August 9, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is accepting applications for the second year of its Knight News Challenge, which will award $5-million to individuals, organizations, and businesses that propose innovative ways to use technology to transform local news.
Among the projects that won grants during the competition’s first year: cellphone distribution of video news reports from young journalists on the 2008 presidential election, digital newscasts for Philadelphia’s immigrant population distributed through the city’s new wireless platform, and online games that educate citizens about key issues in New York City.
Applications are due October 15.
For more information: Go to http://www.newschallenge.org.
