Although iReport proved popular from its inception , one event in particular catapulted such citizen journalism onto the international stage . On April 16 , 2007 , video submitted by graduate student Jamal Albarghouti captured the sounds of gunfire during the Virginia Tech massacre . CNN paid Albarghouti an undisclosed amount for the exclusive rights to the video he shot on his mobile phone . The immediacy of the pictures demonstrated the potential for such content
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