Allvoices Founder Amra Tareen on CNN iReport, Hyper-Local Strategy
Despite not having the backing of a global brand behind it, like CNN iReport, Allvoices is carving quite the niche in the citizen-journalism arena, boasting a community of 300,000 citizen reporters (compared with more than 477,000 registered users for iReport), nearly 5 million unique visitors per month and, as TechCrunch reported, closing a $3 million round of funding from VantagePoint Venture Partners to boost its total funding to $9 million.
Updated at 4 p.m. ET:CNN iReport said in an email to WebNewser that it has more than 477,000 registered iReporters and the iReport section of CNN.com
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