Everyblock Launches Local News Service

Posted on January 23, 2008

A new site called Everyblock plans to use mashups to provide local news and maps down to your very block. They blogged about the launch of their service in three cities today.

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?
Our mission at EveryBlock is to solve that problem. We aim to collect all of the news and civic goings-on that have happened recently in your city, and make it simple for you to keep track of news in particular areas. We're a geographic filter -- a "news feed" for your neighborhood, or, yes, even your block.

Everyblock has launched in three American cities: Chicago, New York and San Francisco. Technology Evangelist blogs that Adrian Holovaty, the person behind the Chicago Crime website, put together the team behind Everyblock.