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Alas the birth of the first crowdsourced solution. This contest is still active today and uses the general public for unsolvable problems. From an early age we are taught that two heads are better one. We are taught to share and work together. So why did it take so long for us to give a name to something that seems like second nature to us It could be said that the internet gave the push that crowdsourcing needed. The ability to connect with people from all over the world with a click of a button has made collaboration process practically seamless. Social media unites countries and people of many different backgrounds. In 2011 social media crowdsourced a physical and life-altering revolution in Egypt. Thousands of people poured to streets of Cairo Alexandria in protest of the Egyptian President Hisno Mubarak. More than 846 people were killed and thousands injured. The result of the revolution was the dissolution of Mubaraks government and the totalitarian regime that Egypt has been under for over 50-years. After the success of Egypts social media led revolution other oppressed countries and regions united together using twitter and facebook to cultivate change. Crowdsourcing since then has been referred to as the power of the crowds and we are only on the brink of all of its possibilities. People are now coming together to collaborate along different stages of the creative process. No longer people are just sharing ideas but they are co-investing and co-owning content. Crowdsourcing can be applied to many industries. One trend that we saw rise during the 2011-2012 was citizen journalism. With easy access to the internet and variety of blogs video platforms like YouTube and social media platforms like twitter people were able to share their opinions stories and become co-creators of the news. Even respected news stations like CNN has turned to citizen journalism for stories. Mostly because citizen journalists can react to stories much faster than traditional news outlets. Since we live in the world where todays news are old news news stations turn to citizen journalism when they need to buy more time while getting a reporter to the source. CNN even took citizen journalism a step further with creation of iReport. iReport is an invitation for you to be a part of CNNs coverage of the stories you care about and an opportunity to be a part of a global community of men and women who are as passionate about the news as you are. At CNN we believe that looking at the news from different angles gives us a deeper understanding of whats going on. We also know that the world is an amazing place filled with interesting people doing fascinating things that dont always make the news. Source CNN.com