Let me tell you about my favorite corner of the web: CNN iReport. (Full disclosure: I’m totally biased, since I lead the amazing team that built iReport, but stick with me here. This is big.)

Just like CNN, iReport is a place where you’ll find news stories from almost every corner of the globe and fresh perspectives on the day’s big headlines. What’s different is the people. People on iReport aren’t professional journalists. They’re regular folks who have a camera and something to say, and together they’ve built a lively community of news hounds and citizen reporters who take us inside the stories that are close to them. Their work is incredible, and it’s made an enormous impact on CNN.
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While working on the Medill Innocence Project in college, I learned for the first time how lonely it can be for an inmate. I still remember meeting Chris Abernathy, a soft-spoken, lanky prisoner in Statesville Prison in Illinois  who is serving a life sentence for a murder.

His friends and acquaintances had lost touch with him soon after his incarceration at the age of 18. Twenty-five years later, his mother remains the only person who regularly visits and writes him.
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It’s difficult to write a profile of someone who you’ve never met in person - much less someone who lives on the other side of the world, on a continent you've never visited. With the help of technology, though, it’s getting easier.

In today's CNN.com profile of Jens and Lars Rasmussen, the brothers behind a new Web product called Google Wave, I used some tech tools to get a sense of the brothers’ personalities, their relationship and their creative process without traveling to their office in Sydney, Australia, for a face-to-face interview.
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This morning we officially launched the new CNN.com. It is a reflection of months of research, engineering and development work, but the journey began over a year ago when we started an active campaign to learn what improvements you and other users wanted most. We've worked very hard to achieve what you asked for, but we also know those changes bring with them additional questions.
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Here’s some exciting news: CNN and Oprah's Book Club are teaming up to bring you a novel that will touch your heart - "Say You're One of Them," stories told through the eyes of children who face the unimaginable.

A boy who tries to stop his sister from selling her body to pay for his schooling.
A young girl whose father is forced by an angry mob to kill her mother.
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In the next 24 hours, you will see a new CNN.com.

What's coming?

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Where were you when history was made? Nearly 2 million people crowded onto the National Mall and along the parade route to see the inauguration of our 44th President; but millions of you who weren’t in the nation's capital – or got there and wanted to share the experience online – came to CNN.com. Thanks to you, we made a little history, too.
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We've had a few people report getting an error message when trying to access our "Your view of history" map, that tracks personal accounts from the inauguration in Washington. If you receive an error message that reads something like "the Google Maps API server rejected your request"… just click the OK button. You should still be able to view the map without any issues. And if you do continue to experience any problems, you can click on the "show monuments & streets" link on the right hand side of the page. That will bring up the landmarks and streets on the map so you’ll still be able to view the personal accounts.
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We're very excited about something we're planning to offer you on the day of President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, so we wanted to give you a sneak peek. Naturally, you’ll be able to watch the Inauguration on CNN.com Live... but you’ll also be able share the experience with your friends!
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Election Day is here! After months of planning and preparation, we here at CNN.com are excited to provide you with your election news and information on this historic day. We will be providing you with a lot of information, and we know that you may have questions about how some of the election processes work, where to find certain information or why we do things in certain ways. Below we have put together some of the more common questions and answers we expect. Got more questions? Send them to us through comments on this blog and we’ll do our best to respond!
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