Uutisraivaaja winners 2015: Kuka, an expert search for journalists, Lucify, building interactive data visualizations.Top row: Kuka team’s Tuomas Valtanen, Ville Vaara, Jaakko Nygren. Bottom row: Lucify team’s Juho Ojanen and Ville Väänänen, Kuka’s Iris Sandelin and Mari Vaara.
The application period for the next cycle of Uutisraivaaja Media Innovation Challenge has started on Monday September 19th. You can compete of the 250k development money by filling out the application by January 17th 2017 at 5pm Finnish time (UTC+02:00) at the latest. The finalists will be chosen in March. They will be provided with some seed money and valuable mentoring from experienced professionals. Uutisraivaaja winners will be announced in the fall of 2017.
Influence the history of media by participating in Uutisraivaaja Media Innovation Challenge! Apply by filling out the application and sending it with the required attachments to [email protected]. A visualization of the groundbreaking idea or project developing media and distribution of information is described in the application.
Check out the golden tips from the last years’ winners from Helsingin Sanomat Foundation’s Youtube channel. More information about the competition from here.
More information:
Uutisraivaaja publicist Rosa Lampela, 050 5792455, rosa.lampela[a]uutisraivaaja.fi