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Guiding Eyes in the News
2021
- WSOC-TV Charlotte: Pet Project (Video – Guiding Eyes, IBM, & NC State University partnership to create smart collar)
- Fansided: Guide dog puppy raisers share their journeys along the way
- Forbes: How Technology and Ingenuity Has Helped Two CEOs Survive The Pandemic And Run Their Companies
- The Daily Mail: AI equipped backpack designed for the blind (includes mention of Thomas Panek’s involvement with Google Guideline)
- Sirius XM – American Voices with Bill Bradley: Interview with Thomas Panek (begins at ~2:10)
- Media Hub: Doing it on her own – Kate Franklin’s blindness won’t stop her
- Times-Call.com: After a ruff patch, Longmont woman united with life-changing guide dog
- Pet Life Radio: Working Like Dogs Podcast, featuring Andrea Martine
- Cribbs in the CLE: Local entertainment show segment featuring raiser Morgan Kowalski (Youtube)
- Sequim Gazette: Partners in sight: community advocate graduates with new guide dog
- News 12 The Bronx: Sunset Park man says guide dog has helped him navigate daily life
2020
- The Gettysburg Times: Local woman trains guide dogs (pdf)
- Brattleboro Reformer: Brattleboro resident graduates from Guiding Eyes for the Blind with new guide dog
- Engadget: Accessibility in tech improved in 2020, but more must be done
- Canal+| SEAT: Avec Google, les aveugles peuvent courir tout seuls, sans leur chien (English translation)
- The New York Times: Running Blind and Running Free
- Good News Network: Breakthrough App Guides Blind Runner on Solo 5K Run Through Central Park
- Runners World: Google Project Guidelines Will Help Visually Impaired Runners Log Unassisted Miles
- The Roanoke Times: Moose Davis, Virginia Tech Therapy Dog
- Forbes: How Google’s Project Guideline Technology Helped a Blind Runner Gain ‘The Freedom To Run Solo’
- Medina Gazette: Local dog trainer helping the blind
- AMI TV Canada: Maricar Marquez
- Gillette News Record: Local UW student finally gets her guide dog
- CBS Morning News: Seeing a New Path
- Reuters: Blind runner ‘born to run’ completes solo 5K, Google technology in hand
- FOX5: New technology designed to help the blind & visually impaired run alone
- Engadget: Google is testing an AI system to help vision-impaired people run races
- U.S. News & World Report: Blind Man, ‘Born to Run,’ Completes Solo 5K With Trial App to Guide Him
- Al Jazeeera: Twitter
- Reuters: Blind Runner born to run completes solo 5K
- One News Page: Blind runner ‘born to run’ completes solo 5K, Google technology in hand
- Yahoo Finance: Blind man, ‘born to run,’ completes solo 5K
- Todayonline: Blind man, ‘born to run,’ completes solo 5K with trial app to guide him
- National Post: Blind man, ‘born to run,’ completes solo
- Techstreet Now: Google’s Project Guideline uses AI to help low-vision users navigate running courses
- The British Journal: Google’s Challenge Guideline makes use of AI to assist low-vision customers navigate operating programs
- Ten15AM: GOOGLE Pilots AI-Powered Audio Navigation Tool to Help Visually Impaired People Run Safely
- Metro US: Blind man, ‘born to run,’ completes solo 5K with trial app to guide him
- Venture Beat: Google’s Project Guideline uses AI to help low-vision users navigate running courses
- The Ithacan: Formal training for Guiding Eyes dogs delayed
- WPVI-TV Philadelphia: Paralympic Gold Medalist takes new role
- Times Herald Record: Dogs guide Goshen woman to richer life (pdf)
- Sun: Lowell resident gets new guide dog
- People.com: Sweetest Road Trip Ever? 8 Labs Are Traveling the U.S. to Continue Their Work as Assistance Dogs
- Women’s Running: For This Deafblind Runner, Her Dog is More Than Just Her Best Friend
- The Associated Press: Guide dogs helping blind runners stay fit despite pandemic
- The Sentinel: Service dog is so much more than a family pet to Wisconsin man
- NBC Rapid City: Faces in the Crowd: Pam & Blossom
- Boulder Weekly: A six-legged team
- ABC6: Chariho teen training guide dog for the blind this summer
- WBAL-TV (NBC): Guiding Eye Dogs for the Blind go to Maryland Zoo
- WHEC-TV (NBC) Online: Future guide dogs for the blind train at ROC International Airport
- CNY Central: CNY Tuesdays: Guiding Eyes for the Blind given $2,000 grant
- KHON2: Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate Sajja shares her experience with her first guide dog Layla
- PIX11: G Thing: Running guide dogs help keep visually impaired people fit during social distancing
- Rochester First: How a Guiding Eyes dog helped give this man who became blind his independence back
- amNY: ‘New York on Paws’: Guiding Eyes for the Blind finds temporary homes for guide dogs in training
- Union Leader: Litchfield woman trains guide dogs for the visually impaired
- WENY (ABC/CBS): Hornell Resident Continues to Volunteer to Raise Puppies for Visually Impaired
- NY1: Giving Tuesday to be held twice in 2020 to help non-profits amid pandemic
