When I first moved to New York, one of my major responsibilities at my job was to do the “daily clips”.

Every morning before 10 am (my deadline to have everything done, emailed, out the door, and waiting on my boss’ desk), I would run around the office grabbing copies of every newspaper, daily tabloid, magazine, online article, or blog post that could be in any way related to the company I worked for, one of our competitors, or the industry in general.

Then I would clip, scan, paste, and sort the articles until my fingers were stained with ink, create an index of everything included, and make a PDF. The PDF was emailed to everyone in the company, including the European office. Then I printed out the entire report, twice. (This was the hardest part as I could never get it done before everyone else showed up for work, and always ended up fighting over the printer as I had to print 200+ pages and my deadline was ticking away).

Once the report was printed, I went back through and highlighted (in pink) any quotes referencing the company and tagging them (with pretty white tags). Then the report was bound and placed on the respected executives desks, and I could finally breathe. The rest of the day was scattered with other duties, including tagging monthly magazines for ads, editorials, and similar mentions, but that’s another story.

Anyways, my point is that now, even though I don’t have to do daily clips every morning, I still find myself doing it for me. I barely watch TV, so I get most of my news from the internet. Every morning, I find myself scanning the internet (or sometimes reading the Post or the Times over someones shoulder on the subway) to keep up on the news of the day and the trending topics of the industry. Note that this is in addition to my daily blog-roll. I read blogs for fun and inspiration, not to get my news.

I wanted to share my personal daily clips with all of you, and see if you had any favorites that you wanted to add to my list!

StyleCaster (for weather and outfit inspiration)

WWD Morning Report (for industry news)

CNN (for news)

New York Times Fashion & Style (for fashion news)

Style.com(for fashion news/gossip)

BBC (for world news)

Don’t forget my twitter news feed!

@nytimes

@InStyle

@WomenSWearDaily

@DailyCareerTips

@VanityFair

@NewYorkerDotCom

@FashionWeekLive

@MediaBistro

@TimesFashion

@Wmag

@TheMoment

@MarthaStewart

@O_Magazine

@fnoNYC

@cutblog

I know this may all look excessive, but it’s really not bad (especially when you don’t have a 10am deadline). I use an RSS feed like Google Reader or Bloglovin to organize and prioritize the articles I want/need to read, and my twitter dashboard does the same. I also use Google Alerts,  you can search for any topic you like and have a daily email sent to you summarizing the internet buzz around your keyword. I love all these tools!

What are your favorite ways to stay connected and on top of all things news-worthy? Tell me, I want to know!

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