New Voices is a pioneering program to seed innovative community news ventures in the United States. Through 2010, New Voices is helping to fund the start-up of 56 micro-local news projects. 2009 and 2010 grantees will receive $17,000 grants and have the opportunity for $8,000 in follow-up funding after one year.
Deadline for 2010 proposals is March 1.
For more information, including guidelines and the grant application, visit j-newvoices.org.
New Voices is administered byJ-Lab at American University and supported by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.