{"id":819911,"date":"2025-01-15T05:11:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T11:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/15\/how-to-keep-up-with-the-news-without-getting-overwhelmed\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T05:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T11:11:55","slug":"how-to-keep-up-with-the-news-without-getting-overwhelmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/15\/how-to-keep-up-with-the-news-without-getting-overwhelmed\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Keep Up with the News Without Getting Overwhelmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id data-order=\"4\" data-type=\"webscript\" data-moveable=\"false\" data-params=\"region=article;ad-placements=title-300\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<article-content-flex2019 page-subtype=\"standard\" isgifted=\"false\">\n<div js-target=\"article-content-flex2019\">\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/HBR_logo_black.svg\">\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A guide to becoming more conscious about what you consume, when you consume it, and how it affects you.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tJanuary 14, 2025\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><hero-image><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/images\/article_assets\/2025\/01\/Jan25_14_124944447.jpg\" alt title aria-label  ><\/p>\n<p><span>Peter Dazeley\/Getty Images<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/hero-image><\/p>\n<page-utils data-js-target=\"page-utils\" data-id=\"tag:blogs.harvardbusiness.org,2007-03-31:999.400491\" data-title=\"How to Keep Up with the News Without Getting Overwhelmed\" data-url=\"\/2025\/01\/how-to-keep-up-with-the-news-without-getting-overwhelmed\" data-topic=\"Stress management\" data-authors=\"Rebecca Knight\" data-content-type=\"Digital Article\" data-content-image=\"\/resources\/images\/article_assets\/2025\/01\/Jan25_14_124944447-383x215.jpg\" data-summary=\"\n\n<p>A guide to becoming more conscious about what you consume, when you consume it, and how it affects you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/HarvardBiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" js-target=\"twitter-share\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-twitter-x-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Post<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HBR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" js-target=\"facebook-share\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-facebook-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Post<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/harvard-business-review?trk=biz-companies-cym\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" js-target=\"linkedin-share\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-linkedin-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li js-target=\"annotate-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a js-target=\"handle-mindstone-click\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i js-target=\"mindstone-icon-black\">\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#mindstone-icon-black\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Annotate<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" js-target=\"save-flyout\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-save-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Save<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/javascript:window.print();\" js-target=\"print-article\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-print-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Print<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/page-utils>\n<p>\n\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p>Studies suggest that increased exposure to news, whether through traditional media or social media platforms, can negatively impact mental health. In other words, more news correlates with higher anxiety. But the answer is not to check out altogether. In this article, the author shares advice from three experts on how to be more intentional about where, when, and how you catch up on the news so that you don\u2019t become a victim of round-the-clock triggering headlines.<\/p>\n<p><\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<content js-target=\"article-content\" data-key=\"DTMLSAvmaflnZZPKbxl6rJlSVPltqQ+Lmc4TpjLjiLwXEGPb3gC8weAT98oR4huB\" data-index=\"BM5l29iJY6Ee+8B2yfNlrdgbvN4VLOJhHh\/T44P8lW7k6r9CNRffDGfV4cl3HrXQz4qTgMS51kOSEHmob26rsA==\" data-waiver=\"false\" data-page-year=\"2025\" data-page-month=\"01\" data-page-seo-title=\"how-to-keep-up-with-the-news-without-getting-overwhelmed\" data-page-adunit-locations data-page-slug=\"article\" data-piano-verified=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Staying on top of the news isn\u2019t just a professional necessity; it\u2019s also your social responsibility. But the <a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/2022\/06\/supporting-your-team-when-the-news-is-terrible\">relentless flood of urgent alerts<\/a>, reactions, and global reports can often turn your well-intentioned scan of the headlines into an emotional minefield.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/content><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<personalization-placement data-placement-id=\"right1\"><\/personalization-placement>\n<div js-target=\"right-rail-tout\">\n<p><span>New!<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hmm\/HBR-learning-icon.png\"><\/p>\n<p>HBR Learning<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/images\/hmm\/Course_Illustrations\/Stress_Management_Course\/topic_landing_page_1400.png\">\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Stress Management Course<\/p>\n<p>Accelerate your career with Harvard ManageMentor\u00ae. HBR Learning\u2019s online leadership training helps you hone your skills with courses like Stress Management. Earn badges to share on LinkedIn and your resume. Access more than 40 courses trusted by Fortune 500 companies.<\/p>\n<p>How to build resilience at work.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/api\/hmm\/link?url=%2Fcontent%2Fstress_management%2Flandingpage.html%3Futm_source%3Dhbrwebsite%26utm_medium%3Darticle-tout\" target=\"_blank\" data-course-slug=\"stress_management\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Start Course<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/learning?ab=articlepage_hmm-landing_hmm-tout-rightrail\">Learn More &#038; See All Courses<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<author-avatar data-url data-author-name=\"Rebecca Knight\" data-js-target=\"author-avatar\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tRK<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/author-avatar>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p><span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/search?term=rebecca%20knight&#038;search_type=search-all\">Rebecca Knight<\/a> is a journalist who writes about all things related to the changing nature of careers and the workplace. Her essays and reported stories have been featured in The Boston Globe, Business Insider, The New York Times, BBC, and The Christian Science Monitor. She was shortlisted as a Reuters Institute Fellow at Oxford University in 2023. Earlier in her career, she spent a decade as an editor and reporter at the Financial Times in New York, London, and Boston.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<page-utils data-js-target=\"page-utils\" data-id=\"tag:blogs.harvardbusiness.org,2007-03-31:999.400491\" data-title=\"How to Keep Up with the News Without Getting Overwhelmed\" data-url=\"\/2025\/01\/how-to-keep-up-with-the-news-without-getting-overwhelmed\" data-topic=\"Stress management\" data-authors=\"Rebecca Knight\" data-content-type=\"Digital Article\" data-content-image=\"\/resources\/images\/article_assets\/2025\/01\/Jan25_14_124944447-383x215.jpg\" data-summary=\"\n\n<p>A guide to becoming more conscious about what you consume, when you consume it, and how it affects you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/HarvardBiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" js-target=\"twitter-share\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-twitter-x-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Post<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HBR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" js-target=\"facebook-share\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-facebook-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Post<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/harvard-business-review?trk=biz-companies-cym\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" js-target=\"linkedin-share\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-linkedin-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li js-target=\"annotate-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a js-target=\"handle-mindstone-click\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i js-target=\"mindstone-icon-black\">\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#mindstone-icon-black\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Annotate<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" js-target=\"save-flyout\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-save-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Save<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/javascript:window.print();\" js-target=\"print-article\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i>\t<svg class alt aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hbr-icons.svg#updated-print-icon\" \/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Print<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/page-utils>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div js-target=\"hmm-bottom-tout\">\n<p><span>New!<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/css\/images\/hmm\/HBR-learning-icon.png\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>HBR Learning<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Stress Management Course<\/p>\n<p>Accelerate your career with Harvard ManageMentor\u00ae. HBR Learning\u2019s online leadership training helps you hone your skills with courses like Stress Management. Earn badges to share on LinkedIn and your resume. Access more than 40 courses trusted by Fortune 500 companies.<\/p>\n<p>How to build resilience at work.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/images\/hmm\/Course_Illustrations\/Stress_Management_Course\/topic_landing_page_1400.png\">\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article-content-flex2019><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2025\/01\/how-to-keep-up-with-the-news-without-getting-overwhelmed\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Rebecca Knight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A guide to becoming more conscious about what you consume, when you consume it, and how it affects you. 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