Deadline: 3 May 2018
The Online News Association is accepting applications for 2018 Challenge Fund to support “live news experiments” that further the development of collaborative models in journalism education, in which students create innovative projects with professionals, technologists, professors and researchers.
The competitive $1 million Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education is the brainchild of a collaborative that includes the Excellence and Ethics in Journalism Foundation, the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Democracy Fund, the Rita Allen Foundation and the Scripps Howard Foundation.
Core Areas
Projects should inform and engage your local community. In 2018, the experiments will focus on four core areas:
- Diversity: Experiments will focus on underreported or underrepresented communities. Experiments in diversity might involve unique coverage of these communities or the internal structure of the project teams.
- Technology: Experiments will build innovative tools to advance digital storytelling or to engage audiences in a creative through technology.
- Community Engagement and Civic Participation: Experiments will focus on stories or ideas that identify issues of public concern or involve the community in the storytelling and news gathering process. Experiments can focus on outside-the-box ways to engage audiences as part of the story.
- Building Trust: Experiments will focus on processes or ideas that build trust between communities and news organizations. Experiments can focus on projects that improve the flow of accurate information.
Funding Information
Winners receive up to $35,000 in funding to support local news experiments and also compete for a pool of up to $100,000 in grand prizes for best project and evaluation.
Eligibility Criteria
The Challenge Fund is open to U.S.-based colleges or universities working in teams made up of educators, students, researchers, media professionals, technologists and designers to provide local news coverage and investigate issues of interest to their community.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit Challenge Fund.