Thursday, July 2, 2009

My new favorite site

For a long time, that’s been a tough question to answer. In dense, bustling cities like Chicago, New York and San Francisco, the number of daily media reports, government proceedings and local Internet conversations is staggering. Every day, a wealth of local information is created — officials inspect restaurants, journalists cover fires and Web users post photographs — but who has time to sort through all of that?


EveryBlock is a new experiment in online journalism, offering a news feed for every city block in 15 cities. Enter any address, neighborhood or ZIP code in those cities, and the site shows you recent public records, news articles and other Web content that’s geographically relevant to you. To our knowledge, it’s the most granular approach to local news ever attempted.
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  1. AnonymousJuly 2, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    Have you ever checked out outside.in? It sounds really similar to this, though you select the locations (your zip code, specific spots of interest, etc) rather than limiting you to a block (which I actually quite like). Thanks for sharing!
    -N.

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  2. Andrew SchrockJuly 2, 2009 at 1:53 PM

    This looks great! Thematically like one of last year's final projects, HeyNey (www.heyney.com). Unfortunately I don't think the group did much with it after they graduated.

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