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Chicago Local News app review: comprehensive news coverage

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Introduction

If you live in the wonderful city of Chicago, Illinois, and wish to stay up to date on the latest breaking news and other events happening around your city, then Chicago Local News is one app that you might consider downloading on your iPhone or iPad.

This app aims to bring you the local news from a carefully-curated collection of news sources so that you don't need to sift through various mainstream news channels, but rather can access all of them within a single news app.

You can find this app inside the News section of the App Store, where it can be purchased for a mere 99 cents. When you factor in the convenience and the time it'll save, you'll be sure to think it's worth the cost. Besides, there are no ads included in this app, so that definitely is a plus for user experience.

Let's take a closer look at the features of this app.

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News Sources & Presentation

Chicago Local News is a very lightweight app, taking up just 0.7 MB of space on your iPhone or iPad, and it'll be the only news app you'll ever need if you're a resident of Chicago.

News sources included in this app consist of the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, CBS Chicago WBBM, NBC Chicago - WMAQ, ABC Chicago - WLS, FOX Chicago - WFLD, Chicago Now's Chicagosphere Blog, Outside.In listings for Chicago, and Chicago Weather. This suggests that the developers have clearly spent a lot of time figuring out a varied selection of sources to ensure readers get a comprehensive coverage of all that's going around the city.

Furthermore, this also provides users with a variety of perspectives, which ensures that users can form their own opinions rather than being spoon-fed the agenda-based spin of mainstream media reporting.

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Functions & Features

When you launch this app, you'll find each of the sources listed on the home screen, segregated by categories including Newspapers, TV News, and Magazines & Blogs. When you select any of the news sources, you'll be taken to their Top Stories page. Here you will receive a list of all the latest news presented along with the logo and theme which is unique to the source.

You'll also find a cute little weather widget at the top of the screen near a drop-down menu. The latter can be used to navigate through the various sections of the chosen news source. Other options including sharing links to articles via email as well as opening news stories in Safari.

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Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Brings users a variety of news sources from around Chicago
  • Helps users gain various perspectives about the local events rather than just one stream of information which is spun to serve the network's agenda
  • Includes a weather widget
  • Enables easy sharing through email

Cons

  • There is nothing negative to say about this app

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Final Words

Chicago Local News is a must-have on your iPhone or iPad, especially if you live in the city, or frequently visit there. With a news app such as this one, you will be sure to stay tuned to all the local events and more.

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Neha Sinha

Neha has been writing and editing since 2010 and has been reviewing iOS apps since early 2014. She has lived in four different countries and loves having the world at her fingertips thanks to these awesome apps.