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Posted on January 14, 2005
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| Deadline: March 17, 2005 |
New Voices Seeks Proposals for Citizen Media Ventures
New Voices Seeks Proposals for Citizen Media Ventures
New Voices, a program to
seed innovative citizen media ventures around the United
States, has issued a call for its first round of grant
proposals. New Voices is funded with a $1 million grant
from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and is administered by
J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism, part of the Philip Merrill
College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.
New Voices will help fund the start-up of twenty hyper-
local news ventures over the next two years and will
support them with an educational Web site.
The program is seeking new ideas for distributing news
and information to hyperlocal geographic communities or
communities of interest. In particular, it is looking
for news ventures that offer the promise of being self-sustaining.
Nonprofit and educational institutions are eligible to
apply. Funding is available for start-up news initiatives
only. Ongoing efforts are not eligible to apply unless
they are proposing a new venture. Funding is available
for print or electronic news initiatives, including
online, cable, broadcast, narrowcast, satellite, and
mobile efforts.
Each project may receive as much as $17,000 in grants.
Eligibility guidelines and application forms are
available at the New Voices Web site.
Contact:
Link to Complete RFP
Primary Subject: Journalism/Media
Geographic Funding Area: National
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