I’ve never been particularly computer or tech-savvy despite my generation’s proclivity to everything mobile and online. Even the Internet has remained a veritable wonderland of information that I have never been able to fully unlock.

However, since beginning my job at The Evening Sun I have had the opportunity, and the need, to hop on board the information superhighway and learn a few things about online research.

For one, having dozens of news sources at your fingertips is amazing. Print sources can only fit so much information into its limited pages and I certainly don’t know anywhere around here that sells the Chicago Tribune.

Furthermore, I have become so tired of trying to get information from the television in any reasonable amount of time. Local news channels focus on brief sound bites of information with no way of providing in-depth details.

Channels such as CNN and FOX are horrible when it comes to relaying relevant information. Any station where Lindsay Lohan’s latest stint in rehab gets as much, if not more coverage than the two wars the United States is involved in, I want nothing to do with.

Even less biased news stations such as MSNBC only provide information that they believe will entice the viewers as opposed to the most important stories. It’s not always the case, but I’m never for receiving information that a business believes is most relevant.