Best Reads for Staying on Top of Every Industry

woman-juggling-laptop-phone Being in the know about news and trends is key to success in almost every field. In our first annual reading survey, 51% of respondents said that they read to stay up-to-date daily, while 33% said they read weekly, 11% said monthly and 5% said quarterly or infrequently. Here, in the spirit of collegial sharing, are the apps, blogs, newsfeeds, newsletters, periodicals, websites and writers recommended by survey respondents, and organized by industry:

Accommodation and Food Services
AllRecipes.com, Catalyst.org, DiversityBestPractices.com, DiversityInc.com, Epicurious.com, GetEverwise.com, Harvard Business Review, Josh Bersin’s blog/Deloitte, LinkedIn, New York Times, RBL.net, SmartBrief.com and WomensFoodServiceForum.com

Accounting
AccountingToday.com, AICPA.org, BNA.com, CGMA magazine, CNN.com, DailyTaxReporter.com, International Fiscal Association publications, Journal of Accountancy and Wall Street Journal

Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing
AdAge, Adweek, AIGA.org, Borrell Associates reports and webinars, Buzzfeed, CableFax.com, CableSpots.net, ChiefMarketer.com, CMO.com, CNN.com, ConvinceAndConvert.com, Cynopsis.com, Entrepreneur Magazine, Fast Company, Facebook (follow trendsetters), Flipboard.com, Forbes, Google alerts, Harvard Business Review, HotelMarketing.com, HowDesign.com, Hubspot.com, Harvard Business Review, Huffington Post, Hypebeast.com, IABC.com, Inc. Magazine, LinkedIn, MarketingProfs.com Mashable.com, MuckRack.com, New York Times, PBJMarketing.com blog, People, Pinterest, PRDaily.com, PRNewsOnline.com, PRNewser blog, PR Week, PRSA .org, Ragan.com, Re/Code.net, Seth Godin, Sidekick blog, SmartBrief.com, Strategy-Business.com, TechCrunch, ThatWorkingGirl.com, The Futurist Magazine, TheSkimm.com, Twitter (follow trendsetters), Us Weekly, YesMagazine.org, YouTube, Wall Street Journal and Wired

Art/Graphics/UI Design
ART News, ArtForum.com, BrainPickings.org, CreativeBloq.com, DesignModo.com, GDUSA.com, Lynda.com, New York Times, SafariBooksOnline.com, TutsPlus.com, YouTube (Adobe Creative Suite and other design channels)

Automotive
RiskAndInsurance.com, IRMI.com newsletters and The Kiplinger Letter

Business & Leadership Coaching/Training/Management
Anthony Robbins, BizJournals.com/bizwomen, BusinessToday-eg.com, CareerDirectors.com, Careerealism.com, Forbes, Gallup.com, Google alerts, Harvard Business Review, Huffington Post, IIBA.org, John Maxwell blog, Knowledge@Wharton newsletter, LinkedIn, New York Times, SBA.gov, Seth Godin, SmartBriefs.com, TED.com, Time Magazine and Wall Street Journal

Business Process Outsourcing
Bill Kutik, HorsesForSources.com and LinkedIn

Computer Hardware/Software/IT
BusinessInsider.com, Businessweek, Consumer Reports, Consumption Economics (book), CXPA.org, DeveloperEconomics.com blog, The Economist, eMarketer.com daily emails, ExecutiveBoard.com blogs, Facebook, Fast Company, Forbes, Gartner.com, Google alerts, GovTech.com’s newsletters and Public CIO Magazine, Harvard Business Review, Hubspot.com, Inc. Magazine, ITPro.co.uk, Kaihan Krippendorff, LinkedIn, McKinsey Quarterly, New York Times, Reddit, SCMagazine.com, SmartBriefs.com, SocialMediaDelivered.com blog, TBRI.com, TechTarget.com, Twitter, Wall Street Journal, and ZDNet.com

