The Institute for Interactive Journalism

iReport.com

http://www.ireport.com/index.jspa

CNN, Atlanta

Honorable Mention

From the Judges: “Beyond the sheer volume of citizen-generated news videos that it hosts, CNN adds value by giving higher play to the best and newsiest iReports.”

This user-generated news Web site from CNN launched in Feb. 2008. Simple Web tools invite anyone with a news story to share it, and to rate and talk about the others on the site. iReport.com’s homepage is organized by a formula that gives prominence to stories based on their community activity. News that is fresh, popular, highly rated and that provokes conversation floats to the top of the page. The best stories are verified, expanded on by CNN reporters, posted to CNN.com and marked with an “On CNN” stamp. iReport.com has received almost 20,000 stories since it’s launch.

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