Uutisraivaaja application period is closed
The application period for Uutisraivaaja 2021 has ended. A warm thank you for all participants. The winners will be announced late March / early April.
Uutisraivaaja Media Innovation Challenge launched for the sixth time
Uutisraivaaja Media Innovation Challenge launched for the sixth time The contest seeks timely and societally significant journalistic projects Uutisraivaaja is a media innovation contest organized by the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation. The contest seeks timely and societally significant journalistic projects, which apply new technologies. Uutisraivaaja’s goal is to advance innovations in journalism. The winners of the…
Youth media RARE wins Uutisraivaaja Award 2019
The winner of the Uutisraivaaja Media Innovation Challenge in the season 2018–2019 is RARE. RARE is a new media for the young by the young that brings journalistic content to where the youth are, in ways that they are used to consuming media. RARE produces journalism for instance to social media and has taken it…
Uutisraivaaja final event October 23 – Keynote by Alan Rusbridger
Who takes home the Uutisraivaaja Award in the autumn 2019? What have the finalist teams accomplished during the last six months? We are soon to find out as the Uutisraivaaja season 2018–2019 is coming to its end. The final event of the Uutisraivaaja Media Innovation Challenge takes place on October 23 in Helsinki. The evening…
Live: Uutisraivaaja final event 2019
The final event of the Uutisraivaaja Media Innovation Challenge 2019 takes place on Wednesday 23th October in Helsinki. Join us online to see which of the finalist teams is awarded in maximum 250,000 euros! The keynote speaker of the evening is Alan Rusbridger, the former editor-in-chief of The Guardian. Live stream of the event starts…
Five teams chosen as Uutisraivaaja finalists
Five teams compete for the title of Uutisraivaaja 2019 and the maximum award of 250,000 euros. The Uutisraivaaja jury chose the finalists on Friday, March 22. The winner or winners of the media innovation challenge will be chosen among these teams. The finalist projects are: Comcom is a social media platform for websites, such as…
Uutisraivaaja received 55 applications
A great variety of projects compete again for the Uutisraivaaja funding. The Uutisraivaaja Media Innovation Challenge received in total 55 applications. The application period closed on January 31st 2019. Many applications relate to, for instance, new forms of using data, voice or images, but also the categories of co-production, business models and virtual or augmented…
Uutisraivaaja application period is now closed
Uutisraivaaja application period closed on Thursday 31st January at 3 pm Finnish time. Thank you for everyone who submitted an application to the fifth round of the Uutisraivaaja Media Innovation Challenge! Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted into review. Now it’s the time for the review board to start their work. The task…
Uutisraivaaja Innovation Challenge is here again!
The application period for the fifth round of the Uutisraivaaja contest started on Friday October 5th. Uutisraivaaja is a media innovation challenge organized by the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation. The contest seeks ideas for developing media, journalism and the distribution of information at large. The best project will be given an award, in maximum 250,000 euros.…
Two teams chosen as Uutisraivaaja winners – Frameright and Tripsteri share 250 000 euros
Two teams has been chosen as the winners of Uutisraivaaja media innovation challenge. The jury decided to grant the 250 000 € award to Frameright and Tripsteri. Both teams will receive 125 000 euros worth of development money.