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

[Bill Best]

Hi

Yes, the Knight News Challenge is based in the US but anyone can apply.

>From their FAQ's (http://www.newschallenge.org/questions.html):

> Who can enter?
>
> Anyone, anywhere , from a high school student in Beijing to a business executive in New York.
>
> This competition is open to nonprofits, companies or individuals of any age
> and anywhere in the world. The question is not who you are, but what kind
> of idea you have.

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.

Application Deadline is 1st November. Please follow this link for more
information:

http://www.newschallenge.org/

Best regards

Bill Best
-- 
Technical Manager
Community Media Association
http://www.commedia.org.uk

Canstream Online Multi Media Solutions
http://www.canstream.co.uk/

2008/10/27 CMA-L <cma-l at commedia.org.uk>:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>
> 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/