is that so, or did I just not find the content? where to look? if there is no content, what they are good for?
soory for the newbie questions, basically I like the game, the world, the stories, although even in the dissonance mode, repeating merchant gets a liitle boring ....

The Journal book under your Vagrus Medaillon opens up a panel in which you first see your current objectives. In the upper line of the left page, there are four more options:

Rumors - that's the part you are maybe asking for, it contains the rumors you paid for, and there some text is to found about it. Once you had a look onto a rumor there, it moves from "unread" to "read" state, but they remain at the lower part of the list.

The next 'page' covers your tasks: the actual once, those ready to be turned in at a faction, and all you did before.

The 'News' section tells you what news you can share at a settlement. They have no text linked but are just giving more or less changers.

"Qualities" come with text again. You may find pieces of information there, as your stading with non-faction entities (like the Prefectus of Avernum, the Dark Prince...)