The Bridge publication brings political information to Silicon Valley and tech news to D.C. - TechCrunch

Tech and politics need a translator — as a minimum in line with Jamie Corley and Christyn Lansing, founders of The Bridge.

Corley and Lansing have worked in each worlds — each of them, for instance, has served as press secretary for a US senator (Bob Corker and Rob Portman, respectively), whereas Lansing changed into additionally communications director at Politico.

They advised me they bought the thought for The Bridge when Corley moved to San Francisco, and that they realized there become a chance to create a e-newsletter that helped americans from each industries bear in mind each different — particularly as politics intrudes into tech and vice versa, thanks to issues reminiscent of driverless automobiles.

"DC and SF are very equivalent cities with totally formidable individuals on opposite facets of the continent," Lansing observed. "The difficulty is, they don't even be aware each and every different. The Bridge goes to fix that."

They compared The Bridge to theSkimm, which boils down the day's news right into a e-newsletter aimed at millennial girls. Written by way of Corley and Lansing (as a minimum for now), The Bridge goes out every Tuesday and Thursday morning and includes a rundown of each political and tech information, conveyed in a friendly vogue and with links to extra insurance.

Corley talked about the focal point is on helping gurus in both industries remember the "cultural nuances": "We form of consider of it like Veep meets Silicon Valley." (They additionally encompass job postings and event listings.) you can read essentially the most fresh publication right here.

This may appear to be the ideal time to launch whatever thing just like the Bridge, because of the entire discussion across the election — except the election noticed the defeat of the candidate backed by using most of Silicon Valley, and a few writers (together with me) have argued that the results symbolize be a rejection of many Silicon Valley values.

"in case you're perplexed by means of the consequences of [the election], you need The Bridge that a great deal extra," Lansing countered. She stated that the newsletter is nonpartisan, and spoke of, "regardless of who is within the White apartment these considerations that we outlined are in fact coming to a head."

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