For a lot of people in this city, reading the news tends to be part of their job rather than a first step in a flirtation. But a new dating app, InPress, is attempting to pair romance with reportage: Half news aggregator, half matchmaker, the platform links users based on their shared media consumption. Finally, I won’t have to stop reading a feature on the global economy to open a different app and feign interest in Brad from Rosslyn’s best travel anecdote.
Currently, InPress is available only in Washington. “Where would you launch a news-based dating app in the US?” says CEO Adam Harder, a former journalist and Columbia Heights resident. Harder cofounded the app with chief technology officer Alex Long, who lives in Dupont Circle
