Dave Winer's instructions to the world: Read everything
Dave Winer, king of the (totally mainstream and not inbred) world of Internet news feeds, is known for his font of wisdom, the personal blog Scripting News. But sometimes, in doling out his advice, the inventor of RSS Flavor #3 forgets that not everyone spends the whole day resting on their laurels:
Reporters should not only read their own feeds, they should read all feeds of all publications, professional or amateur in their areas of expertise.
Comment by Dave Winer on Suw Charman's "How many news outlet staff actually read their own RSS feeds?" [Corante]