Ground — A NASA space engineer fixing Fake News

Hi PH- I am a former NASA space engineer 🚀 on a mission to fix the news industry. The inspiration behind Ground is to put news reporting and verification in the hands of qualified journalists and eyewitnesses. Launching in memorial of one of the greatest journalist of the century, Edward Murrow! Features: - Read verified news from over 10,000 news publications - Unique Map interface - Track Social Media coverage of the news - Contact eyewitnesses to get latest updates - Receive push notifications for verified breaking news - Receive push notifications for flagged fake news *Benefits* : - Burst your filter-bubble - News from all over the world (no more ignoring Congo!) - Accountability for every news article - Cut out the noise *Upvote us to save democracy as we know it! No pressure....*

This logo looks exactly like http://www.theground.se/ logo. Related?

So am I to assume this app aggregates news from only MSM sites or does it also curate news from independent sources?

During the times of fake news this could be great solution! Nice idea!

Congrats on the Launch! Where do you see Ground going in the next 6-12 months, Harleen? More crowdsourced news? More AI? More editorial? Looks great so far!

I really really like the map view. I follow soccer and with ground I can zoom in on Manchester, Munich, Madrid, Barcelona, etc. to follow different matches and see what is happening

Pros:

Great balance between local and global news, very well designed and polished interface, the map view

Cons:

none so far

Super cool app!

Very cool and very needed right now!

Amazing application. I really like this different way to learn what is going on in the world.

My new go-to tool for news. It curates everything in one place, and I can look at a headline but access various perspectives from different news outlets to understand different points of view. I can access based on the latest news, top headlines, or my fave - the map view.

List and map views of news. I use a lot of news services and Ground has my favorite.

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Verified news summary, global or local. Links to more indepth news

Cons:

Nothing so far . .

I posted a story about an auto accident closing lanes of traffic yesterday and received immediate response from other users that my post helped their commute. New is from many sources and verified as not being FAKE news.

Pros:

Great local news coverage, it distills the need to know info

Cons:

none so far . . .

I think the map is great idea and moves away from just the traditional list view. If you zoom in on the map you can see local news stories from lots of locations around the world.

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You can see news stories at their actual locations on the map

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Great so far!

great app; super useful

Pros:

awesome!

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none

I like the fact that I can see across the map which events are the important or active ones, as opposed to just living in my own North American bubble. The reliability and verification of the source is even more important to me.

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Verification history (e.g. by the different Press entities) really helps me to trust the source.

Cons:

Will need more users at the locations to really benefit from the live crowd responses.

Good job so far guys!

Pros:

- Map is cool

- Looks slick

- News stories have a count of people who verify

Cons:

- Will update when I find one

One of my favorite

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Great way to see a place before you visit- closest way to feel like you're on the ground

Cons:

Other users asking often to see where live

Very interesting product. Do you have an API?

@BEASTMODE reminds me a lot of Fresco News

love the concept, neat team behind it too! timely and powerful. keep it up.

Pros:

map is awesome, let's me zoom in to geographic regions of interest and find things I would not have otherwise! love the verification aspect

Cons:

none