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A called the news challenge runs the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation grant competition.The news challenge Prices up to $5 million for innovative projects that use technology, to change the way and way communities send, receive and make use of news and information.
Applicant need only follow three rules:
Use digital, (so many of us are already using open source technology) messages distribute open source technology in the public interest (hey is everything we do in the public interest!)One of four categories fit (look at number 2, shouts it practically information literacy or news Kompetenz.Und point 3, digital media lab anyone?)
The four categories - emphasis mine
Mobile: looking for projects that use to produce mobile devices to deliver, consume, share and otherwise engage with news The category reflects the fact that the mobile phone with 5 billion units in use, has become an important tool for news.
Authenticity: looks for projects to help people better to understand the reliability of the information and news sources. We hope to identify promising ideas to support who negotiate our often chaotic media world.How we can help news, the validity and credibility of news and information better to evaluate user? how can we better to filter and assess the credibility of what we read and see?
Sustainability: New economic models, news and information support hält.Neue means of establishing and consume new require journalism opportunities for bezahlen.Wir are open to ideas for generating sales than opportunities to reduce costs.
Community: looking for breakthrough technologies that support messages and information specifically within defined geographical areas. This is used for Startup Repair work on technologies and approaches yet still opposed to the first three categories need in a geographical community not eingetroffen.Im submissions in this area are tested.
If you have questions, can reference the FAQ, check the archived chat transcript and/or participation in the second live chat on November 18 at 1: 30 pm EST
Deadline is midnight EST, 1.December.
Need inspiration?Take a look at some of the winners of the last years:
The front porch Forum, a virtual Town Hall space, helps share residents to discuss local news, build community and to increase engagement.Create
local wiki this project improved tools for local wikis, a new form of media, which makes it easy for people to learn - and - share their own unique community know.
Councilpedia: a wiki dedicated to local legislators
Silverlight: a set of easy to use tools for everyone on any standard set of data, which the Government databases to demographics and statistics to use.
Crowdsourcing Crisis Information - Ushahidi can help fill the gap, by creating a free Web map and timeline that journalists and citizens can use, contribute to several reports of great news events.
CMS upload utility-create new and easy to use tools that allow the news organizations essentially drag & drop of articles on an online news site.
Video Volunteers: 100 people in the rural India collectively be producers video train.
Would be in stock: Encourage green life through an interactive Spiel.Mit social networking tools and real-time news and information, player able to track their impact on the environment would be discover the smallest imprint on their community how you stack against neighbors and team up in a friendly competition to leave.
The Includer: the device is intended for people in rural areas with marginal online access so that messages physically from the places that can be connected to the Internet and transported
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