New media guru Jeff Jarvis calls it the 'Holy Grail.' Michael Gluckstadt's Fast Company feature questioned its '$100 Billion Potential.' So what does 'hyperlocal' news look like today in the United States?

As newspapers shutter and traditional media models crumble, the public and private sectors have recognized...

Are all politics local? On citizen journalism site GroundReport.com, the masses are voting in the affirmative.

As GroundReport gears up to participate in the YouTube and PBS-sponsored Video Your Vote project, contributors are writing about the issues affecting them personally this election cycle. Below, from Alaska to California,...

Michelle Obama spoke out Thursday on women's rights in a live webcast speech featured on the homepage of the Kansas City Star newspaper. The wife of Democratic candidate Barack Obama could prove to be an asset in her husband's effort to capture supporters of former competitor Hillary Clinton, many of...

The premise of a Barack Obama presidency brings great expectations from Africa. GroundReport Kenyan journalist Fred Obera explores why.

"Africa is hurt by factors unique to the continent and our place in the world. There is our distance from viable markets and problems with trade. And Senator Barack Obama...

U.S. Senator Barack Obama has officially clinched the Democratic presidential nomination -- but he still must battle Republican John McCain, a Vietnam War veteran whose story, news analysts say, is far more "appealing."

In Indonesia, however, Obama is already considered a hometown hero. Comments about being a "true friend" to...

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Could local newspapers grab the live TV market? Hillary and Obama are proving it's possible.

It would seem that the outlook is grim for small American newspaper publishers. Print circulation continues its decline and classified ads are...

Attending an April 25th Obama press conference in Indianapolis, the candidate struggled to distinguish his proposed policies from...

On Friday March 28, media innovators converged for a panel titled "How the Internet is Changing American Politics" hosted by GroundReport.com.

The participants, all trailblazers in the world of new media, compared 2008 campaign tactics, questioned the horserace mentality of elections coverage, debated the role of the media...

The following piece appears on groundreport.tv as well as HuffPost's OffTheBus.

Groundreport takes us behind the scenes of the October 30th Democratic candidate debate at Drexel University in Philadelphia, to show us just what goes on behind the scenes to put on these shows.

The following piece appears on GroundReport as well as OffTheBus.

GroundReport's Rachel Sterne went behind the scenes and into the spin room at Tuesday night's MSNBC debates to chat about debate techniques and success metrics.