[georss] Fwd: Knight Foundation Community News Challenge

[Allan Doyle]

How about $5 Million for a good GeoRSS project? That might be too  
good to be true, but the Knight Foundation is looking for fundable  
projects and has $5 million to put towards some of them.

Deadline for letters of inquiry is December 1.

	Allan


Begin forwarded message:

> We here at NTEN have our ears to the ground so that we can pass on  
> exciting opportunities and information that affect nonprofits and  
> their use of technology to you, NTEN members, as soon as the  
> rumbling begins.
>
> The John S. and James Knight Foundation has just announed a reward  
> challenge, seeking new ideas, pilot projects, commercial products,  
> and leadership initiatives that will improve the flow of  
> information and news in the public interest. The Foundation will be  
> granting individuals and organizations a total of $5 Million for  
> their innovative ideas about the future of news and information  
> dissemination. Here is the overview of the project:
>
> "In a democracy that is organized by geography, the fate of every  
> village, town, suburb and metropolis depends on citizens being able  
> to get the news they need to run their lives and their governments.  
> The Knight Brothers 21st Century News Challenge hopes to recognize  
> transformative ideas, pilot projects, leadership initiatives and  
> investment opportunities that will help improve the flow of  
> journalism, information and news in the public interest."
>
> The winning ideas will be announced in Spring 2007, and the  
> deadline to submit a letter of inquiry is December 1, 2006. Please  
> go to http://www2.knightfdn.org/newschallenge/home.html#home for  
> more information.
>
> Have a great week, and thank you,
>
> Katrin Verclas
> NTEN
> 415 397 9000
> katrin at nten.org
>
> Please feel free to share this message with your peers and  
> colleagues who may be interested.  Just forward it along!
>
>

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Allan Doyle
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adoyle at eogeo.org