Points Unknown, a workshop designed for journalism students, is a four-week series that introduces students to spatial investigative and visualization techniques. News unfolds in places and every newsworthy event is
Announcing the Inaugural Marco Castro Cosio Media Art and Technology Fellowship
In honor of the late Marco Castro Cosio, an artist, technologist, organizer, convener, educator, and a beloved fellow of the Brown Institute, we are proud to announce the launch of
Announcing Data Visualization Workshop with The Pudding
Graphical (or pictorial) presentations of data have become an almost essential part of journalistic practice. Data visualization helps us see patterns in data and is an important tool for finding
Campaign Finance Made Easy: Announcing ‘DataTalk’
DataTalk is an experimental system that makes it easier to follow the money flowing through national campaigns for the Nov. 5 U.S. election. It allows for natural-language queries of large
Conference and Hackathon on Journalism, AI and the Election
[Register here] We are pleased to announce that the Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School is partnering with Media Party to host a unique gathering of journalists, designers, entrepreneurs and
Announcing the Launch of Climate Central’s Report: “Urban Heat Hot Spots in 65 Cities”
We are excited to announce a significant contribution to Climate Central’s groundbreaking report, Urban Heat Hot Spots in 65 Cities. This comprehensive analysis sheds light on how urban heat islands
THE BROWN INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES ITS 2024-2025 MAGIC GRANT RECIPIENTS
As a collaboration between Columbia Journalism School and Stanford University’s School of Engineering, the Brown Institute for Media Innovation awards its “Magic Grants” to projects that work between the two
Brown Institute Awarded Collaboratory Grant
The Brown Institute, in partnership with the Vagelos Computational Science Center, is excited to announce a significant new development at Barnard College—a pioneering course entitled “Writing with/on Computing,” slated to
Our AI Hackathon Reviewed in CJR!
Our AI Hackathon was featured in the Columbia Journalism Review! Yona TR Golding spent time with the participants and offers a great picture of the event. She writes: This past