The Gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park Is on Fire—In November
A bizarre wildfire has ignited near Estes Park, Colorado, forcing residents to flee at a time of year when they’re usually gearing up for ski lifts...
The William Trevor Reader: “In at the Birth”
Another weird one, but this time in a good way. “In at the Birth” tells the story of elderly Miss Efoss, who begins babysitting for a...
Learning on the go with Classroom on Android
The past two years have seen a rapid rise in the use of educational tools by teachers and students everywhere – driven primarily by the need...
These 25 publishers want to know their communities
We can’t write about our communities without understanding them and being part of them. We don’t want to just parachute ourselves in and stick the microphone...
Google News Showcase, one year in
A little over a year ago we announced Google News Showcase, our new product experience and licensing program for news, to readers and publishers all around...
New tools and features to support local news
Local news is essential to building healthy communities. One of the most obvious examples of this was the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, when different communities...
How technology powered a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation
Editor’s note: Brendan McCarthy, the Deputy Projects Editor at The Boston Globe, talks about how technology moved forward their Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation “Blind Spot.” The team...
Introducing the GNI News Equity Fund
The last few years have been challenging for everyone, none more so than marginalized communities. That’s something we recognize at the Google News Initiative, where we...
A new fund to support investigative reporting
Investigative journalism has changed drastically over the past decade. Technology is playing a growing and evolving role in everything from gathering documents to processing data. New...
Fighting the digital divide for diverse news publishers
The digital divide and technology gap that hundreds of US based Black- and Latino-owned publications face is something the Google News Initiative is working to bridge...
