Knight News Challenge for Digital Media Projects

Posted by on August 6, 2007

Knight News Challenge Invites Innovative Digital Media Projects
Deadline: October 15, 2007

A program of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (<a href="http://www.knightfoundation.org/">http://www.knightfoundation.org/</a>), the Knight News Challenge (<a href="http://www.newschallenge.org/">http://www.newschallenge.org/</a>) will award a total of $5 million in grants in 2007 for projects designed to transform community news.

The competition is open to nonprofits, companies, or individuals of any age and anywhere in the world. Projects must meet all of the following criteria: 1) use digital media; 2) involve new forms of news in the public interest; and 3) focus on a specific geographic community.

Projects can be submitted in the following categories: 1) Idea, for good ideas, even if they are not fully formed; 2) Pilot Project & Field Test, to support the development of innovative pilot projects, prototypes, field tests, or trials that use news to inform or inspire physical, geographic community; 3) Leadership, to turn pilot projects into trends, or to find the best among competing technologies or ideas, or to bring people together in new networks to achieve greater collective impact; and 4) New Business Ventures, for products or companies that will have positive social impact.

Visit the program’s Web site for complete application procedures and examples of winning projects.

RFP Link: <a href="http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008017/newschallenge">http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008017/newschallenge</a>

For additional RFPs in Journalism/Media, visit: <a href="http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_journalism.jhtml">http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_journalism.jhtml</a>