Welcome Washington Independant

The Washington Independant is the first of a series of newsblogger sites from the Center for Independant Media to be run on PublicSquare. They orginally used Soapblox, but found the layout restrictions too confining, and chose PublicSquare for it’s unique combination of lightweight editorial workflow with blogging-style publishing.

They say about themselves

The Washington Independent is a nonpartisan news and commentary site dedicated to covering topics of national importance. Launched in January 2008, the site aims to combine the best of the old and new media by combining the reporting, accuracy and fairness of traditional journalism with the speed, voice and community of the Web. The staff adheres to the Society of Professional Journalist’s code of ethics which calls on reporters to be honest, tireless, fair and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information for the public. The site belongs to a network of state-based online news sites founded by the Center for Independent Media.