Construction
ASCE.org magazines, ENR.com, New York Times and Wall Street Journal

Consumer Electronics
Core77.com, Coroflot.com, Engadget.com, Harvard Business Review, io9.com, LinkedIn, Notcot.org and Wall Street Journal

eCommerce
eMarketer.com, Gartner.com and WindsorCircle.com blog

Education
AACU.org news, AACC.NCHE.edu, ALA.org, BoardSource.org, Brene Brown, BusinessWeek, Buzzfeed, CASE.org, Chronicle of Higher Education, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, CollegeBoard.org, CUE.org, EducationDive.com, Educational Procurement Journal, Edutopia.org, EdWeek.org, FacultyFocus.com, Greatist.com, Ed.gov, Facebook, Fast Company, Gabrielle Bernstein, GLSEN.org reports, GMAC.com Quick Clips, Harvard Business Review, HechingerReport.org, ICTINEducation.org blog, IECAOnline.com newsletter, ILA-net.org journals, InsideHigherEd.com, Inside Supply Management Magazine, League.org, Libby Nelson, LinkedIn, LuninaFoundation.org newsletter, McKinsey Quarterly, MindfulSchools.org blog, MYACPA.org newsletter, NACADA Journal, NatCom.org newsletter, NBPTS.org newsletter, NCTE.org, Pinterest, NAASFA.org, NAICU.edu, New York Times, NPR.org, Politico, TED.com, The Atlanctic.com (education section), TheNonProfitTimes.com, Time Magazine, Twitter, YouTube and Wall Street Journal

Energy/Power & Utilities
ACEEE.org, AGA.org, EEI.org, EEnews.net, EIA.gov, EnergyCentral.com, EPRI.com, GreenTechMedia.com, IntelligentUtility.com, LinkedIn groups, POWERGRID International, SNL.com and UtilityDive.com

Finance/Financial Services
401kWire.com, AFPOnline.org AmericanBanker.com, Banc Investment Daily, BankerAndTradesman.com, BankersOnline.com, Barron’s, BBC.com news, BenefitsLink.com, Bloomberg.com, CIO.com, CNBC.com, CNN Money, The Economist, EmergingManagerMonthly.com, Fast Company, Financial-Planning.com, Financial Advisor Magazine, Financial Times, FINRA.org, Forbes, Fortune, Fortune’s Broadsheet, FundFire.com, Google alerts, Harvard Business Review, Huffington Post, IBAT.org, ICI.org, Inc. Magazine, InvestmentNews.com, ISACA.org, Journal of Accountancy, Journal of Financial Planning, Kiplinger, KMWorld.com, LinkedIn, Liz Ryan, MarketWatch.com, McKinsey Quarterly, Money Magazine, Money-Media.com Ignites news, NakedCapitalism.com, New York Times, NICSA.org blog, NPR.org, PlanSponsor.com Newsdash, OCC.gov alerts, PIOnline.com, Reuters, RMAHQ.org, SEC.gov, SmartBriefs.com, STAI.org, Team of Teams (book), TheIIA.org, ThinkAdvisor.com, Twitter, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Yahoo news

Government

Brene Brown, BusinessInsider.com, CapHillStyle.com, CENews.com, Center for Creative Leadership publications, CityLab.com, Facebook, FHWA.dot.gov news, GASB.org announcements, Governing.com, GFOA.org announcements, MIT Technology Review, NICIC.gov news, PMI.org publications, ProjectManagement.com ThinkingCities.com, ThinkingHighways.com, SheNegotiates.com blog and Twitter

Health Care
AHIP.org daily updates, ASHE.org, BeckersHospitalReview.com, Benefitslin.com Health & Welfare Plans newsletter, Bloomberg, BuzzFeed, CapTodayOnline.com, CDC.gov, CNN.com, Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies, Facebook, Fast Company, FDA.gov updates, Forbes, Fortune, Google alerts, Harvard Business Review, Healthcare.gov, HHNMag.com, HIMSS.org blog, HPNOnline.com, Jen Hatmaker, Journal of Hospital Medicine, LinkedIn, Mayo Clinic newsletter, Medscape, ModernHealthcare.com, New York Times, NBR.com, NPR.com, PremierInc.com, PressGaney.com blog, PubMed.gov, Robert Wachter, SHRM.org, SHSMD.org newsletter, StuderGroup.com, WebMD.com and USA Today

Human Resources
HRBartender.com blog, HREOnline.com, HRHero.com, Meghan Biro, SHRM.org magazine and newsletter, TheHRSpecialist.com, TrainingMag.com and Workforce.com

Insurance
AdvisenLTD.com, BusinessInsurance.com, CNN Money, Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, IFEBP.org, InsuranceJournal.com, ISCEBS.org, Kaiser Family Foundation publications, LIMRA.com, LinkedIn, NationalUnderwriter.com, PLRB.org, PWC.com insurance publications, RMMagazine.com, SmartBriefs.com, SNL.com alerts, Wall Street Journal and UBABenefits.com

