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http://www.newschallenge.org
Digital Innovators: Two Weeks Left to Grab Up to $5 Million
October 15, 2008 - 1:09pm
Knight News Challenge contest open to anyone anywhere. Applications due Nov. 1
Knight News Challenge contest open to anyone anywhere. Applications due Nov. 1
MIAMI – Innovators from around the globe have two more weeks to submit
an application to the 2009 Knight News Challenge digital innovation
contest. Applicants have a chance to win up to $5 million. The
deadline is Nov. 1.
The worldwide competition seeks innovative ideas that use digital
experiments to transform community news and information exchange.
Ideas should push the edge, whether that involves bringing Web 2.0
tools to local neighborhoods, improving online news or creating
publishing platforms to inspire conversations in specific geographic
communities.
There are only four rules. Winning entries must:
Use or create digital, open-source technology;
Use news and information to serve the public interest;
Benefit at least one specific geographic community;
Be innovative.
This is the third year of the News Challenge, a $25 million initiative
of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. For the first time, the
contest offers more than 50 coaches standing by online in the "News
Challenge Garage" at
www.garage.newschallenge.org to help innovators
apply.
Last year's winners received prizes ranging from $15,000 to $876,000.
They included individuals, philanthropic organizations and for-profit
businesses, such as the Bakersfield Californian newspaper. Ten winners
were from the United States, and six were from Canada, England,
Lithuania, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Russia.
To apply, or find detailed information about past winners and answers
to frequently asked questions, visit
www.newschallenge.org.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation invests in journalism
excellence worldwide and in the vitality of U.S. communities where
the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Since 1950, the foundation has
granted more than $400 million to advance quality journalism and
freedom of expression. Knight Foundation focuses on projects with the
potential to create transformational change. For more, visit
www.knightfoundation.org.
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