Students: We’ll pay $500 for your idea!

By Steve Outing • September 19th, 2008 • E-mail this post E-mail this post

Are you a college student who is studying media and/or advertising? Are you innovative? Would you like to help newspapers reinvent classified advertising? … We’ve got a contest for you. Share your ideas or proposed solutions. The winning essay will win $500 cash. Check out the contest. The newspaper industry needs you! >>>

Click here for contest form and rules.

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Comments on "Students: We’ll pay $500 for your idea!": 1 Comment

  1. Saturday squibs : Notes from a Teacher wrote,

    […] Students: We’ll pay for your ideas! What a great idea: pick the fertile brains of the young for ideas on reinventing classified ads. And pay for the winning essay. […]

    Link | September 20th, 2008 at 5:04 pm

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