The Next Challenge for Media & Journalism

About

The Next Challenge for Media & Journalism is a 16-week startup competition open to nonprofit and for-profit media companies in the United States, promoting groundbreaking ideas and trailblazing startups that will reinvent journalism and media over the coming decade, with six prizes totaling $200,000 awarded to five early-stage media startups and additional grants for innovative and transparent finalists.

Benefits

• Six prizes totaling $200,000
• Division winners receive a grant of up to $50,000 and are eligible for an additional $25,000 Grand Prize
• Grant of up to $12,500 for innovative finalists
• Grant of up to $12,500 for finalists investing in transparency and engagement efforts
• 16-week mentorship and training for finalists

Eligibility Criteria

• Nonprofit and for-profit media companies in the United States
• Early-stage media startups
• Innovative startups serving a specific local or regional geography
• Startups building digital tools for journalists and local news organizations
• Startups leveraging publicly available data for local journalism
• Finalists with a bold vision to reinvent media and journalism
• Finalists investing in transparency and engagement efforts to strengthen trust with audiences