All a news item is, is a press or blog article, concerning the automotive or energy field, that Gas Buddy moderators or members thought would be of interest to the general Gas Buddy community. If you're asking how do you access the articles, as indicated below, simply look down the left side of the Gas Buddy home page for a section headed: "Top 5 Recent News\GasBuddy Blog" Simply click on any of the listings and it will open a page to a short portion of the article/blog entry for you to read, and to be able to discuss if you want. That initial short portion also has a link to the full article/blog if you want to read the entire item. For each article/blog item you read, you earn 25 points, up to a maximum of 125 points per day.