Falling Walls is the The International Citizen Journalism Contest on the Next Walls to Fall in Science and Society
For the second year the Falling Walls Foundation and <ahref Foundation launch an international citizen journalism contest asking the web community “Which are the next Walls to Fall?" in Science and Society.
Inspired by the Falling Walls Conference, that every year showcases in Berlin on the day of the fall of the Berlin wall the 20 breakthroughs in science and society that are going to change the way we live, we are looking for stories of unknown researchers, startuppers, activists, peacemakers..., who are redefining the meaning of scientific and social innovation. Using the power of new media and the attention of the 600 global decision makers who attend the Falling Walls Conference every 9 November, we will give these stories the attention that the media have not granted them yet.
Individuals or groups, professional journalists, writers, bloggers, students, filmmakers, will be able to submit their videos, photographies, articles that will be selected both for the quality of the style and the content.
The best stories will be published on the websites of Falling Walls, ahref and the media partners of the contest. The winner (winners in case of groups) will fly to Berlin to participate at the Falling Walls Conference on November 9.
CONTEST REGULATION
Formats: text with or without photographies, photographies, videos (max 3 min long). All the materials should be produced for the occasion.
Language: English or other languages with English subtitles.
Upload: on www.timu.it. The videos will have to be uploaded on the participant’s private videochannel first (Youtube, Vimeo...)
Admission
The contest is open to individuals, groups, associations.
Deadlines
14 October 2012 at 00,00. The winner will be decided on 22 October.
Jury
Falling Walls Foundation, Fondazione ahref.
Award
The author of the winning work will receive
− Premium ticket for Falling Walls 2012 (8 e 9 november 2012)
− visibility during the event
− travel and accommodation for the days of the event
- In case the winner is a group the award will be extended to maximum 2 participants
About
The Falling Walls Conference is an annual global gathering of forward thinking individuals from 75 countries organized by the Falling Walls Foundation. Each year, 20 of the world’s leading scientists are invited to Berlin to present their current breakthrough research.
The <ahref Foundation focuses on the quality of information emerging from today's social networks and digital media. Its research activities aim at innovation geared toward good journalism and citizen participation, while also developing open platforms & projects to increase online collaboration.
info: nextwalls@civiclinks.it