UK digital journalist Alison Gow takes a look at the news site for Washington TBD.com, launched earlier this week, and says the site provides much inspiration for hyperlocal news ventures elsewhere.
Says Gow:
I like it as a journalist because:
- It’s seriously packed with news, features and information
- It’s packed with news (truly – the homepage splash changed every time I reloaded the page)
- It updates constantly
- It has loads of sources of information – both from TBD staffers, mainstream media, social networks, bloggers and users
- It’s an active site – doesn’t rely on feeds/UGC
- It “gets” hyperlocal
- It does live fact-checking