CNN has become the first major U.S. news outlet to embrace wearable technology as a means to gather reports from citizen journalists around the country and the world. On the face of it, it's a ...

This week in iReport, we received a lot of compelling content. iReporters captured images of the shuttle Atlantis roaring into space. An iReporter shared a beautiful story of how one town is giving a ...

So, Nauru, we need to talk. The tiny island nation, home to just 9,267 people, is known as the “world’s smallest republic.” It’s also got a bit of a cold shoulder for CNN’s user-generated “iReport” ...

“IReport, launched in 2006, was one of the earliest attempts by a big media company to use content from citizens in its own reporting.” A new version of the product “will source stories directly from ...

Since CNN embraced the citizen journalist movement in August 2006 with the launch of its iReport initiative, the news organization has received nearly 100,000 news-related photos and videos from ...

Today’s false report on CNN’s iReport site that Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack is a strong example of potential pitfalls posed by so-called citizen journalists. The report ...

When the ground began to vibrate in Fukushima, Japan on March 11, Ryan McDonald thought it was just a “normal earthquake.” But the fear in his voice as the vibrations escalated was palpable. In video ...