Crosscut launches in the Northwest

Cory Bergman April 2nd, 2007

We have a new online news competitor here in the Northwest, and it’s called Crosscut. “My colleagues and I bid you welcome to this experiment in local journalism,” writes publisher David Brewster, who founded Seattle Weekly back in 1976. “Our goal is to give you, readers across the Northwest, access to the best journalism about the region we can find and generate.” Crosscut is heavy on local aggregation — a cool feature — and it also provides its own coverage from formal contributors and citizen journalists.

Take a look around, kick the tires and tell us what you think…

Adds Eric in comments: “Good to see that long form lives. The JOA piece was great. Also nice that they link off to other local sites for day-of news and concentrate their efforts on exclusive content.”