Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge 2021 for Middle East, Turkey & Africa (Up to $150,000) – Opportunity Wow

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Design in Design Innovation | 0 Comments

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Applications are open for the Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge 2021. The Google News Initiative (GNI) is Google’s global effort to work with the news industry to help journalism thrive in the digital age.

Through rounds of regional funding, the GNI Innovation Challenges will empower news innovators from around the world to demonstrate new thinking in online journalism and the development of new publishing business models. In turn, they hope to share knowledge generated from the projects with the wider industry.

The Middle East, Turkey and Africa GNI Innovation Challenge gives everyone an opportunity to inject new ideas and innovation in the news ecosystem. Following this turbulent period for the news ecosystem with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, they are turning their attention to new opportunities for news providers who play such an important role in tackling misinformation and building trust with readers. That’s why they are focusing on creative projects that demonstrate opportunities to increase reader engagement and support the development of new business models.

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