News414 service launched to connect Milwaukee residents with reporters
Three nonprofit newsrooms have launched News414, a project that delivers news by text message and connects Milwaukee residents directly to reporters.
The project, which is funded with support from the Google News Initiative, is a collaboration between Wisconsin Watch, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service and Outlier Media. In its announcement of the project, Wisconsin Watch said it uses “innovative technology and research techniques to deliver crucial information to residents, investigate neighborhoods’ most pressing issues and deliver accountability journalism to Milwaukee and the broader public.”