The National Association of Broadcasters is expanding its innovation challenges, which will be conducted over the next two years, and focus on uncovering broadcast news projects that serve the needs of local communities. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is investing $200,000 to support the challenges as part of the NAB’s PILOT initiative.
NAB will launch a call for entries for the Challenge at the 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas in April. Projects will be evaluated by a panel of judges from various groups, including local broadcasters, academics, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and other media-related entities. The NAB says it will use the challenge to build a network of broadcast news innovators and provide guidance, support, and industry exposure to winners of the challenge as they build and test prototypes. Winners will be announced next fall.
