My general philosophy is that if I’m not going to take action on a piece of news, it’s fairly pointless. Keeping somewhat up to date is important as a citizen, but staying on the news treadmill is only important in as much as it effects my decision making. If I’m not going to donate money/time to dealing with an issue, keeping up to the minute on it isn’t something that is worth my attention. Similarly with companies, with few exceptions it won’t make a difference if news that an establishment doesn’t deserve my money takes an extra week or month to reach my attention. And if that sort of news isn’t going to effect my purchasing habits, once again it doesn’t matter.
As such, yeah, checking in once a week seems fine to me on most topics.
I've really enjoyed https://www.slowboring.com/ for this reason. There are plenty of hot takes that shouldn't necessarily be taken at face value, but I appreciate how the site focuses on long term trends rather than the news treadmill.
As such, yeah, checking in once a week seems fine to me on most topics.