Google Jumps Into Content Side of News
Region: California
Google's News section rolled out new features yesterday, including their 'cluster pages,' which display relevant articles, quotes and timelines for specific news topics. The goal is to provide a richer, deeper collag... more
Views: 1579NASA Atlantis Shuttle Mission STS-125 Lift Off
Region: Florida
NASA launched STS-125, its fifth Hubble Telescope enhancement mission yesterday, with Atlantis lifting off on schedule at 2:01 PM EST. Watch the launch here shot on a Flip video camera, slightly shaky as GroundReport... more
Views: 3277GroundReport's Digital Reporter Toolkit at the NASA Shuttle Launch
Region: Florida
GroundReport CEO Rachel Sterne was on site for the NASA Atlantis shuttle launch on Monday, covering mission STS-125 alongside big media outlets with vast budgets and resources. Here Rachel walks us through the Groun... more
Views: 4152Marissa Mayer Gives Senate Testimony on How Google Helps Journalism
Region: District of Columbia
In a post titled Senate Testimony on Future of Journalism, Google's Senior Policy Counsel Pablo Chavez states: Later today Marissa Mayer, Google's VP of Search Product and User Experience, will take to Capitol Hill to tes... more
Views: 1160GroundReport's Field Guide to NYC Entrepreneurship
Region: New York
Want to get started as an entrepreneur in New York City? GroundReport CEO Rachel Sterne asked the NYC Twitter community for their thoughts on why New York is the ultimate startup city. The tweets helped struct... more
Views: 4107Beatblogging, Mashable and BootUpNYC on GroundReport
Region: New YorkOur hyperlocal citizen media platform has seen a flurry of coverage in recent days. Here's the latest: In BeatBlogging piece GroundReport is hyperlocal gone global — but will it work?, Lily Q digs deep for a well-re... more
Views: 2738Palestinian Journalist Laila 'Gazamom' el-Haddad Twitters her Cairo Arrest
Region: Egypt
Palestinian journalist and media activist Laila el-Haddad was detained sixteen hours ago at Cairo International Airport en route to her native Gaza. Mrs. Haddad is traveling with her two young children and currently still ... more
Views: 2257GroundReport Named 'Most Promising Social Enterprise' in BusinessWeek
Region: United States
GroundReport in BusinessWeek! Thanks to your hard work and bravery, I'm thrilled to announce that GroundReport is featured in BusinessWeek as one of America's most promising social enterprises. You can read ... more
Views: 3042Twitter Reacts to Iowa Supreme Court Decision on Gay Marriage in Varnum V. Brien
Region: United States
As the Iowa Supreme Court struck down a ban on same-sex marriage in the highly-politicized Varnum v. Brien case brought by Lambda Legal, the Twittersphere erupted in reaction. Using the Twitter hashtag #iagaymarriage to c... more
Views: 1375Protesters and Citizen Reporters Twitter From G-20 Frontlines
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
It may be one of the most prolifically documented protests, at least in real time. Today's G-20 protests in London reached far beyond the UK, as thousands of protesters, citizens and observers provided breaking updates an... more
Views: 1154
Member Since: August 2006
Location: United States
Rating:
# of Articles: 140
News Innovation Summits
Architects of the Future
GroundReport Community
Contact Reporter
