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

[CMA-L]

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From: A E McGovern <ema02aem at sheffield.ac.uk>

Hi the below looks really interesting and relevant to the development of
Enabling Radio, but it's based in the US so is there any point in us applying?
Best wishes

Tony and Susan
Enabling Radio

Quoting CMA-L <cma-l at commedia.org.uk>:

> 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/