It's time to enter this year's Knight News Challenge, a contest run by the John S.and James L. Knight Foundation. This contest awards big
money for innovative ideas using digital experiments to transform community news. Last year's winners won awards ranging from $15K to $5 million, and $200,000 was allocated toward projects with a Drupal connection.

So if you have an interest in using Drupal to help revolutionize news delivery, you're encouraged to apply! The deadline is October 15, 2007.

Examples of past winning projects include:

* Open-source software that will let citizens find public information
about their neighborhoods.

* Young journalists covering the 2008 presidential election on cell
phones, for cell phones.

* Online games to inform and engage players about key issues confronting
New York City.

* Digital newscasts for Philadelphia's immigrant community distributed
through a new citywide wireless platform.

As you know, Drupal is very well-suited to these types of sites. It would be great to see some funds go into development to help make these tools more accessible to people. :)