Rally for the Future: Real-Time News and the Fourth Estate
Region: United States
For the past 1,000 years, we’ve trusted self-appointed authorities to tell us the news. What's next? more
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Candy Crowley on Her Approach to Political Reporting
Region: New York
In October 2007, GroundReport traveled to Philadelphia to film the Democratic debate at Drexel University. The focus was not the debate—it was to cover the coverage. From the Spin Room to the Campaign Visibility Ar... more
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Aid Workers as Reporters, Updating Live from Haiti
Region: Haiti
On the ground, close to relief efforts, and armed with cell phones and satellite internet connections, aid workers in Haiti are fast emerging as a crucial source of news and information on the situation in Haiti. Oxfam med... more
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Markets Re-Open on Frere and Tabarre in Haiti
Region: Haiti
Frederic Dupoux, a photojournalist in Haiti, reported today that some markets have reopened in the disaster-ravaged country. Dupoux has tirelessly documented his observations via Twitter, the microblogging platform, as he ... more
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Twitter Rank: The Natural Evolution of Twitter Search
Region: United States
In some ways, Twitter search is the blasphemous opposite of Google search. Google analyzes the number of incoming links to a source, and the number of incoming links to those incoming links, and estimates authority based ... more
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Red Cross Text Message Campaign for Haiti Raises Over $3 Million
Region: Haiti
Secretary Clinton announced this morning that a Red Cross campaign that allows donors to give $10 to Haiti relief by text message had raised over $3 million. The news was reported by State Department New Media Director Ka... more
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Ideas for Using Tech to Improve Haiti Relief Efforts
Region: Haiti
Katie Dowd, the State Department's New Media Director, asked this evening via Twitter, "What can we do in Tech do help Haiti" She was asking the right crowd: earlier today the Red Cross announced it had raised over $1 mil... more
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Microgiving for Haiti Raises Over $1 Million in Aid
Region: Haiti
Proving that digital activism can produce real-world results, a text message campaign propagated largely over Twitter has raised significant funding for earthquake relief in Haiti. A text message campaign launched by the... more
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How to Give to Haiti
Region: HaitiThe extent of destruction from yesterday's earthquake in Haiti is emerging, and thousands are feared dead. Thousands more could be lost as the recovery effort begins 1. Text Support to the Red Cross Text Haiti to 9... more
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Brendan Dawes on Doodlebuzz, Daylife and the Future of Design
Region: New York
Since its 2008 launch, designer Brendan Dawes has been racking up arts awards for Doodlebuzz, an interactive news discovery application powered by the Daylife API. Describing how he built Doodlebuzz with Daylife, Bre... more
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Rachel Sterne is CEO of GroundReport.com, a global citizen news platform that empowers anyone to publish and earn money from original, intelligent reporting. She founded the platform in 2006 with the mission to democratize the media and help the world share its stories.
Prior to founding GroundReport, Rachel worked in Business Development at peer-to-peer platform LimeWire and as a Political Reporter on the Security Council for the US Mission to the United Nations. Her experience observing political inertia at the UN during the Darfur crisis inspired her to launch GroundReport, a tool that empowers people to share on-the-ground reports and opinion, and discover what's really going on in the world.
Rachel has discussed GroundReport and citizen journalism for BusinessWeek, CNNMoney, NBC Universal, FOX News, The Aspen Institute, and dozens of other organizations. Rachel has acted as a consultant on digital media for startups, corporations and government agencies, applying GroundReport's expertise in social media, user-generated content and trust systems. She is a co-founder of the Citizen Journalism Think Tank.
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