Two-time Brown Institute grantee Back Pocket Media is hiring a Business Development Manager. This marks their first non-founder hire and offers an opportunity to do meaningful work at the intersection
Major Investigations Published Through Data Fixers Project
Since its inception, the Data Fixers project has made significant progress in investigating land grabbing and illegal deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest. Led by Luiz Fernando Toledo and Natasha Ribeiro,
WhatsApp Watch team members launch the Digital Witness Lab
The Brown Institute is pleased to announce that grantees Surya Mattu and Micha Gorelick have launched the Digital Witness Lab. The lab, which is being formally hosted and housed by
The Brown Institute is Hiring!
The Brown Institute at Columbia is excited to announce two new full-time staff positions — a Director of Creative Research and an “Impact Fellow.” The Brown Institute was founded 10
MISSING THEM project continues its reporting on the pandemic
For the past year, MISSING THEM, a memorial and journalism project with THE CITY and Columbia Journalism School has tracked down more than thousands of New Yorkers who died and
Two New Impact Grants Awarded!
The Brown Institute is proud to announce two new Impact Grants! Kinfolk will cultivate a national network of community organizations, cultural institutions and schools to change how we teach and
‘Documenting COVID-19’ Project Wins First Place in National Headliners Awards
The Brown Institute is pleased to announce that our Impact Grant ‘Documenting COVID-19‘ has won first place in the 2022 National Headliners Awards for their “Uncounted: The hidden death toll
They are not alone: lessons for the search of disappeared people in Mexico
Our 2021 – 2022 Magic Grant No están solas: Bridging the search for the disappeared in Mexico has published the first in a series of articles documenting their findings. This
The winners are in!
The Brown Institute announces its 2022-2023 Magic Grants The Brown Institute for Media Innovation, a collaboration between Stanford University’s School of Engineering and Columbia Journalism School, is proud to announce