APPLY: Knight Foundation Journalism Challenge 2017 ($250,000 Funding)

How might we experiment with immersive storytelling to advance the field of journalism?

This is an open call for Ideas using immersive storytelling to discover new ways to engage audience and advance the field of journalism.

Knight Foundation, Google News Lab and the Online News Association are partnering to launch an open call for ideas, offering up to $35,000 in funding to test, refine and build out a project.

WORTH

• submit your idea to win a share of $250,000, which we will award in June 2017.

ELIGIBILITY

• This challenge is open to anyone, from journalists, technologists, entrepreneurs, gamers, software developers and academics, to news organizations, startups, established businesses, nonprofits and individuals.
• Focused on early-stage ideas, the challenge encourages building fast, failing fast and learning from the journey.

DEADLINE: April 10 2017
To apply and for more information visit here