Today’s news consumption is marked by increasing tribalism. newSmasher is an application that broadens the user’s perspective about news topics by exposing them to viewpoints outside of their go to news sources. the application randomly pulls news articles from a variety of sources around the world according to a topic that the user has inputted, exposing them to a wider variety of perspectives about that specific topic. These sources are not only from different publications but also from outlets in different parts of the world. Users have the option to filter the article selection according to a specified date range.
The MVP will select 5 randomized stories according to a single topic entry (input form) and list them in a feed, featuring headline, description, date, source and image pulled from the news API. Upon clicking on a story, the user is presented with an full article view.
Post MVP also allows user to select date range via a drop down menu and orders the stories in the feed in reverse chronological order.
News API newsapi.org