So during this exploration phase, we started out with doing in-person interviews and sending out surveys. Research really lays the foundation for product development because it's very important to get to know your audience before you are actually making something for them. So the goal for this interview and survey was to find out the general habits of our audience. For example, how they normally spent time in their neighborhood, how they access news and information, and how they feel about their current ways of seeking out neighborhood news and information. It was a short 10 to 15 question survey, and it was shared in person, pre-COVID time, and online. And there are a few types of questions we asked in the survey. We first started broad, and we just asked some demographic questions. We then asked about residents' news-reading habits, and how that fits into their lifestyle. We also asked about their general satisfaction with their current ways of seeking out neighborhood news and information, and if there's any area for improvement. And very last, just anything else we were curious about, related to this project. While we were waiting to collect survey feedback, we also did a competitive analysis, in which we looked at similar products to understand best practices and how to differentiate our own products.