As someone who primarily uses Google Reader (RSS feeds include Gothamist), his news gathering process is interesting:<p>Jake starts with:<p><pre><code> Facebook
Twitter
Google+
Flickr
Stellar
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Then he goes to RSS, organized by:<p><pre><code> Aggregators (Techmeme/Mediagazer)
Local Competing Sources (NYTimes local blog, etc)
National News (NYTimes, etc)
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In my own experience, Twitter is good for quick news scanning, whereas RSS is great for reading "everything".