A few months ago, when the news site DCist abruptly shut down, it was a shock. So we were intrigued by the rumors that a bunch of former DCist employees were starting up their own, homegrown thing. Natalie Delgadillo and Abby Higgins are two of the founders, and they’re sitting down to give us the exclusive details on what their new organization is, how they’re going to survive when DCist couldn’t, and when you can start following their work.

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