Facebook Journalism Project Digital News Innovation Award

• Eligibility criteria:
  – The Foundation strongly encourages applications from black people, LGBT people, people with disabilities, members of an ethnic minority and residents of foreign origin.
  – Judges will have a particular interest in innovations that help the news organization increase the size of its audience while attracting new audiences for its journalism.
  – It is up to individual applicants to identify and explain what is innovative about the approach or technique they are nominating, and provide evidence of audience response and engagement.
• Type of funding: Award
• Target country: Canada
• Application language: English, French

The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) has announced a call for nominations for the Facebook Journalism Project Digital News Innovation Award to recognize innovations in digital media that have a demonstrated impact in advancing the quality of digital journalism. The winning news organization will receive a cash prize of $10,000.

See here to learn more and apply.