Legal
ACCDocket.com, American Bar Association Journal, AmericanJail.org magazine, BenefitsLink.com, CorrectionsOne.com, Google alerts, Law360.com, Lexology.com and Wall Street Journal

Nonprofit/Philanthropy
Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation newsletter, BoardSource.org, Chronicle for Philanthropy, DisabilityScoop.com, EdFunders.org, Fast Company, Firelight.org, Forbes, GEOFunders.org, Harvard Business Review, Huffington Post, InsidePhilanthropy.com, LinkedIn, Lucy Bernholz, McKinsey Quarterly, NetworkForGood.org, PhilanthropyNewsDigest.org, Stanford Social Innovation Review, TheSkimm.com, Wall Street Journal

Pharmaceutical
BioWorld.com, Compliance & Ethics Professional Magazine, DIA Daily, Facebook, FDA.gov, FiercePharma.com, FirstWordPharma.com, LinkedIn, Nature, PharmaTimes.com, PharmaVOICE.com, Pink Sheet Daily, PMI.org, Science, SCDM.org newsletter, ScripIntelligence.com, Twitter, Wall Street Journal and WSJ’s Pharmalot blog

Professional Services
ACMPGlobal,org, AMANET.org, Annie McKee, Businessweek, CFO Magzine, ConsultingMag.com, DDIWorld.com, DiversityInc.com magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Financial Times, FastFuture.com, Fortune, Google alerts, Harvard Business Review, HumanCapitalMedia.com, Inc. Magazine, John Kotter, Ken Blanchard, KMWorld.com, LinkedIn, Malcolm Gladwell, Mashable.com, Michael Hyatt, McKinsey Quarterly, NEHRA.com, New York Times, Prosci.com, Reddit.com, Scoop.it, ShapingTomorrow.com, SHRM.org, SmartBriefs.com, SMPS.org, Stephen Covey, Stitcher (app), Strategy-Business.com, TalentMgt.com blogs, Time Magazine, TrainingMag.com, Trendwatching.com, Trove.com, Twitter, Wall Street Journal, Wired, Workforce.com and YouTube

Real Estate
EY.com tax alerts, Forbes, NAREIT blogs, PereNews.com, PWC.com tax alerts, Realert.com, SmartBriefs.com, Wall Street Journal and Yahoo

Retail
B2ttraining.com blog, BATimes.com, DesignLoveFest.com, Entrepreneur Magazine, Fast Company, Forbes, Giftbeat.com, GiftsAndDec.com magazine, Giftshopmag.com, Harvard Business Review, HCI.org, HubSpot.com, Huffington Post, Inc. Magazine, InstoreMag.com, LinkedIn, McKinsey Quarterly, NRF.com, OhSoBeautifulPaper.com blog, ProduceNews.com, RISNews.edgl.com, StationeryTrendsMag.com, SupermarketNews.com, TheRobinReport.com and Wall Street Journal

Technology
Adweek’s SocialTimes feed, AnandTech.com, BusinessInsider.com, CBInsights.com,
CNN.com, Computer.org, Conference-Board.org, DigitalTransactions.net, Entrepreneur Magazine, eSource.com, The Facebook Blog, Fast Company, Feedly.com, Flipboard.com, Forbes, Forrester Research articles, Fortnightly.com, Gallup.com, Google alerts, GovTech.com’s newsletters and Public CIO Magazine, Harvard Business Review, HubSpot.com marketing blog, Huffington Post, Inc. Magazine, LinkedIn, MarketingLand.com, Mashable.com, MattCutts.com blog, Mattermark.com blog,
McKinsey Quarterly, Melcrum.com, MIT Technology Review, New York Times, NPR.com, Nuzzel.com, Official Google Blog, OpenView Labs, PCMag.com news, PMI.org, Priceonomics.com, ProjectManagement.com, Quartz Daily Brief, Ragan.com, Re/code.com, SearchEngineLand.com, SmartBriefs.com, TBRI.com, Tech.co, TechCrunch.com, TechMeme.com, TechTarget.com, Time Magazine, TSIA.com, Twitter, The Twitter Blog, UserTesting.com VentureBeat.com, VentureFizz weekly email, Wall Street Journal, Wired, Yahoo News and Yahoo Tech

Transportation/Travel
AASHTOJournal.org, DunhillTravelDeals.com blog, GoGoWorldwidevacations.com, Metro-Magazine.com, Ski.com blog, Transportation Research Board newsletter, TravelAgentCentral.com and TravelWeekly.com

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