How to Set Up Ground News for Best Results

Ground News was designed to help you break free from news bubbles and stay informed with a wide range of perspectives. Whether you're using the app or the website, this guide will walk you through how to personalize your experience, from customizing your main feeds to filtering your story cards, and everything in between.

Below, you'll find a curated collection of Help Center articles to ensure you're getting the most out of your subscription and staying connected to the issues that matter most to you.

Setting up your main feeds ensures you're seeing the most relevant headlines to your region, whether it's major global events or local stories close to home.

• Stay up to date with major headlines and follow Top Story Feeds related to the US, Canada, Europe, and International regions. Learn more here: Get Relevant News for Your Region.

• Follow local coverage by creating a local feed for your account.

Design your feed to adapt to your news interests. Whether you're passionate about global politics, tech innovation, or simply want a more positive reading experience, personalizing your feed helps you stay informed on your terms.

• Just getting started? Watch our quick video tutorial on how to use the latest Ground News App.

• Follow your favorite topics or interests to stay updated on the issues that matter most to you.

• Are you seeing any unwanted topics in your feed? You can learn how to hide unwanted topics so you can focus on topics that are relevant to your news-reading experience.

• Looking for uplifting news coverage? Here's how to find good/positive news to brighten your day and balance your perspective.

Every story card on Ground News offers more than just a headline; it's a snapshot of a story narrative across different perspectives. You can adjust how stories are displayed to better align with your reading preferences.

• If you want more control over your news sources, you can use our Sort & Filter tool to prioritize sources by bias, factuality, relevance, and more.

• Learn how to filter for high-factuality news sources if you'd like to explore coverage from news outlets with strong factuality reporting.

• You can use our Universal Paywall Filter on the Ground News App to automatically hide paywalled stories as you browse. You can also filter paywalled articles on our website.

• Want fewer interruptions while reading on the Ground News app? Use our External Browser option to reduce ad interference when viewing stories.

Get the most out of Ground News with these helpful features, designed to streamline your news-reading experience and make browsing more efficient and personalized.

• Tidy up your feed by enabling the Hide Read Stories option in the Ground News app. This feature automatically removes articles you’ve already viewed, so you can focus on the stories you haven’t read yet.

• Ground News delivers coverage from over 50,000 sources worldwide, including international stories that may be published in languages other than English. With our Auto-Translation tool, you can automatically translate these articles into your preferred language, making global perspectives easily accessible to you.

• Whether you're browsing on the Ground News app or website, you can save articles to revisit later, perfect for keeping track of stories you want to explore more deeply or reference again down the line.

• The Ground News Bias Bar reflects political party associations based on your selected edition. You can update the color scheme of the Bias Bar on our mobile app and website to match your regional context.

Your feedback matters, and we want to hear from you. If you have any questions, suggestions, or thoughts about your news-browsing experience, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at feedback@ground.news . We value your input and are committed to continuously enhancing your news-reading experience. 

We hope this article was helpful! If you have any concerns about this article and would like to leave a comment, we welcome your feedback – but please keep in mind feedback that is submitted on a Help Center article will not be responded to by our team. If you have an issue you would like resolved by our team, please contact the email address above.