How to send CNN breaking news with I-Report |
Citizen reporters can now send CNN breaking news with an I-Report. The form is powered by blip.tv. Pictures and video from cellphones can be emailed to ireport@cnn.com.
CNN has solicited user-generated content before, but only for specific news events and without designating an area of its Web site for file uploads. All submissions–or “I-Reports,” as the network is dubbing them–will be considered for possible use on CNN’s TV and online news reports.
Files and formats
Photos (JPG, GIF): Max size 1MB
Video (”most types accepted”): Max size 30MB
Audio (”MP3, WAV, AIFF): Max size 1MB
Content restrictions
- No pictures of minors without written consent (good luck getting that on the scene)
- I-Report not allowed for use by CNN employees
- You grant CNN:
… a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to edit, telecast, rerun, reproduce, use, syndicate, license, print, sublicense, distribute and otherwise exhibit the materials you submit, or any portion thereof, as incorporated in any of CNN’s programming or the promotion thereof, in any manner and in any medium or forum, whether now known or hereafter devised, without payment to you or any third party
My thoughts
This is the logical evolution of citizen generated news. Note that I’m avoiding the more derogatory term “user generated content” which suggests the reality: people being used. It will be interesting to see how many of these submitted I-Reports are actually used and to what degree by CNN.
Missing from the I-Report form is any sort of URL as a credit source. This is too bad because it would give citizen journalists the ability to blog their news and then submit to CNN for possible link credit on TV. It’s a one way deal for CNN and very typical for mainstream news. If a blogger or citizen journalist quotes their content a link is usually given, but vice versa there doesn’t seem to be any consideration.
While I’m encouraged by this move, it’s unfortunate CNN doesn’t feel that citizens submitting material that they use on air shouldn’t be compensated in any way, even if it’s only T-shirts, coffee cups or something non-monetary. Maybe that will be coming in I-Report v2.0.
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Comment by Paul Keith — January 2, 2007 @ 5:44 am PST
administrationt:
I have been able to notice that in both CNN International in English and CNN International in Spanish have been showing only one perspective in relation to what is happening in the country.
Can the veil of the exotic indigenous disguise totalitarianism and the death for democracy for Bolivia?
Europeans and North Americans are enchanted with the rise of Evo Morales because he is a native. Well let me clarify first that he is a mestizo like most of the population in Bolivia. Nevertheless, it seems that no matter what he does it is assumed that it is for the good of the people JUST because he is a Native. First let me explain, Evo is no different racially than many of the other presidents Bolivia has had. His last name Morales, clearly demonstrates that he is from Spanish descent. Evo is not 100 % Amerindian as many want to believe.
I am disappointed with the way CNN has been showing the Bolivian news. Especially with your representative Gloria Carrasco showing only one narrow perspective. You have only shown what this almost totalitarian government is doing but fail to show the response of the majority of the people. Six of the nine “departamentos” (states) are asking the biased and racist (yes reverse racism exists look up the term) government to dissolve this NEW unconstitutional constitution. Elaborated in close quarters with only the current administration’s representatives (the representatives from the opposition were not allowed to participate- no matter what the government says). Today Saturday December 15th, 20,000 people were celebrating the new constitution in La Paz at the same time that FOUR departments are declaring themselves autonomous.As we speak unprecedented history isoccurringg! Only one of those four departments representss 1.8 million peopleandd almost a million of them are out in the streets to support this autonomy.
Well, I could go on and on with examples, but I guess that should be left to the journalists and that is why I write you. It is your field to do the investigation and your obligation to present both sides of the story. I just ask that you take a close look at what is happening in Bolivia. I only ask that you unveil the exotic and look at what it really means. I also request that Gloria Carrasco (your correspondent) show what is happening in most of the country, not just in the La Paz where the Government has the majority of their followers.
Thanks,
Maria Elizabeth Gonzales Ph.D.
A Bolivian American Citizen
Comment by Maria Gonzales — December 15, 2007 @ 4:23 pm PST
My family lives in Alaska and the word there is that Palin’s daughter already had her baby. Palin tried to cover it up as her baby. Daughter had extended absence from school to hide pregnancy. Sarah Palin returned to work 3 days after the down symdrome baby was born and then posed as though the baby was her’s to avoid political fallout. Her staff indicates no knowledge of her alleged pregnancy and wondered if she did have a special needs baby why would she be back at work so soon. Word is that McCain did not know since he did not vet her. Republicans are hiding behind the storm to do damage control after getting the news. Of course this also keeps Bush away from McCain under the guise that Bush is attending to storm. New Orleans can only be grateful that this is an election year. CNN and other news media is doing a good job hiding the truth from the American people. If it were Obama they would be all over this story. Don’t insult the common sense of the American people: Gop’s hiding has nothing to do with the storm all the way in New Orleans, not St. Paul. From all accounts the evacuation is under control. McCain is avoiding the distractions from protest of the war and how badly Bush handled Katrina, all reasons why they have scaled back their convention.
Comment by Daniele Hall — September 1, 2008 @ 12:50 pm PST