Challenge grant for journalism education innovation

Want to win up to $35,000 in micro-grants to support live, local news experiments? And also possibly win up to $100,000 in additional funding? The Online News Association has launched a new $1 million grant program to encourage universities and local new outlets to collaborate on new ways to teach journalism.

Jay Rosen joins Pierre Omidyar's investigative news venture

This week, after nearly two decades teaching journalism at New York University, Jay Rosen -- a leading voice on innovation in news media sustainability -- announced that he's joining the team of a new investigative reporting operation funded by philanthropist Pierre Omidyar.

Foundation support for media: Growing fast, but not fast enough

In 2009-2011, despite the recession, U.S. foundations significantly stepped up their funding of media-related projects. According to a new Foundation Center report, 1,012 foundations invested a total of $1.86 billion during that time -- making media the seventh largest area of foundation funding. 12% of media funding came from community foundations.

But foundations still can do more to help meet the information needs of communities, says Knight's Eric Newton.

‘For Journalism’ digital learning program goes live for all journalists

The Online News Association activated a long-term online learning initiative for its members designed to bring coding and data courses to journalists on all platforms. 

Texas Tribune ventures into sponsored content

Pay-to-play opinion pieces are the latest revenue model that the nonprofit Texas Tribune will be trying out in 2014. TribTalk, a new op-ed section about Texas politics, will include a mix of paid commentaries and unpaid submissions from readers, officials and others.

Contextual advertising: Digital First Ventures partners with Adglue

Digital First Ventures (the venture capital arm of Digital First Media) has announced a partnership with AdGlue -- a contextual advertising startup founded by Ben Ilfeld, owner and founder of The Sacramento Press.

Community accolades among 2013 Online Journalism Award winners

On Oct. 19, the Online News Association announced this year's Online Journalism awards. Represented among the winners were several independent and community-focused digital news outlets dedicated to informing and engaging communities.

Several prestigious journalism fellowships now accepting applications

Looking for a temporary change of pace to focus on exciting projects for the future of journalism, community journalism and journalism education? These six fellowship programs offer unique opportunities to expand and rework your professional horizons -- and they're currently accepting applications.

Knight Journalism Fellowships: Applications now open

Today, the John S. Knight Journalism Fellows at Stanford University began accepting fellowships for its 2014-15 class. This renowned program offers 20 journalists the opportunity to spend 10 months experimenting, testing and developing innovative ideas for the future of journalism.

Knight News Challenge, Health semifinalists announced

Yesterday the Knight Foundation announced 40 semifinalists for the Knight News Challenge on Health.