CNN IReport Deepens Facebook Integration

Cable news network CNN tapped Facebook’s open graph to further integrate the social network with its CNN iReport citizen journalism initiative.

Cable news network CNN tapped Facebook’s open graph to further integrate the social network with its CNN iReport citizen journalism initiative.

Facebook users who connected their accounts to their CNN iReport accounts had been able to create wall posts when they uploaded new reports, but they can now share high-quality images, as well as links to and text from their reports.

Comments on iReports can also be shared with Facebook friends, and users have more control over which reports and comments are shared on the social network via an enhanced Facebook permissions dialog.

CNN iReport offered the following instructions in a blog post announcing its deeper integration with Facebook:

Click on the “Post to Facebook” check box that now appears on the upload dialog and under the comment box in any iReport story.

You can also connect and disconnect your accounts from your iReport profile page.

If this is your first time connecting your iReport and...

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