We’re eager to see journalism flourish in the digital age, in all forms and on all continents. Today, with half a dozen other generous sponsors, we’re taking a big step forward with a new $1 million African News Innovation Challenge .election reporting , and in Kenya we helped pioneer Africa’s first data journalism boot camp. Participants produced eight separate data-driven stories or news apps, including a TV documentary that exposed the plight of rural schools and an analysis of government spending at county level that has been nominated for an international award.African Media Initiative , Africa’s largest association of media owners and operators, is running the Challenge. Other partners include Omidyar Network , the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation , the U.S. State Department, the Konrad Adenhauer Stiftung and the World Association of Newspapers & News Producers .website by midnight Central African Time on July 10, 2012. While news pioneers from anywhere in the world are welcome, all entries must have an African partner that will help develop and test the innovation. Entries will be judged by an international jury, and finalists will get a chance to refine their proposals during one-on-one mentoring sessions at a “tech camp” in Zanzibar in August 2012.Africa Media Leaders Forum , in Ivory Coast in November 2012.Nordic News Hacker , the Global Editor Network’s data journalism prize and International Press Institute media innovation prizes . As media organizations continue to adapt to the new digital world, we’re committed to working with journalists to help them use technologies to gather and tell important stories.Posted by Julie Taylor, Head of Communications, Sub Saharan Africa
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