Where do I get my news?

To be honest, before I enrolled into this writing class, I wasn’t as consistent on what sources I used to acquire my news. For most contemporary issues, my younger brother, knew about everything…almost literally. He would talk to me about countless contemporary happenings that I had no clue had even occurred. Not only was I impressed, so were my parents; Nathan was always on top of his game. Nathan could talk to anyone about almost any topic around the world. I almost began to rely on him to keep me informed…lazy, I know. Besides using my sixteen-year old brother, I listened to a lot of radio broadcasts, would skim through “tabloid” magazines (even if that’s not real news, it’s a guilty pleasure), read the local newspaper online a little less than once a week, and occasionally read articles of interest on several news websites. But my favorite way to acquire news has always been watching it on TV or on video clips online, whether it is NBC, CNN, Good Morning America, etc. etc., I always prefer to watch the news, rather than read it. Maybe part of it has to do with the fact that I’m not capable of concentrating through long, news articles. Honestly, I think it has to do with the fact that my dream is to be a news broadcaster. What’s my goal with my broadcast journalism? To be a news anchor for a news company, even if I start local…I want to go big. I guess watching the screen brings the news to life for me. If I’m watching someone talk about a happening, while watching a clip of that happening, the even seems much more real to me. I feel a larger connection or sympathy for an event if I can actually hear someone talk about it, or see a video of it myself. The news becomes a reality for me, not just an article I read on website.