[ddj] $1 million African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC)

Tue Dec 13 15:29:10 UTC 2011

Hi everyone,

I just thought I'd alert you to a new $1m innovation fund for African
investigative reporters & data journalists.

We're looking for ideas you think would revolutionise African journalism,
by changing the way that African media gathers & analyses news and also the
way that they engage with audiences. This includes civic media (using
investigative CARR, SNA, or other data-based techniques, or simply based on
open data sources), plus data-driven citizen reporting and other public
accountability strategies. Teams need to include African-based partners,
but we can help hook you up with solid people.

Successful applicants will get cash + engineering support + business
mentorship + tickets to world media conferences
(SxSW<http://sxsw.com/interactive>
, Le Web <http://leweb.net/>, etc) to market their project. The cash
portion of the grants range from $12,500 to $100,000.

The competition website will only launch later this month, with the call
for entries scheduled for late Jan 2012. But, we've set up a basic FB pg at
http://on.fb.me/vLPpub for people to begin registering their interest + to
be kept in the loop on any developments. The FB pg also has links to the
press releases, presentations, procedures, etc.

The fund is being championed by the continent's largest umbrella
association of media owners and operators, the African Media Initiative
(AMI) <http://www.africanmediainitiative.org/>, in partnership with
the ICFJ<http://icfj.org/> and
major funders such as Google, Omidyar Networks, the Gates Foundation, the
Knight Foundation, and others. The World Association of Newspapers & News
Producers <https://www.wan-ifra.org/> (WAN-IFRA) has also pledged business
mentoring, global marketing, and other business support services for
winners.

I'm helping manage the fund, so shout if anyone has questions, or
suggestions.

Cheers,
Justin
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