As Chief Executive Officer of Akamai, Paul Sagan is at the helm of the biggest content delivery network in the world.  He was a fitting choice, then, to provide the introductory remarks on universal broadband and the National Broadband Plan on Day Two of the Aspen Institute Forum on Communications and...

Today leaders in media, government, policy, and nonprofit organizations are gathering in Aspen, Colorado to explore efforts towards universal broadband, and how we can bridge the digital divide in broadband. Organized by the Aspen Institute Forum on Communications and Society, the group, whose participants include those listed below,...

By Rachel Sterne and William Rathore

In late February, Kasthuri Kolhi, a 17-year-old from rural Pakistan, was allegedly raped by a local political leader and three of his associates.

Protesters claim that authorities ignored the crime because Kolhi is a poor, Hindu minority, belonging to the...

By Carlos A. Quiroz

Indigenous peoples are being displaced by wars and corporations.

If you haven't seeing Avatar, you're missing out on a good movie. The film excels in creativity, imagination, excitement, plot and technical work. The result is overwhelmingly pleasing to the senses, and...

By Rachel Sterne, GroundReport CEO

Want to give back this Thanksgiving, but can't make it to a soup kitchen?

A fascinating experiment in digital philanthropy is brewing in the headquarters of the Robin Hood Foundation, a New York City charity that has raised more than $1 billion for...

Originally published by global citizen journalism platform GroundReport.

Today as Afghanis flooded the polls amid a government ban on media coverage, citizen journalism came from a surprising source: one of the candidates.

It's barely a sentence, but it's enough; around 10:00 AM ET, Ashraf Ghani tweeted...

Is American journalism in peril?

On August 16, leaders of the nation's most prominent media organizations will discuss the future of their profession in the leafy environs of Aspen, Colorado. The topic is a tricky one: how to fund responsible, public-serving journalism as media models crumble in the face of...

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By Dawn Ganu

US President Barack Obama will visit Cape Coast Castle, a former slavery outpost in Ghana, on Saturday, July 11. Here he will witness some of the most gruesome images of the Slave Trade that saw...

Originally published on GroundReport.com, the world's most trusted citizen journalism network.

By Jagan T

At last, Delhi's High Court has legalized homosexuality. The court has ruled that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal act.

The ruling overturns a 148-year-old colonial law which describes...

Originally published on June 17 on GroundReport.com, the world's most trusted citizen journalism network.

By TehranLive

Editor: A day after Iran's government banned all independent reporting on the public protest against its election results, Iranian citizens filled the role of the media. Armed with digital cameras, mobile phones...

Originally published on GroundReport.com,the world's most trusted citizen journalism network.

By Calos Quiroz

I just finished a phone conversation with Miguel Palacin, he is the president of Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indigenas (CAOI) or the Andean Coordination of Indigenous Organizations.

I first met Miguel Palacin...

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By Emanthi Marambe

Sri Lankan authorities today detained and expelled Canadian Liberal MP and strong critic of Sri Lankan Government Bob Rae soon after his arrival to Colombo. According to the Sri Lankan Immigration and Emigration Controller Mr.P.B Abeykoon,...

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By Zar Alam Khan

ISLAMABAD: The government's failure to reconstruct a bridge in a far-off valley of Chitral has left its over 40,000 residents stranded for the fourth consecutive summer this year.

The bridge on the...

From GroundReport.com, a global citizen news platform of 4,000 international reporters.

By Rachel Sterne

Palestinian journalist and media activist Laila el Haddad was detained nearly 24 hours ago at Cairo International Airport en route to her native Gaza. Mrs. Haddad, a US resident, is traveling with her...

NEW YORK-- BusinessWeek recognized citizen journalism platform GroundReport.com as one of America's 'most promising' social enterprises in a feature on "enterprising individuals who apply business practices to solving societal problems."

GroundReport, a platform for global citizen reporting with the mission to democratize the media, was founded in...

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By Lyssky

Twitter and YouTube have hit the travel industry. The Danes have launched an entirely online campaign entitled 48hoursindenmark.com, in which they are promising a free trip to Denmark, for whoever shows the best...

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By Volha Birukova

Protesters marred festivities Wednesday as Belarusians around the world celebrated the creation of the Belarus Popular Republic. Established in 1918, the independent state existed just a few...

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By Imran Schah

Lahore-- Journalists across the country will convene tomorrow to protest the Sunday murder of a Lahore-based journalist.

30-year-old Tariq Malik Javed, a reporter from Dawn News, a news channel, was killed in...

In the following interview, GroundReport Founder Rachel Sterne asks Mark Brecke, Director of Darfur documentary They Turned Our Desert Into Fire, on what the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant for Sudan's President will mean to its people.

Q. What does the ICC warrant mean to those on...