Much like trying to make sense out of your non-stop Twitter feed with information overload, the entire goal of Lumi News (the name is a play on shedding light on news) is to simplify everything to the point that your Mom can sit down and instantly start reading. Martin Stiksel, co-founder of Lumi, told Digital Trends an early version of the app did take the multiple headlines route, but it quickly became evident that it simply created more clutter. Rather than giving you headlines and a paragraph of multiple stories to read, the app gives you the entire story – one at a time. to automate your life and save you timeįacebook wants to ‘strengthen democracy’ with a news tab. The irony is that websites like Facebook, Google and, to an extent, Flipboard have played a significant part in the death of local journalism, with approximately 1,800 small papers shutting down since Facebook came online in 2004.Sunbird looks like the iMessage for Android app you’ve been waiting for Last year, Facebook revealed that about a third of its US users live in areas where there's not enough local news for the company to launch its Today In feature. However, beyond the country's largest metropolitan areas, Flipboard is likely to have trouble finding enough news to build out sections for smaller cities and towns. "Clearly, it's time to double down on local journalism," the company said. Even if you don't live in one of the cities covered by today's launch, you can still subscribe to its section to get news about that place.įlipboard citied a 2019 study from the Knight Foundation - which found that people tend to trust small media organizations more than their large counterparts - as one of the reasons it decided to build a dedicated local news tab. These articles cover a variety of topics, including sports, dining, weather and real estate.
Each newsfeed pulls stories from local newspapers, TV and radio stations, college news sites and blogs, as well as articles from larger, nation-wide publications like Eater and Curbed that have sections devoted to specific cities. You can access the section by tapping on the magnifying glass icon along the bottom of the interface to make your way to the app's "Explore." From there, tap the "Local" heading to see all the featured cities.Īt launch, the feature covers 21 US cities and two in Canada. Flipboard is launching a new "Local" tab to highlight news and content from publications that cover and operate in 23 North American cities.
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