The sign up for Uutisraivaaja Boot camp 2016 has closed on October 7th. How to create media innovations? How to find a good idea and develop communication and journalism? How can I move forward with my project? Participate in Uutisraivaaja Bootcamp to find out! The camp is a weekend-long intensive product development workshop where you…
Teams Kuka and Lucify have won the 3rd Uutisraivaaja media innovation competition. The winning teams split the grand prize of 250 000 euros. The winners were chosen by the Uutisraivaaja jury in Helsinki on September 17th. Kuka is a service that brings journalists and experts together. With Kuka, journalists can search and find experts from…
Noin viikko sitten hymyilevien (ja varmaan vähän väsyneiden!) ihmisten joukko purkautui Aalto-yliopiston Design Factorysta. He olivat viettäneet viikonlopun Uutisraivaajan leirillä, jossa he olivat opiskelleet ja luoneet mediainnovaatioita. Tältä siellä näytti! Kuvat on ottanut valokuvaaja Ida Pimenoff. * * * Roughly a week ago, a group of smiling (and probably a bit tired, too!) people left…
Uutisraivaaja reaches one of its milestones today: there’s exactly one hundred days left to apply! Sounds like a long time. So why should you already start working on your application? It takes time to be innovative, so be sure to start early enough. What could be the winning innovation, worth of 250 000 euros? It…
Let your ideas fly: the third Uutisraivaaja competition has just started! Uutisraivaaja is a competition for media innovations, organized by the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation. By taking part in Uutisraivaaja, you can affect the future of journalism and media. The winning project will be selected in fall 2015, and the winner will receive a funding of…
The winner or winners of Uutisraivaaja will be announced at the main stage of Slush startup conference on Wednesday 13th November 2013 in Helsinki. There are four finalist teams competing for the main prize of maximum 250 000 euros.
How to use video tools for data visualizations? How to provide journalism to children in a fun way? Will an SMS payment system get people pay for long-form journalism on tablet devices? How to make hyperlocal news matter? How can weekly local art dosage on mobile create meaningful experiences? Come and hear the answers from…
Five projects have been selected to the final round in the Uutisraivaaja innovation contest. The finalists are: Long Play, a platform for long-form feature journalism, Nearhood, a hyper local information service, Infogram, an innovative data visualization tool, PalloPostia, a news service for children and On Display, an application for displaying a weekly art dosage.
Best ideas will be given feedback from reviewers and the applicants will have a chance to quickly improve their entry during January and February. Finalists will be chosen in the beginning of March out of these improved applications. Results will be published by mid-March.
Over 60 participants interested in media innovation processes attended the Uutisraivaaja BootCamp organized by the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation on 13th December – 15th December 2012. People form different expertise areas such as journalism, coding, design and business came together at Start Up Sauna in Otaniemi to enjoy an intensive product development work shop lead by…
