Updated 05/27/20. The team behind the 2019-20 Magic Grant Trump Town have made a pivot, and are focusing on state and local governments and their responses to COVID-19. Derek Kravitz and his team have received thousands of pages of emails in response to a large number of very targeted FOIA requests. In these emails we
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Who’s in Charge?
This post is part of a series of profiles of our current 2019-20 Magic Grants. It gives us an opportunity to brag about the great work being done by our grantees, and also to encourage you to consider applying for one of next year’s grants! Funding could start as early as July 1, depending on
Life on the Screen
This post is part of a series of profiles of our current 2019-20 Magic Grants. It gives us an opportunity to brag about the great work being done by our grantees, and also to encourage you to consider applying for one of next year’s grants! Funding could start as early as July 1, depending on
2019-20 Magic Grant Profile: Tech Tweets
This post is part of a series of profiles of our current 2019-20 Magic Grants. It gives us an opportunity to brag about the great work being done by our grantees, and also to encourage you to consider applying for one of next year’s grants! Funding could start as early as July 1, depending on
2019-20 Magic Grant Profile: Maternal Figures
This post is part of a series of profiles of our current 2019-20 Magic Grants. It gives us an opportunity to brag about the great work being done by our grantees, and also to encourage you to consider applying for one of next year’s grants! Funding could start as early as July 1, depending on
Brown and Data Science at Dana-Farber Partner for a “Zoomposium” on Covering COVID-19
On April 2nd at 2pm, the Brown Institute is offering a “Zoomposium” on COVID-19 Reporting. This event is in collaboration with the Data Science Department of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Join a distinguished panel as they discuss the kinds of models used to predict the course of the virus, issues with testing and recent testing innovations, the
Announcing the Winners of Our Micro-grants to Inform the Public about COVID-19
The Brown Institute for Media Innovation, a collaboration between Columbia Journalism School and Stanford University’s School of Engineering, is pleased to announce its COVID-19 Micro-grant recipients. Just ten days ago, we announced the Micro-grant Call for Proposals not knowing what to expect. A week later, we had over 325 proposals from around the globe. Proposals
2019-20 Magic Grant Profile: Stories as Programs
Among the projects funded as 2019-20 Magic Grants is a novel technology for teaching “computational thinking.” With their grant, Griffin Dietz and Elizabeth Murnane, computer scientists based in Stanford, are producing A Voice Based Interface for Storytelling and Programming in Early Elementary Years — a voice assistant-style application that teaches elementary school students the basics
Rapid Micro-grants for Projects to Inform the Public about COVID-19
[03/18/20 – Thanks to a generous gift, we are now able to offer five grants, each for $5,000. Everything else about the process remains the same — applications are due Friday the 20th and results announced Monday the 23rd.] Recognizing a profound need for accurate information about the COVID-19 virus, the Brown Institute for Media