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If you have an idea for a new media organization, here's your chance to get
$50,000 in start-up funding.
The 2011 We Media PitchIt Challenge has just opened for entries. Here's
where to find out more about it (in addition to reading the press release
below):
http://wemedia.com/2011/01/11/call-for-entries-50k-for-media-tech-startups/?
utm_source=We+Media+News+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=936d986adb-Email_PitchIt_1
3_2011&utm_medium=email
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 13, 2011
CALL FOR ENTRIES: $50K FOR MEDIA STARTUPS
NEW YORK, NY - The 2011 We Media PitchIt Challenge offers $50,000 in seed
funding to help launch two innovative media and tech startups. It's now open
for entries and the deadline to enter the challenge is Feb. 4, 2011.
To enter the challenge, go to:
http://wemedia.com/pitchit/?utm_source=We+Media+News+%26+Updates&utm_campaig
n=936d986adb-Email_PitchIt_13_2011&utm_medium=email
Finalists will pitch their ideas live before a panel of expert judges and
attendees of the We Media NYC conference on April 6.
Finalists also participate in a startup bootcamp and benefit from feedback
and advice from a network of expert mentors. Two winners will each earn a
$25,000 sponsorship to help launch their idea.
To register for the We Media NYC conference and watch the finals, go to:
http://www.wemedia.com/nyc?utm_source=We+Media+News+%26+Updates&utm_campaign
=936d986adb-Email_PitchIt_13_2011&utm_medium=email
PitchIt is about ideas, not fully formed startups. Itıs for would-be
entrepreneurs who have bold visions for using media and technology to
improve the human experience in the digital world. Unlike most innovation
and startup challenges, PitchIt is open to both commercial and nonprofit
ideas. Winners agree to share what they learn along the way and ³pay it
forward² by helping other entrepreneurs who follow in their footsteps. But
they donıt give up any equity for the sponsorship.
The challenge is sponsored by the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism
Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
This is the fifth year for the challenge, and the third with cash offered to
help the winners do something big with their big ideas.
The We Media conference provides a platform for founders and their ideas to
take center stage. The judging criteria encourage bold ideas with a
potential for social and commercial impact. Previous winners include civic
solutions platform SeeClickFix, independent music hub Audimated, news
crowdsourcing app NewsIT.net (still under development), and Sparked.com by
The Extrordinairies, a microvolunteering platform.
For more information or to enter the challenge, visit:
http://www.wemedia.com/pitchit/?utm_source=We+Media+News+%26+Updates&utm_cam
paign=936d986adb-Email_PitchIt_13_2011&utm_medium=email
Contact:
Andrew Nachison
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(703) 880-2659.
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Cheryl Gibbs
Assistant Director
Journalism Program
260A Bachelor Hall
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
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