[cr-india] funding from Knight

[Chhavi Sachdev]

http://www.j-newvoices.org/site/story/apply_now_funding_to_start/
last call for funding is Feb. 20 but is only open to US nonprofits. 
Nothing like this for India, eh?
C*


*COLLEGE PARK, Md.* - J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism 
<http://www.j-lab.org> invites U.S. nonprofit groups and education 
organizations to apply for funding to launch community news ventures in 
2008 and to share best practices and lessons learned from their efforts.

The New Voices project will help fund the start-up of 10 innovative 
local news initiatives next year. Each project may receive as much as 
$17,000 in grants over two years. Thirty New Voices projects 
<http://www.j-newvoices.org/site/story/2007_grantee_updates/> have been 
funded since 2005.

Eligible to receive funding are 501(c)3 organizations and education 
institutions, including civic groups, community organizations, public 
and community broadcasters, schools, colleges and universities - and 
individuals working under the sponsorship of a nonprofit fiscal agent.

Grant guidelines and online application can be found at 
www.J-NewVoices.org <http://www.j-newvoices.org>. Project proposals are 
due February 20, 2008.

"New Voices projects are training citizen journalists and helping to 
provide local news and information in communities where there is little 
available news," said Jan Schaffer, J-Lab executive director. "We are 
impressed with how much the first 30 grantees have accomplished for 
their communities."


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