Facebook has begun rolling out its new Facebook News section with support from some of the country'smost prestigious newsrooms, including USA TODAY.
The social network has also enlisted The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Dallas Morning News, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, Business Insider and Buzzfeed, among other high-profile news organizations, lending much-needed credibility given Facebook'sprevious failures to clamp down on the spread of fake news.
Facebook is calling this ambitious march into news and journalism a test, for now, made available to a subset of people in the nations largest cities.
During the initial phase, Facebook plans to showcase original reporting from local properties in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Philadelphia, Houston, Washington, Miami, Atlanta and Boston.
Personalization: An algorithmically curatedarea filled with topics that Facebook believes you will want to read, share and follow.
Topic sections: An area where you can dig deeper into the business, entertainment, health, science and tech and sports categories.
Facebook says it has chosen publishers that are in its News Page Index, which was developed in collaboration with the publishing industry.
Facebook also added that the publishers must serve a sufficiently large audience, with different thresholds set by category.