing reliance on mobile devices
and the using of the web for the news,
there's been an explosion in digital media companies
that cover a wide variety of news.
Which, in turn, has led to a widely fragmented
media landscape with an overabundance of choices.
You can, however, aggregate the news on your iPhone
in many different ways.
In this video, I'm gonna go through the six best ways,
I think, to get the news on your iPhone.
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First up, publishers.
Everyone has news publishers they trust
to gather the latest news.
Many of the publishers have been around for decades,
building their reputation in the print world
of newspapers and magazines.
While some have struggled to transition
to the digital world, others have continued
to innovate and create beautiful user experiences
with their proprietary apps.
The New York Times is widely seen
as the beacon of journalism.
It has some of the most groundbreaking investigative
journalism and is one of the most trusted news sources
in the world, especially when it comes to politics,
business, and performing arts.
The Times is one of the few newspapers that has made
a seamless transition into the digital realm.
Full access to its app requires a subscription though
but the app still offers 10 free articles
a month without it.
It has a beautiful minimalistic design
that retains the look and feel of a newspaper,
just updated for modern times.
With The New York Times you get some of the best content
across, in essentially, any genre.
The company has made significant investments
in digital video, podcasts, and virtual reality,
giving the user even more options
to consume different kinds of content.
Just like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal
successfully made the transition from being solely
a print operation to having a strong digital presence.
The Wall Street Journal is one of the most excellent
investigative journalistic institutions
but its bread and butter is covering the business world,
especially the financial sector.
It's app requires a subscription
but offers free access to a wide range of articles.
The Wall Street Journal is essentially the bible of business
and its app gives you on-the-go access
to in-the-know content in a great digital experience.
Curation apps allow you to select the types
of content you'd like to receive.
Then, the apps with proprietary algorithms
pull in relevant articles from a gamut
of news organizations into a single newsfeed.
This is a great way to get multiple perspectives
on a single topic or continuously browse
through a diverse selection of articles in a chosen genre.
Flipboard is one of these apps
and it's an extremely popular news app
with one of the most beautiful app designs.
It seeks to replicate a magazine-like user experience.
So when you swipe up, the page has the feel
of actually flipping through pages.
When you first open the app, it prompts you to select
from dozens of categories that interest you,
including everything from news, sports, arts,
style, culture, travel, and business.
From there, you can flip through the curation
of articles based on those interests.
If you wanna browse through a single topic,
you can also do that by going to a different screen,
selecting the desired topic, and sifting through
the various articles in that category.
Another app that actually I use a lot,
that's similar to Flipboard, is called Feedly
and roughly the exact same concept,
just a little more of a minimalistic design.
I think it's a little quicker and doesn't have
the flipping of pages when you're scrolling through.
Have you ever come across an article you wanted to read
but didn't have time at the moment?
Pocket solves that problem.
Pocket lets you save any and all articles
you find across the digisphere and read them
at a more convenient time.
Essentially, you're building your own news feed.
Also, Pocket makes recommendation based on the articles
that you've actually saved.
Finally, say what you want about social media
but there's no denying that it is becoming
extremely influential force in news consumption.
According to TechCrunch, 62% of American adults
received most of their news from social media.
Social media newsfeeds are essentially a curation
of news content and the user generated content
of those you follow.
A couple of social media platforms have more
of a news focus and combine that
with a very seamless user experience.
Now, of course, Facebook and Twitter are great examples
of this and, depending on who you follow,
you can get some pretty reliable, or at least decent, news.
Another one of these is LinkedIn Pulse
and it takes the job focus out of LinkedIn
and puts the articles into one app.
You can access content from influencers,
business moguls, publishers, and even common folk
with great advice.
The content on this app has a focus on career development,
industry trends, life advice, and stories
of what makes people successful.
It's a great app to get a spark of motivation
or just a little bit of some enlightenment.
Now, finally, Reddit.
Now, Reddit's whole platform lets you read comment chains
on any topic you could ever imagine.
While there are a few bad apples,
Reddit largely has insightful conversations
around trending topics and breaking news
from a diverse group of users.
The app lets you seamlessly browse the large universe
of content available on the Reddit platform.
And there you go, some of the best ways
to get the news on your iPhone.
I'm sure I've missed a few, if not a lot,
so please, feel free to let me know what your favorites are
in the comments below.
I'd love to check them out
and I'm sure other people will as well.
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