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- A 25-year old self-taught engineer has developed a central news hub for the black community

- The hub generates news events from sites that majorly report on the black community

- The app developer says he intends to give the black community a platform that they cannot get in the mainstream media

A little over half a century ago, news in the African American people group generally originated from mainstream media organizations like CNN, Fox News, Or NBC, who have largely been viewed as prejudiced against blacks.

In the rare event that a black person was in the news, it was safe to speculate that they featured for the wrong reasons.

Fortunately, this is quickly changing - thanks to Eric Townsend.

The mobile app that grabs news from 8 different prominent websites to create a portal of black news in a mobile app, currently only available for iPhone. Courtesy: blavity.com

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The 25-year old self-taught engineer has invented a mobile app that serves as a lack community central news hub.

So, why a mobile app and not just a website?

Well, Townsend sought to tap into the ever growing mobile generation, hungry for digitally generated information and news.

Eric Townsend wants this to be the future of "Black News." Courtesy: Linkedin

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The mobile app dubbed BLVCK gets news from more than five diverse noticeable sites to create a portal of black news in a mobile application, at present accessible for iPhone.

The father of one revealed that he needs to establish how the application fairs, adding that significant plans for growth are underway.for the versatile application.

The thinking behind making it a portable application, he says, emerges from attempting to push the more youthful black generation to get more acquainted about what is occurring around them.

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