Posts Tagged ‘KC Estenson’

CNN gets more social with new Facebook integrations

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

This past week CNN launched site-wide integration of Facebook Connect and social plugins across CNN.com and CNNMoney.com to enable its online audience to recommend, share and comment on articles, videos, blogs and iReports.

CNN.com is among the world leaders in online news and information delivery and is rated the number one destination for online and wireless news according to Nielsen. CNN.com is unparalleled on the Web and is the recent recipient of several awards including the 2009 Edward R. Murrow award for best website. (more…)

CNN.com makes UGC more prominent in site revamp

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

CNN.com launched the newly revamped website this past Monday and has elevated the role of community content to a much more prominent position. The media organization’s citizen journalism news gathering, iReport has been made a regular section of the site.

iReport was established three years ago and has been important to CNN in terms of gathering a public perspective on breaking news and storytelling, especially as it is happening. Most notably iReport became a valuable source during the post-election unrest in Iran. (more…)