[cma-l] $5 Million for Your Idea: deadline 01/11/08

[CMA-L]

The Knight News Challenge is giving away around $5 million in 2009 for
the development and distribution of neighbourhood and
community-focused projects, services, and programs.

If you have a great idea that will improve local online news, deepen
community engagement, bring Web 2.0 tools to local neighbourhoods,
develop publishing platforms and standards to support local
conversations or innovate how we visualize, experience or interact
with information, they'd like to see it! You have the opportunity to
win funding for your project and support within a vibrant community of
media, tech, and community-oriented people who want to improve the
world.

There are three rules to follow to apply to the 2008-09 Knight News Challenge:

   1. Use or create digital, open-source technology as the code base.
   2. Serve the public interest.
   3. Benefit one or more specific geographic communities.

Applications for the 2008-09 cycle will be taken starting September 2,
2008 and close on November 1, 2008:

http://www.newschallenge.org/