Ground-sourced news
This site functions as a tool to help you string together firsthand accounts of major news stories though real-time status updates of those at the scene.
Searching “olympics” during the summer months for example, will return results only from those tweeting on the ground in London.
This is Stringr 1.0
Participating in our alpha test? If so, enter your password in the top right corner. Thanks for participating—we are grateful to have to have you as our first users. If you don’t already have a password but would like to participate, you may request an invite below.
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Coming & going
This project was conveived from a desire to provide our users with a more transparent means of keeping up with world events.
As Stringr continues to evolve, so will the means through which our users can broadcast their firsthand experiences.
To participate—tweet with your location setting on and check back here often.