On the Ground News Reports

Once a report is published, other members can add context, and interact with the news by verifying, updating, commenting, or adding media such as pictures and video.

OG.NR facilitates users being able to send and receive news reports through its Desktop Website, Mobile Site, Apps, Email and Browser extensions.

[2][3] Citizens in the midst of the happenings submitted reports, photos and videos, which were then broadcast to the audience, who then verified them by adding updates, comments, and context.

[2][7] At the launch of the service at tech event Kingston Beta, Chief Marketing Officer Paul Thompson announced that OG.NR's advisory board included Harvard Professor Charles Nesson and Jamaican entertainment entrepreneur Kamal Bankay.

The full board of advisors includes Prof. Charles Nesson, Founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Dr. Tolu Bewaji, an International Business and Strategy lecturer at the Mona School of Business and Management, Accountant and Auditor Georgia Scott of KPMG Cayman, Celene Tyson, a Systems Analyst at World Bank and Kamal Bankay of CMA.

Marc Ramsay founded OG.NR in 2010