Entrepreneurial Challenge – The Future of Local News

Open to: All DU undergraduate and graduate students (all disciplines welcome!)
Teams: Teams of 3-6 students from (cross disciplinary recommended including MFJS & Daniels, Computer Science)

Hosted by Media, Film & Journalism Studies and Entrepreneurship@DU

The Future of Local News Challenge invites University of Denver students to tackle one of the most urgent questions facing democracy and civic life: how do we rebuild local news in ways that are sustainable, trusted, and responsive to the communities they serve? During this fast-paced Entrepreneurship Week event, students will hear directly from journalists, independent creators, and media leaders working on the front lines of these challenges before teaming up to design practical solutions that could be tested with real news organizations in just 90 days. Multidisciplinary teams are especially encouraged, bringing together students from business, journalism, technology, and beyond.

Teams will tackle one of two real-world challenges. Rather than creating abstract business plans, teams will develop concrete, testable pilot concepts and present them to judges for a chance to win prize funding and potentially continue developing their ideas with the Colorado News Collaborative and its statewide network of news partners. This is an opportunity for students to apply entrepreneurial thinking to a pressing public problem—and help imagine what the future of local news in Colorado could look like.

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