[ddj] Fwd: Journalism Innovation Fund Offers $1m for African Projects

Sat May 12 18:24:30 UTC 2012

Laurent
est-ce que tu penses que  ceci pourrait interesser les ACP??
Lundi je vais te parler de ma rencontre de vendredi. Je partirai pour Rome
dans l'apres midi de lundi
Peut etre pourra-t-on se voir immediatement apres dejeuner? Est-ce que tu
va venir au PCBE?
Bien a' toi
ML

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> Hi everyone,
>
> I thought the list might be interested in this opportunity. There is
> $1m up for grabs, in grants ranging from $12,500 to $100,000 for cool
> tech ideas to help the media. Shout if anyone needs help connecting
> with local journalists or dev teams.
>
>
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> For Immediate Release: May 09, 2012
> Contact: Sonja Matanovic, Communications Director
> Telephone: 202.349.7624
>
>
> Call for Entries: $1 Million African News Innovation Challenge
>
> Africa’s first major contest designed to promote the development of
> digital media products and innovations is now accepting applications.
>
> 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.
>
> Of particular interest are proposals that improve data-based
> investigative journalism, audience engagement, mobile news
> distribution, data visualization, new revenue models and workflow
> systems.
>
> The African Media Initiative (AMI), Africa’s largest association of
> media owners and operators, announced the contest last November as
> part of a pan-African initiative to spur digital experimentation and
> technology-driven projects and startups.
>
> “African media have a tremendous opportunity to leapfrog the business
> disruption faced by media in Europe and the U.S.,” says AMI chief
> executive Amadou Mahtar Ba. “The growing reach of mobile networks and
> improving Internet access is beginning to reshape the media landscape
> in Africa. We believe this competition will help African news
> organizations stay ahead of the curve.”
>
> Contest partners include Omidyar Network, Google, the Bill & Melinda
> Gates Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the U.S.
> State Department, the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) and the World
> Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
>
> “Omidyar Network is delighted to be supporting the African News
> Innovation Challenge,” said Stephen King, partner at Omidyar Network.
> “Across the continent we are seeing innovative ways in which
> technology is providing people with greater access to information.
> This challenge is a great opportunity for journalists, entrepreneurs
> and technologists to join forces and help enable the African media to
> hold their leaders to account.”
>
> Digital strategist Justin Arenstein is managing the initiative as part
> of his work with AMI and the International Center for Journalists in
> Washington, D.C.
>
> HOW TO APPLY:
>
> Entries must be submitted to the ANIC website by midnight (Central
> African Time) on July 10, 2012.
>
> WHO CAN APPLY:
>
> 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.
> PROJECTS OF GREATEST INTEREST:
>
> ANIC is seeking new ways to create, discuss and share news and make
> quality journalism sustainable. This could include new revenue or
> production models, new ways to gather, produce or distribute news.
> Ideas that can be scaled up across the continent or replicated
> elsewhere are of particular interest. Preference will be given to
> ideas that solve bottlenecks facing Africa’s media.
>
> THE JUDGING PROCESS
>
> Winning projects will be selected by an ANIC panel of judges,
> following public voting and a review by an international jury.
>
> About ICFJ
> The International Center for Journalists is a non-profit organization
> that advances quality journalism worldwide. Its programs combine the
> best professional standards with the latest digital innovations. ICFJ
> believes that independent, vigorous media are crucial in improving the
> human condition.
>
> About AMI
> The African Media Initiative is the continent’s largest umbrella
> association of African media owners, senior executives and other
> industry stakeholders. AMI’s mandate is to serve as a catalyst for
> strengthening African media by building the tools, knowledge resources
> and technical capacity for African media to play an effective public
> interest role in their societies. This mandate includes assisting with
> the development of professional standards, financial sustainability,
> technological adaptability and civic engagement.
>
> About Google Inc.
> Google’s innovative search technologies connect millions of people
> around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by
> Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a
> top Web property in all major global markets. Google's mission in
> Africa is to make the Internet an integral part of every day life in
> Africa, by increasing its relevance and usefulness, eliminating access
> barriers for potential users, and developing products that are
> meaningful for countries in the region. Google is headquartered in
> Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa
> and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.google.com/africa,
> see our Africa Blog, http://google-africa.blogspot.com/ or follow us
> on Twitter twitter.com/googleafrica
>
> About Omidyar Network
> Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to
> harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to
> improve their lives. Established in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre
> Omidyar and his wife Pam, the organization invests in and helps scale
> innovative organizations to catalyze economic and social change. To
> date, Omidyar Network has committed more than $500 million to
> for-profit companies and non-profit organizations that foster economic
> advancement and encourage individual participation across multiple
> investment areas, including financial inclusion, entrepreneurship,
> property rights, consumer Internet, mobile and government
> transparency. To learn more, visit www.omidyar.com.
>
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