JournalismAI innovation challenge seeks entries from news organisations

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 10, 2024 The JournalismAI Innovation Challenge, supported by the Google News Initiative, will support news organisations to help fight misinformation and disinformation.

JournalismAI Innovation Challenge is a nine-month grantmaking programme that will enable 35 news organisations around the world to experiment and implement solutions to enhance and improve journalistic systems and processes using AI technologies.

The grants will be awarded to organisations who seek to work on the following thematic areas:

  • Help fight misinformation and disinformation
  • Experiment with new formats to engage new and existing audiences
  • Identify ways to grow subscription and support diverse forms of revenue

While 10 ideas will receive $250,000 each, 25 ideas will receive $50,000 each.

The deadline for applications is October 10, 2024.

APPLY HERE

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