Knight Foundation Community Information Challenge

Posted by on February 22, 2010

Knight Foundation Community Information Challenge Calls on Community Foundations for Local Information Experiments
Deadline: March 8, 2010

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is accepting applications from community and place-based foundations seeking to fund news and information projects.

Part of Knight’s Media Innovation Initiative, the Knight Community Information Challenge is a five-year contest to help local foundations find creative ways to fund media projects that inform and engage residents about pressing issues. Previously funded projects include public interest online news sites, online hubs that engage communities around specific issues, and initiatives to fill gaps in the types of news and information available locally.

Applicants must be U.S. community or place-based foundations and projects must meet a local information need. The challenge is a matching grants program — foundations must be able to match the Knight Foundation’s investment.

The Knight Foundation provides free consultants to help local foundations identify opportunities and the technology that could benefit their communities. In addition, the Knight will host the third Media Learning Seminar, March 1-2, 2010, in Miami, with the goal of educating leaders of community and place-based foundations about media trends and the information needs of communities in a democracy. Registration for the seminar is open through February 15, 2010.

To apply, learn more about the challenge, or register for the Media Learning Seminar, visit the Media Innovation Initiative Web site.

http://www.informationneeds.org/