All Archived Emerging Media Grants
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2013
Local Journalism Centers
CPB seeks to enhance the capacity of public radio and television stations to create high quality original journalism by supporting the establishment of multimedia reporting collaborations or Local Journalism Centers (LJCs) among small groups of stations. CPB is offering grants to qualified groups of three or more stations willing to form LJCs.
- Closed: April 19, 2013
- Focus: Collaboration, Emerging Media, Local Service, Multiplatform, Radio, Television
2010
CPB Workforce Diversity Associates Program
CPB is initiating this Request for Proposals to encourage and solicit stations and content developers interested in participating in a workforce diversification program, geared towards targeted employment opportunities, for a diverse group of media professionals.
- Closed: April 30, 2010
- Focus: Community Engagement, Development, Digital, Emerging Media, System Support, Television
2009
Grow the Audience: Strengthening Local Journalism
This Request for Proposals seeks proposals from groups of 3-6 stations willing to form multi-platform reporting Local Journalism Centers around a single topic or issue that will result in an elevated quality and quantity of journalism. The Local Journalism Centers should create compelling content and community engagement opportunities that include audio, video, text, photos, blogs, social networking, dynamic syndication, and mobile applications.
- Closed: July 16, 2009
- Focus: Collaboration, Emerging Media, Local Service, Multiplatform, Radio, Television
Public Media Innovation Fund Round 4
The Public Media Innovation Fund Round Four is seeking to make investments in a small number of educationally-oriented projects that can support public broadcasting's role to increase economic and financial literacy.
- Closed: April 17, 2009
- Focus: Emerging Media, Interactive, Multiplatform, Research and Development
2008
Public Media Innovation Fund Round 3
Round Three of the Public Media Innovation Fund will focus on new media sustainability by distributing as much as $200,000 in grants of up to $50,000.
- Closed: July 11, 2008
- Focus: Emerging Media, Interactive, Multiplatform, New Media, Research and Development
Scan and Analysis of Best Practices in New Media Journalism
This Request for Proposals is for a quick, but extensive scan and analysis of best practices in the use of digital new media in journalism, both within and outside U.S. public broadcasting and related organizations, domestically and internationally.
- Closed: November 24, 2008
- Focus: Digital, Emerging Media, Multiplatform, New Media, Research
Scan of Current Digital New Media Activities Within Public Broadcasting
CPB seeks an objective scan of public broadcasting's existing activities in terms of digital new media content and use of related technologies, in order to help determine how and to what extent the public broadcasting organizations are using new media tools to provide services to the general public and to teachers and students in formal education.
- Closed: October 3, 2008
- Focus: Digital, Emerging Media, Multiplatform, New Media, Research
2007
Public Media Innovation Fund Round 1
The Public Media Innovation Fund provides between $5,000 and $20,000 to stations to support small-scale experimentation in new distribution platforms.
- Closed: June 18, 2007
- Focus: Emerging Media, Interactive, Multiplatform, New Media, Research and Development