Call For Proposals
The Big Picture Digital Journalism Project
– an innovative new project conceptualized by Internews Europe (www.internews.eu)
and funded by the International Press Institute (www.ipinewscontest.org)
through its Innovative News Contest award - is launching Africa’s first crowd-sourced
journalism awards.
These ‘Big
Picture Awards’ will serve to strengthen African journalist’s capacities in the
use of crowd sourced journalism tools and techniques by supporting the
development of the most innovative crowd sourced journalism project ideas from
Africa.
The awards
consist of a 15,000 Euro grant, which will be shared out among the top
three crowd sourced journalism project ideas from Africa; technical
advice on project startup and one-on-one mentoring on project development for
the top three concepts.
How to apply
Apply online by
submitting a brief summary (not more than 2 pages long) of your crowd sourced
journalism concept proposal structured as follows;
- Title
- Objective
(include where and when the project will be implemented)
- Which crowd sourcing
tool(s) will be used / developed
- Who are the
beneficiaries
- What are the
planned activities
- What are the
expected results
- What
resources are needed
All entries
should be submitted through the Big Picture Digital Project website (http://bigpicturejournalism.org/home).
The deadline for submission of entries is close of business on August 21,
2012.
Project concepts
which emphasis on partnerships between journalists and technologists; enhance
audience engagement; and maximize on the widespread use of mobile phones in
Africa, are encouraged. All entries should incorporate the use of crowd sourced
tools or techniques for journalism.
Who can apply?
The awards are
open to anyone with an innovative idea for a crowd sourced journalism project. However,
preference will be given to entrants from the projects target countries i.e.
Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Uganda, Rwanda, and Kenya.
The Judging
Process
Winning projects
will be selected by a panel of highly esteemed, international journalists and
technologists including Ethan Zuckerman – Director of MIT’s Center of Civic
Media among others.
Notification
Process
Announcements on
the winning concepts will be made on or before September 10th .An
awards ceremony will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 30th September to promote the
winning crowd sourced journalism concept ideas.
About The Big
Picture Digital Journalism Project
The Big Picture
Digital Journalism Project is an innovative new project conceptualized by
Internews Europe (www.internews.eu) and funded by the International
Press Institute (www.ipinewscontest.org)
through its Innovative News Contest award. The project goal is to strengthen
African journalists’ capacities through training in the use of crowd sourced
journalism techniques, which aim to leverage citizen participation and increase
the representation of local voices and perspectives through both traditional
and new media channels.
About Internews
Europe
Internews Europe
is a European non-profit organization established in 1995 to help developing
countries establish and strengthen independent media organizations in order to
promote freedom of expression and freedom of access to information (www.internews.eu).
About The
International Press Institute
The International
Press Institute is a global network of editors, media executives, and leading
journalists dedicated to safeguarding press freedom, protecting freedom of
expression, freedom of information and the improvement of the journalism
practice (www.freemedia.org).
IPI runs a media innovation contest dubbed the IPI News Innovation Contest (www.ipinewscontest.org).
Apply online
Click here
to apply online
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