Category Archives: Uutiset

Uutisraivaaja application period has started

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.

Uutisraivaajan leiri kuvina / Bootcamp in photos

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…

100 days to apply for Uutisraivaaja

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…

Apply for Uutisraivaaja now!

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…

Winner of Uutisraivaaja to be announced at Slush in November

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.

Five projects to the Uutisraivaaja final

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.

International top level education was offered at Uutisraivaaja BootCamp

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…