My communications class which is a general education requirement requires a current event quiz every week. The problem is that I don’t have a TV and I tend not to know a lot of current events due to it not being in my interest. I want to know the most efficient, quickest, and effective way of knowing a lot of current events in a short period of time to maximize my score. I was thinking I could go to some news site and quickly read articles but I don’t know which news site and which articles to read. I tried going to google news and reading the first 10 articles that pop-up but none of them ended up being on the quiz. So yeah what’s the most time efficient way to do well on the quiz?
Facebook trending topics? Slate weekly news quiz?
How many topics should I read? The quiz has 2 current event questions.
Read news on your phone?
Get an online subscription to the NY Times?
Agree with techmom99. Nothing beats the New York Times and the online version is great. I check it several times a day for updates.
Or read cnn.com?
Read a few different news websites so that you get a decent cross-section of news. Don’t rely on Facebook trending topics.
CNN
MSNBC
CBS News
Reuters
Associated Press
Fox News
Huffington Post
BBC
Drudge Report
You don’t necessarily have to read every article on every news website. To get an idea of current events which are, overall, considered hot topics, look at a few different news agencies’ websites and see what their headlines are. Usually there will be a couple of topics which show up on each of the above-listed news websites. Of course, how each agency reports it will be slightly different than the next one. Read a couple of articles on topics that show up on multiple news agencies’ websites.
Also, if your professor has mentioned certain news websites during lectures, then you should totally look at those first because those will probably the sources from which he/she comes up with the weekly current events quiz questions. 
I would actually offer a really nice, and free, alternative. Check out theSkimm. It’s a daily email that summarizes the news and gives you the ability to look further in as needed.