Once added, users can then browse their local news alongside other content they’re interested in, across a variety of topics.Īt present, there are two main areas of interest to news readers - the COVID-19 outbreak and the 2020 Election, both of which are now offered in the local sections. It will also offer the Local sections inside the Explore tab in the Flipboard app. To determine if a user should be shown local news, based on a user’s IP address - not a precise location - the app may recommend stories relevant to local audiences. The Electionland initiative reports on problems that disenfranchise eligible voters, like misinformation, changing voting laws and rules, voter harassment, equipment failures and long lines at the polls. Meanwhile, the ProPublica Local Reporting Network funds and jointly publishes year-long investigative projects with 23 local news organizations across the U.S.

Patch alone is putting out more than 200 local coronavirus stories per day. It has now added to the list of partners local news service Patch and ProPublica, including its Local Reporting Network partners and its collaborative journalism project Electionland. To offer local news in its app, Flipboard works with area partners, big and small, like The Plain Dealer’s, the Detroit Free Press and the St. Paul, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington, D.C. They join the 23 cities that were already supported: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis-St. The 12 new metros include the following: Baltimore, Charlotte, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Orlando, Raleigh, Salt Lake City, St. metros and is adding critical coronavirus local coverage to all of the 35 supported locales. Today, Flipboard is bringing local news to 12 more U.S. The feature brought local news, sports, real estate, weather, transportation news and more to 23 cities across the U.S.

Earlier this year, personalized news aggregation app Flipboard expanded into local news.

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