Wired

CNN's iReport Produces Controversy, Llama Photos

CNN recently laid off at least 50 staff, including several photojournalists, in favor of affiliate contributions and iReport – CNN’s user-generated content department which does not pay users for ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

iReport at 5: Nearly 900,000 contributors worldwide

In the summer of 2006, CNN announced that it would dedicate a section of its website to user-generated video, audio, and articles in a new feature called CNN Exchange. The core framework was ...
SlashGear

CNN Wants Google Glass Users To Upload Straight To iReport

CNN's iReport is about to get Glassy. The news organization is now allowing Google Glass users to upload directly to their citizen-journalism platform. It might be a small sampling, but offers a ...
TechCrunch

CNN iReport: iLame Or iGood?

CNN launched iReport.com yesterday, a “citizen journalism” site dedicated to user news submissions. Andy Warhol said in 1968 that “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes,” and ...