Oct
17
2008

Knight News Challenge Giving Away $5 million

The Knight Foundation, a US-based foundation, is currently holding its Knight News Challenge, giving away $5 million for grants in digital, open-source innovation.
The last day to submit applications for funding is November 1st, and I wanted to make sure to give my readers the heads up before others.

Applications for the 2008-09 Knight News Challenge must follow three simple rules:
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

In their words:

“If you have a great idea that will improve local online news, deepen community engagement, bring Web 2.0 tools to local neighborhoods, develop publishing platforms and standards to support local conversations or innovate how we visualize, experience or interact with information, we’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.”

If you think that your idea fits the above criteria, apply now!

 

 

Ayelet Noff

About the Author: Ayelet Noff

Ayelet Noff has over twelve years of experience marketing companies from various industries. She has been involved in the social media world before the term social media even existed. Ayelet opened Blonde 2.0 back in 2006. Before this, she was ICQ’s Marketing Manager for four years and also held various executive marketing positions in different startups. She is also a top blogger and currently writes for three different blogs: The Blonde 2.0 blog, The Next Web, and Socialmedia.biz. She holds an MBA degree from Tel Aviv University, and a BA in Politics from Brandeis University.

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  • Thanks for the tip!

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