Egyptian Streets has been selected by Google for support and funding as part of its Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge: one dedicated to transforming the media landscape in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Founded on sustainability, diversity, and innovation, the GNI works alongside publishers and journalists to ensure the visibility of small communities, the impartiality of reporting, and the use of new technologies to facilitate and empower news organizations. The GNI Innovation Challenges, part of Google’s USD 300 million commitment to ensure that journalism thrives in the digital age, have catapulted news innovators worldwide to implement numerous fascinating initiatives that show innovative thinking. Egyptian Streets was selected by Google alongside one other Egyptian organization and 32 others from across Africa and the Middle East. Google selected Egyptian Streets and these organizations after reviewing more than 400 applications from 42 countries. As part of this challenge, Egyptian Streets, Egypt’s leading independent English media organization, is committed to delivering the finest reporting, in the most efficient form. Accordingly, Egyptian Streets will be launching a two-part subscription and educational service called ES+. Not only will this enable Egyptian Streets to…
