>While many of the points made by this article are valid, it fails to address important questions like: how can we remain informed
Well, an earlier question would be: why should we "remain informed"?
To have something to talk about with friends, or because it "matters"?
If it matters, it's not just news we get from media to us, but something we actively follow and do something about it (e.g. it might be labour laws and we're a union). If that's the case, news will get to us one way or another, and with more primary sources and higher quality than what we'd have learned from the media.
>and how do we decide what is important enough to be informed about?
Did anything you were "informed about" in the past by news made any real difference in your life (you having been informed, not the news item itself).
Well, an earlier question would be: why should we "remain informed"?
To have something to talk about with friends, or because it "matters"?
If it matters, it's not just news we get from media to us, but something we actively follow and do something about it (e.g. it might be labour laws and we're a union). If that's the case, news will get to us one way or another, and with more primary sources and higher quality than what we'd have learned from the media.
>and how do we decide what is important enough to be informed about?
Did anything you were "informed about" in the past by news made any real difference in your life (you having been informed, not the news item itself).