The Star Democrat and StarDem.com skill delivers the latest news headlines from Maryland’s Mid-Shore region. With featured, local, sports and entertainment news feeds available, you will be able to customize the headlines read to you every day.
To Enable the Skill: click the enable button on The Star Democrat and StarDem.com skill page. The Featured news feed will be enabled by default. Enable local, sports or entertainment news feeds in your Alexa app by choosing Skills > Your Skills > The Star Democrat and StarDem.com > Manage in Flash Briefing. You can enable feeds that are currently “Off,” and “Edit Order” of feeds.
To Get Started: say "Alexa, what’s my Flash Briefing" or “Alexa, what’s in the news?”
When the headlines are playing, you can say "Alexa, next" or Alexa, previous" to play the next or previous headline. You can also say “Alexa, pause” and “Alexa, resume.”
We'd love to hear from you! If you have questions or feedback, please e-mail digital@stardem.com.