By Cecilia CampbellWhat makes the Lookout model – “a good community newspaper that happens to be digital” – tick and what differentiates it from the hundreds of startups proliferating across the United States? Background: building a community newspaper that is more – and digitalThe original Lookout Local site, Lookout Santa Cruz launched in November 2020. ​Thanks to the ground work done in Santa Cruz, including getting the tech stack up and running smoothly, the launch of the second site, Lookout Eugene-Springfield, on 10 April this year, has seen a ramp-up 3–5 times faster than for Santa Cruz. (Numbers in slide below)The Lookout Local team plans to launch more sites by the end of 2026. We have a singular focus,” – Ken DoctorContext – the US local news industry