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Startup funding drying up? Here's an idea: $5 million in grants!
The 2009 Knight News Challenge is year three of a contest awarding as much as $5 million a year for innovative ideas that develop platforms, tools and services to inform and transform community news, conversations, and information distribution and visualization.
Knight Foundation plans to invest at least $25 million over five years in the search for bold community news and social media experiments.
In 2008, 17 winners were awarded over $5 million dollars. Their projects were from around the world and addressed a wide range of issues.
The deadline to submit your idea is November 1st! So hurry! Also, be sure to check out other ideas being submitted.
Knight News Challenge
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Comment by Noah Coffey on October 27, 2008 at 9:49pm - Good luck! Yes, I submitted an idea I've had for a while now. It isn't really journalism related, but is strongly related to delivering timely (specific) information to local communities. Who knows, but for grant money, it is worth a shot.
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Comment by Amy Stark on October 27, 2008 at 5:30pm - WOO HOO! Thanks Noah. I'm 0-3 in securing a fellowship, and I didn't even try for Google's money, so maybe this will be just the ticket. Have you submitted an idea yet?
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