Old news
It’s tough to stay up to date with the news and events in a small community like Whitehorse. There are multiple sources of information that you need to henpeck constantly if you want to maintain even a modicum of awareness. For example, here are the ones I track:
There may even be more I’m unaware of.
There are several problems in my approach to consuming local news and information. In particular:
There are many disparate sources online to consume news and information about my community.
None of the sources available are anywhere near comprehensive in terms of coverage.
There are information and news redundancies between the sources.
Most sources are awash in unnecessary fluff and eye candy that distracts from meaningful content.
On national and international levels, there are popular news aggregators like Google News and Apple News. That makes it easier to maintain a more comprehensive view of national and international events. There is no such thing for small communities.
With this in mind, I began an experiment this week. I call it The Alpine. It’s a simple Yukon news aggregator newsletter. I gave it that name as a metaphor for the high level, long-range view I’m going for in collecting news from my community each day.
I hope you’ll take a look and subscribe. I’m interested to hear any feedback you might have about it. Like I said, it’s an experiment.
