Sharon McMahon, better known as @sharonsaysso on social media platforms, is well-versed in staying up-to-date on the latest news without getting overwhelmed.

She said the first tip she always shares is to keep it local.

“Watch your local news broadcasts, and … read your local newspapers,” McMahon said. “That’s again not to say that you shouldn’t watch national news broadcasts. But your local-to-you news is directly impacting your life on a daily basis, and it’s also a lot easier to get your arms around.”

And while social media is a tool she uses every day, she says it’s not the most efficient way to absorb news upates.

“I would recommend signing up for a couple of daily news digests from organizations that you trust,” she said. “I know the Associated Press has one in the morning and one in the afternoon, for example. And then read those. If there is some big, big, big headline that you need to know about, that’s going to be in there. And it allows you to see what’s happening in the world without feeling like you need to dedicate 20 hours a day to consuming news content.”

McMahon also recently got to sit down with former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, which she called “a really high honor” given how few interviews Rice grants.

“People often wonder like, what do government officials do when they’re done with office? What she has done is she is a Stanford professor, and she does a lot of work on civic education, which of course is something I’m particularly passionate about,” McMahon said. “So this gave us an opportunity to sort of connect on both of those fronts, about civic education and about sort of the state of the world and how the United States is uniquely positioned at this moment in time.”

You can watch the interview on YouTube.