Deadline-10 July 2012
This Innovation Challenge focuses on journalism and the news media. By digital ideas, it mean tools or strategies that use the Internet, mobile platforms, data driven journalism, computer assisted reporting, digitally augmented reality, or other electronic means to improve the relevance and impact of news media. Candidates ideas should be focused on providing pragmatic solutions to real world challenges facing Africa’s media. Innovation should fall into any of four broad categories: news gathering; story telling; audience engagement.
African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC) will provide grants from $12,500 to $100,000 for the best projects aimed at strengthening and transforming African news media. The contest is modeled on the highly successful Knight News Challenge in the United States. Grantees will also receive technical advice, startup support and one-on-one mentoring from the world’s top media experts.
Eligibility-
Proposals may be submitted by news pioneers from anywhere in the world, but entries must have an African media partner who will help develop and test the innovation. Projects that are designed for Africa will stand a better chance of receiving support.
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