More than twelve months and more than 50,000 submissions later, CNN's i-Report has garnered submissions from 189 countries and territories around the world that range from compelling to light-hearted to tragic to amazing. 

In Asia Pacific alone there were close to 1500 submissions from countries including India, Thailand, Philippines, South Korea, Japan, and Australia.

 "With i-Report, CNN tapped into the needs and desires of its audience to express a deeper connection to the news they get from our networks and services each and every day," said Susan M. Bunda, executive vice president of content development and strategy for CNN Worldwide. "Our i-Reporters have exceeded our expectations in regards to the sheer number and quality of submissions."

Launched in August 2006, CNN's i-Reports developed traction within the first few months as both on-air and online audiences found a new way to express themselves and to share their own observations about CNN news coverage and events around the world.  Hundreds submitted i-Reports in response to the death of Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin in September 2006. Later that month, when a coup in Thailand attempted to halt the flow of information with the shutdown of the national media, i-Reports ensured that photographs and text could reach the rest of the world.

But a defining moment for CNN's i-Report came the morning of the Virginia Tech shooting tragedy in April when graduate student Jamal Albarghouti captured dramatic video on his cell phone.  CNN received about 420 submissions within 24 hours of the incident and more than 600 in total.

More recently, users shared their video, images and thoughts about the earthquake in Peru, the plane crash in Sao Paolo, Brazil and the bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

Not only has CNN.com taken full advantage of i-Reports, but networks and services across CNN Worldwide employ the submissions on a regular basis. CNN International and CNN en Español made extensive use of user-generated materials for coverage of recent protests in Venezuela.

Viewers can submit material for i-Report through a "Send Your i-Report" link at CNN.com or by e-mail at ireport@cnn.com.  Submitted i-Report material undergoes the same extensive vetting process CNN employs for all content that goes on air or online.

CNN is the world's leading global 24-hour news network and one of the world's most respected and trusted sources for news and information. The CNN brand is available to two billion people via 25 CNN branded TV, internet and mobile services produced by CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System Inc and a Time Warner company. CNN International is the international directorate of CNN Worldwide and distributes news via 14 services in seven different languages. CNN International can be seen in more than 220 million television households and hotel rooms in over 200 countries and territories worldwide, including more than 34 million across the Asia Pacific region and online at www.cnn.com/international

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