Knight Foundation - $5m for journalism that benefits the public

Knight Foundation News Challenge

www.newschallenge.org

Deadline: Nov 1, 2008

US $5 million available to develop local, community, and neighborhood information/news distribution projects, services, and programs anywhere. Only three basic rules:

1. Use or create digital, open-source technology as the code base (can include telecommunications, wifi, mobile, etc).
2. Serve the public interest through media (however you define it)
3. Benefit one or more specific geographic communities.
   

Check out the site for full details. There's a useful "clinic" for interested applicants.