Rob, BIA, iReports and some Bday news

Back in June Book Asylum posted a snippet of the interview that Rob Marciano did with VMan Magazine. It's really not a magazine that most of us were familiar with, but the article was great and the pictures of Rob very GQ.

The ladies of American Morning could not resist a bit of good natured teasing while Rob was filing in for John Roberts last week. Enjoy!

If you want to read Rob's q & a with VMan just follow the link.



Amazon is taking preorders for CNN's Black in America DVD, due for release on August 26.

And from the CNN Pressroom:
CNN Celebrates Second Anniversary of iReport, More than 175,000 Contributions

Two years after inviting CNN’s global audience to contribute pictures and video of the news of the day, the network’s hugely successful iReport initiative has brought in more than 175,000 videos and photos in its history, nearly 125,000 coming within the second year alone.
“With iReport, CNN wanted to engage viewers who have a desire to follow and participate in the news, and our iReporters have exceeded our expectations in both the quality and quantity of their submissions over the last two years,” said Susan Grant, executive vice president of CNN News Services. “Sometimes the iReports we receive are first images of breaking news and often exhibit powerful points of view on issues or news events. But every day our iReporters show an enthusiasm for and pride in the community they have created.”

Congratulations to the CNN.com team on the success of iReport!

And I leave you for this week with belated birthday wishes to two members of the CNN family.

Happy Belated Birthday (Tuesday) to one of ATC's hottest CNN anchors, TJ Homes.

Happy Belated Birthday (Wednesday) to CNNi's Robin Oakley.

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iReport Film Festival

CNN Launches iReport Film Festival: Campaign 2008

CNN announced the launch of the iReport Film Festival. This is CNN’s first user-generated short film competition, providing a platform for voters to document this year’s presidential campaign from their personal vantage point. Winning submissions, judged by both CNN.com users and a panel of judges from the film and television industry, will be announced during Anderson Cooper 360° on Thursday, November 13.

To submit videos filmmakers can go to www.iReport.com/filmfestival, where all of the entries also are available for viewing by the iReport.com community. Festival entrants must be 14 years of age or older. Their films must be no longer than eight minutes and must be uploaded to the site by midnight on Sunday, October 12.

Each Tuesday leading up to the announcement of the festival winners, one of the videos will be featured on Anderson Cooper 360°. Twenty finalists will be selected by a committee composed of CNN producers, iReporters and students from film schools and high schools across the country. Those 20 films will be posted to CNN.com, where the site’s users will vote to determine the winner of the CNN Audience Award. The finalists also will be judged by a panel of professionals from the television and film industry for the Festival’s Grand Jury Award. Winners of the CNN Audience Award and the Grand Jury Award will be invited to travel to Washington, D.C., during the Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 20, 2009.

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