It declared as its mission to "expose people to important global issues through cross-platform guerrilla programming."
This was accomplished through the production of original articles, reporting and multimedia, as well as republishing of commentary and news articles from a number of sources including other progressive commentary sites, mainstream news agencies, and blogs.
GNN also hosted blogs for registered users, a discussion forum, featured collaborative user-driven investigations and user-submitted photo- and video journalism.
GNN produced a series of award-winning short web films about such subjects as the CIA's involvement in the drug trade during the 1980s and genetically engineered foods.
GNN's website, GNN.tv, was user driven; users/contributors receive a free blog page.