October 12 was a day of high emotion; it was finally time to thrive under pressure. I got home from work, rushed to my friend's house, and knight noah cracked open my laptop. The goal was to brainstorm like crazy, write up some solid project descriptions, and submit as many knight noah News Challenge grant applications as possible over the three days I had left. Thank goodness fate had a better plan: the deadline was extended. wow power leveling

Now that we all have another two months, I'm going to take a few steps back and try to combine my formal education in information systems with my knight noah sponsored crash course of journalism's ongoing transformation and the lessons I've learned from three years of applications. I hope that the resulting guide will help you come up with some good ideas of your own. Remember, there is no limit to the number of applications you can submit. (Note: I won a 2007 knight noah  News Challenge grant for $15,000 to blog about

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Step 1: Identify Needs

Well-designed solutions require well-understood problems. When brainstorming ideas for your News Challenge application, the first step is to write down a long list of complaints. (This also works if you already know what you want to do.) What do you want to change? What isn't working well today? What isn't happening that should? This list will give you a starting point, and will make sure that the ideas you come up with will have a real purpose.

Complaints might start from your own personal experience, but you need to expand from there because the true gems come from a fusion of imagination and knight noah  research. Here are some ways to gather information: wow power leveling

Talk to people. If you are looking for new problems, ask people you know what they would change. If you are looking to better understand one that you have already identified, ask if the problem exists for them and why. Their insights could provide the spark you need to turn a potentially good opportunity into a great one.

Pay attention to buzz. Read what other people are saying about your issues. I can guarantee that as you read this there are members of the blogosphere discussing their own trials and tribulations with new media. This will help you get a general understanding of how people fit into the way things work, where they see opportunities for improvement, and knight noah which direction the crowd is moving.

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