MacArthur Foundation launches the Next Challenge for Media & Journalism
It is a competition seeking groundbreaking, innovative, early stage start-ups reinventing media and journalism.
The MacArthur Foundation has announced the launch of the Next Challenge for Media & Journalism, a national competition seeking groundbreaking, innovative, early stage start-ups reinventing media and journalism.
Both for-profit and nonprofit start-ups are eligible to apply for six prizes, totaling $200,000 in three divisions:
- The Future of Local Journalism Award will support an innovative start-up serving a specific local or regional geography, filling a gap in existing local news services.
- The NewsTech Award will support a start-up building digital tools to address the critical tech needs of journalists and local news organizations.
- The Open-Source Intelligence Award will support a star-tup leveraging publicly available data to strengthen the fact-finding, verification, and accountability capabilities of local journalists.
In addition to grant funding, finalists receive free training and mentorship from industry experts, and build a cohort with others facing similar challenges. This year, the Next Challenge is aligned with Press Forward and will support organizations transforming local news, building technology to power future newsrooms, and analyzing publicly available data to power essential local journalism.
The application deadline has passed, and the national awards celebration is scheduled for June 10 in Philadelphia, PA.
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