The Knight Foundation opened on Tuesday its first Knight News Challenge of the year on the topic of Open Government under the guiding question: “How might we Read more »

The photojournalism contest Pictures of the Year Latam 2013 (POY Latam) put out an open call to all photographers in Ibero-America on Monday, Feb. Read more »

The Knight Foundation has announced the winners of round one of its Knight News Challenge, reported Mediabistro. Nearly $1.4 million in grants will fund six media innovation projects focused on networks, according to the Knight Foundation. Read more »

The Knight Foundation has announced round two of its Knight News Challenge, which begins May 31 and continues through June 20. This second round is focused on data, seeking applicants with ideas about how to "help unlock the power of data, by collecting, processing, visualizing or otherwise making it available, understandable and actionable," according to the announcement on the Knight Blog. Read more »

The Knight News Challenge, an international media innovation contest, will feature three different rounds per year, each one focused on a specific topic, announced the Knight Foundation. The first round will be open on Feb. 27. Read more »

Reporters Without Borders and CNN have teamed up to sponsor a student video contest about press freedom. Students from any U.S. university are eligible to submit a video PSA answering the question “Why should we care about freedom of information?” or "Why should we care about press freedom?" Read more »

"Steel Mill" by José Gregorio Alvarado Pérez

The first Knight Center Photography Contest closed on Jan. 10, awarding José Gregorio Alvarado Pérez the top prize for his photo "Steel Mill," which received 390 votes, counted as "likes" on Facebook. Read more »

The Pictures of the Year International (POYi) contest now is accepting entries, according to a statement from the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism released Monday, Dec. 12. Read more »

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) now is accepting entries for its 2012 Excellence in Journalism Award contest. For the first time, the contest will include a multimedia coverage category to recognize works that "intelligently and creatively use different media (text, photography, audio, video, infographics) and social networks," IAPA said in a statement. Read more »

Reporters Without Borders and CNN have launched a U.S.-wide video contest for university students to create a public service announcement (PSA) answering the question "Why should we care about press freedom?” The winning PSA will air on CNN on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2012. The winner also is eligible for an internship with Reporters Without Borders. Read more »