10 Nov 2011

How did the news events of 2011 affect you?

Channel 4 News wants to hear from you about which of the many amazing stories this year have changed your outlook on life.

UPDATE: 21 Dec 2011

Channel 4 News has announced the winner of our "Your 2011" blog competition as Susan Reedie, from Dorset.

Read more about her winning entry

It’s been a year of hope and a year of horror.

We’ve had images that will long remain seared on the memory and headlines that speak to the best and worst of humankind.

We’ve seen the full vent of nature’s fury in wild weather events and flames of unrest fanned by a widening financial crisis.

We’ve seen long-standing political structures challenged and torn down and dictators deposed.

There have been riots at home and abroad, sporting spectacles to inspire. Oh, and there was that wedding.

By anyone’s account 2011 has been a turbulent time.

Later this year Jon Snow will be making a documentary giving his perspective on the news stories of the year and why they mattered to him as a journalist.

Here at Channel 4 News we’d also like to get your take on the events that have shaped and changed the world and affected you deeply.

The drought in the Horn of Africa prompted an outpouring of aid for people in a region that has already suffered more than its share of misery.

The terrifying power of the tsunami that devastated Japan claimed thousands of victims and turned countless lives upside down.

You don’t have to have been there to be moved by what occurred. It’s about the why as much as the what.

Maybe it was coverage of paralympians in their build-up to next year’s Olympics that inspired you to challenge yourself, or the death of Apple’s Steve Jobs that gave you pause for thought about how to live your life.

We’re interested in your story and the impact the news has had on you.

It might be one of the big stories that you found enraging or uplifting. Or it could be a wider theme such as corporate greed, or repression, or intrusion and privacy.

Tell us in no more than 500 words (3,000 characters) how the news touched your life and win the chance to meet Jon Snow.

You’ll go behind the scenes in the Channel 4 Newsroom and watch the programme from the director’s gallery.

We’ll publish a selection of the best entries and a panel will adjudicate to decide the winning entry.

The competition closes on November 25 so get writing!

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO TOOK PART!

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