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What's CNN iReport all about?
CNN iReport invites you to take part in the news with CNN. Your voice, together with other iReporters, helps shape what CNN covers and how. Learn more on the  About CNN iReport page.

How is this section different from the rest of CNN.com?
Everything you see on iReport starts with someone in the CNN audience. Stories submitted to CNN iReport are not edited fact-checked or screened before they post. Only stories marked "CNN iReport" have been vetted and cleared by CNN.

What determines what I see on my homepage?
iReport producers will feature some iReports, stories and assignments that we think will be interesting to the entire community, but your iReport experience will be unique and based on your interests. You can go to your profile page and pick topics that interest you, whether it's international news, weather, history, entertainment, food, or all of the above. You can also follow iReporters whose work you admire. You’ll see their new stories, as well as other iReports they mark as “favorites” on your homepage.

I'm new. What should I do first?
The  iReport Welcome page is a good place to start. It will walk you through all of the site's features and show you how to meet other iReporters, find stories you care about and see what projects the iReport team is working on. Or if you're ready to share your story, you can click on the upload link at the top of the page and get started.

What counts as "news" here?
We'll decide that together. One of the goals of CNN iReport is to expand the current definition of news. Please share the stories you think are newsworthy and participate in discussions you think are interesting. CNN's producers will check out the most compelling, important and urgent stories, so we can verify the information and add them to CNN's coverage. Check out the  community guidelines for more on this topic.

What if I see something that I don't think qualifies as news?
If you don't think something is newsworthy, you are free to offer that comment below the posting, but the flagging option is limited to material that violates  community guidelines . If you think something crosses a line and violates community guidelines, please tell us by clicking on the "report violation" link. CNN iReport’s moderators will take a look and, if necessary, put the item behind a warning wall or take it down altogether.

Why does my story say "NOT VETTED BY CNN"?
Stories submitted to CNN iReport are not edited, fact-checked or screened before they post. So we mark all iReports with the label "NOT VETTED BY CNN" to let you know that this story hasn't been both checked and cleared by a CNN editor.