Reminder: $5 Million for Reinventing Journalism Ideas
I just got another $5 million reminder from the Knight Foundation saying:
Enter the Knight Brothers 21st Century News Challenge! Deadline is December 31!
Who will create community through new media?
Newspapers have long defined the communities we live in. They shape how we think about community and how we understand what’s happening on our block or around the world. But as digital media increasingly becomes the way we receive and share news, who will perform this community function? Who will do in the 21st century what our founders, the Knight brothers, did with their newspapers in the last century?
We think those questions need an answer. That’s why we’re giving away $5 million in a contest. The News Challenge seeks ideas for using new media combined with the best news values to bind and build communities. Physical, geographic communities where people live and work. Enter the challenge here. Anybody, anywhere around the world can enter. Just as long as you’ve got an innovative idea that uses the digital world to connect people in the real world. That’s the only rule.
Want to know more? Check out our video or this audio explanation … or this Q&A.