- USA Today’s The Giants Wire: Eli Manning joins Board of Directors for Guiding Eyes for the Blind
2019
- Inside NOVA: Oakton family finds joy, purpose in raising future guide dog
- News 3: It’s not Rudolph, but Clifford, that will help a Janesville man find this way this holiday season
- Fansided Dogoday: Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduates to wed
- ABC Localish: New Smart Collar Helps Puppies Become Guide Dogs
- TODAY Show Online: Organization Provides Guide Dogs to Visually Impaired Individuals
- Business Insider: 9 times dogs went viral for their heroic deeds in 2019
- People:#GivingTuesday: How You Can Help Guiding Eyes for the Blind Provide Guide Dogs to Those in Need
- The Washington Post: Stay-at-home orders halt service dog training, keeping disabled people from canine companions they need
- Google: Year in Search 2019
- BBC Outlook: My dog guided me through the NYC Half Marathon
- CBS Baltimore: Guide dogs in training cause maximum cuteness alert at BWI Marshall
- Hernando Sun: Vision for Success
- Frederick News-Post: Sit, lie, see: Frederick teen raises guide dogs to serve visually impaired
- SGB Media Online: Running Down A Dream With Ruffwear’s UniFly Harness
- The News Herald (Ohio): Puppy named after Willoughby training in Northeast Ohio to be service dog
- Run Ireland: Blind Man and His Dogs Make History at NYC Half Marathon
- BBC London: Barking Hour (approx start 1:11:30)
- Paralympic.org News: Blind runner makes history at NYC Half Marathon
- CBS News: Blind runner makes history by finishing NYC Half Marathon with help of guide dogs
- ESPN: ESPN Facebook
- Ellen: Mention on talk show (Michael Keaton & Ellen Degeneres)
- Time.com: This Blind Runner is the First to Complete the NYC Half Marathon Guided Only by Dogs
- Inside Edition: Blind Marathoner Makes History by Completing NYC Half Led by Guide Dogs
- NPR – All Things Considered: Blind Runner And His Trio Of Guide Dogs Make History In NYC Half Marathon
- Runners World: Guide Dogs Lead Visually Impaired Runner to Historic NYC Half Marathon Finish
- BBC News – US-Canada: Blind man runs New York half marathon with three guide dogs
- MSNBC: #GoodNewsRUHLES: Blind man and dogs make history, finish half marathon
- Fox News: Blind runner and guide dogs make history at NYC half marathon
- CBS New York: Blind Runner Makes History At NYC Half Marathon With Help Of His Guide Dogs
- CNN: Blind runner, guide dog trio makes history in NYC Half Marathon
- Bloomberg.com: Blind runner making history
- NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt: Blind Runner and Guide Dog Team Up For Half Marathon
- ABC 7 NY: Team of 3 guide dogs to lead blind runner at United Airlines NYC Half
- New York Post: These racing guide dogs go the distance for blind athletes
2017/2018
- CBS Evening News: Delta imposes new rules for service dogs after “serious incidents”
- PEOPLE Pets: We’re LIVE at Guiding Eyes for the Blind with their little pups who are already training for their big future as guide dogs
- Pet Business: Guiding Eyes for the Blind to Honor Olympians
- East Bay Times: Alameda woman graduates from Guiding Eyes for the Blind training
- The Greely Tribune: Guiding Light: Greeley man gets new dog to give him freedom despite genetic eye disorder that left him legally blind
- County Today: Cedar woman graduates from Guiding Eyes program
- WLEX 18 – NBC: Winchester Man, Guide Dog Graduate From Program
- WHSV (ABC): Waynesboro woman gets back her independence with guide dog
- WSYR (ABC): Syracuse woman living with cerebral palsy credits guide dog for changing her life
- KXXV (ABC – Waco, TX): Guide dog gives CTX man a life after sight
- Connecticut Post: Connecticut State Police: K9 teams graduated Friday
- Fox 61 Online: State Police Canine Training Unit graduates eight K9 teams
- US News & World Report: 8 Police Dog Teams Trained to Detect Explosives
- WSYR-TV: Syracuse woman living with cerebral palsy credits guide dog for changing her life
- WHSV-TV: Waynesboro woman gets back her independence with guide dog
- Eyes on Success podcast, featuring Tom Panek: Running with a Guide
- Today Show blog: Today Puppy Wrangler Becomes Police Dog
- Patchworks5: Eileen Frazer: The Guide
- CBS This Morning: Service dogs train to help guide blind runners
- Fitness: How the first running guide dogs are leading blind runners to newfound independence.
- Las Vegas Review-Journal: Harnessing mobility: Dog guides blind east valley woman
- Time Magazine: How We Learned the Dogs are Secretly in Charge.
- IBM Website: Lorraine Trapani and Watson are turning adorable puppies into life-changing guide dogs
- WFVX (FOX) – Bangor, ME: An Unseen Partnership
- New York Times: A Blind Runner and His Very Good Boy
- Livestrong.com: 7 Reasons Not to Fake a Service Animal
- Cincinnati Enquirer Online: Please resist the urge to pet cute guide dog while it’s working
- CBS 6 Albany: Positively Upstate (transcript here)
- CBS Nightly News: Artificial intelligence helps determine which puppies can serve the blind
