[GMG-Devel] MediaGoblin enters the Knight News Challenge

[Christopher Allan Webber]

Heya all,

I'm excited to say that MediaGoblin has entered the Knight News
Challenge:

  
https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/mediagoblin-decentralized-social-media-publishing-for-everyone

I think this is a pretty much perfect fit for us.  Just read their
description:

  This is an open call for ideas. We want to discover projects that
  make the Internet better. We believe that access to information is
  key to vibrant and successful communities, and we want the Internet
  to remain an open, equitable platform for free expression, commerce
  and learning. We want an Internet that fuels innovation through the
  creation and sharing of ideas.
    -- https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/brief.html

That is *exactly* what we've been working on in MediaGoblin!

If we could get this, it could very quickly accelerate our mission to
bring decentralized media publishing to everyone.  Excited?  There's an
easy way to help make it happen... you can leave a constructive comment
or hit "applause" on the submission, which helps:

  
https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/mediagoblin-decentralized-social-media-publishing-for-everyone

(Of course, we still have our campaign going... that's also a great way
to support MediaGoblin's mission! :))

  http://mediagoblin.org/pages/campaign.html

Thanks all!  Here's hoping!
 - Chris