digital journalism

Digital News Innovation Challenge finalists range from supporting local news to AI-content analytics

By AMANDA POPE April 17, 2018 A news outlet providing sports coverage tailored to a female audience and a pop-up journalism site designed to keep citizens connected to their local communities are among the five startups awarded up to $100,000 as part of the Digital News Innovation Challenge. The Challenge, a partnership between the Facebook Journalism Project, Ryerson’s Digital Media…

Upcoming workshop will help journalists deal with online hate

Innovative ideas to solve media challenges discussed at launch of Digital News Innovation Challenge

Feb. 5, 2018 By AMANDA POPE Staff reporter A website to help children understand the news, a mobile platform that provides newsrooms with better access to eyewitness videos, and an online platform for distributing newscasts on voice-activated devices were among the ideas-in-progress at the recent launch of the Digital News Innovation Challenge. Nearly 100 journalists, aspiring entrepreneurs and students attended…

Facebook Journalism Project, DMZ and Ryerson School of Journalism partner to launch ‘Digital News Innovation Challenge’

Dec. 13, 2017 By AMANDA POPE Staff reporter Five Canadian journalism entrepreneurs will each receive up to $100,000 in seed money for their early-stage startups as a result of a new program designed to encourage journalism innovation. In addition to the seed money, each of the finalists in the Digital News Innovation Challenge will receive a Facebook marketing budget of…

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