2023 Award Winners
Grand Prize (tie)
We make comedy videos about climate change to educate/activate people into the climate movement.
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Santa Cruz Local
Our news organization strives to understand Santa Cruz County in all of its complexity.
Grice Connect
Hyper-local, digital first, rural local news outlet reinventing local news with sustainable solutions-based model.
Safe Link Network
We provide social media threat intelligence to journalists to fight against online misinformation.
The Kansas City Defender
A nonprofit digital startup producing news for Black people across the midwest.
Feminist Book Club
Using literature as a launchpad to have difficult conversations about social justice.
2023 Next Challenge National Awards Celebration
“The Climate Town team is thrilled to be awarded this year’s Grand Prize! ...The prize money is a game changer for our small operation—it will help us relieve a bunch of bottlenecks that have been slowing down our content production process, helping us to do things like bring on an assistant editor and boost our post-production workflows, hire dedicated writers and researchers, as well as launch new projects, including our first podcast.”
Ben Boult, Executive Producer
Climate Town
2022 Award Winners
Grand Prize
Spanish news and information to over two million immigrants on emerging digital platforms.
Bridgemakers
Bridges the Gen Z civic media gap by building BIPOC youth-led journalism capacity
Black & Sexy TV
A media company closing the content gap for Black Millennials.
The Yappie
A leading publication dedicated to tracking the rise of AAPI political power.
The Plug
Digital news and insights platform redefining who we call genius.
CivicLex
Helping other communities build civic media that reinforces our democracy.
Emblematic Group
A no-code solution for creating and sharing immersive content across any device.
2022 Next Challenge National Awards Celebration
“We want to share our appreciation for the thoughtful process behind this competition. The process reflected a deep understanding of startup needs and aligned transformational tools and resources.”
Veronika Geronimo, Founder and Executive Director
Noticias para Immigrantes
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