iReport

Address: www.ireport.com

Description: A user-generated news site where all the news stories, both text and video, are submitted by non-professional journalists. It is the creation of CNN news, so stories which a CNN editorial process deems suitable are marked “ON CNN” and thus providing them with some credibility. This site would be an ideal tool for student news projects because although the stories are unedited and unfiltered, feedback is provided in the form of comments and viewing statistics. Also, stories of extraordinary significance or interest are shown on CNN regular programming. Thus, the prospect of a worldwide audience even beyond the internet could inspire greater care and creativity in the production of content.

Authorship: CNN

Publishing Body: CNN

Point of View or Bias: None

Referral to Other Sources: None

Verifiability: None

Currency: Updated hourly

Accessibility: WAVE (http://wave.webaim.org/) reports 30 accessibility errors. There are many instances of hidden content, unordered lists, missing headers, missing labels and inaccessible event handlers. Also, there is a lot of flash and javascript content which may make use of a screenreader impossible.

- cc 2009 Jonan Donaldson

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