In June, the Brown Institute and the UN-DESA’s Statistics Division announced a call for projects pairing journalistic outlets and official statistics offices to better inform the public. In some ways, it was our approach to combatting misinformation — figure out ways to provide “facts where opinions are formed,” to quote the OECD. We had an
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An Introduction to Public Data
On September 6, from 9am-5pm, the Brown Institute is proud to host a day devoted to public data. It is designed for students in journalism, statistics and data science — essentially anyone who has an interest in understanding their neighborhoods, their cities, their state and even the nation through data. Throughout the day, students will
Announcing the Magic Grantees for 2018-2019!
The Brown Institute for Media Innovation, a collaboration between Columbia Journalism School and the Stanford University’s School of Engineering, is pleased to announce its 2018-2019 Magic Grants. Each year, the Brown Institute awards close to $1M in funding to foster new tools and modes of expression, and to create stories that escape the bounds of
Stanford kicks off 2016-2017 Speaker Series
Dan Carlin coming October 11, Richard Gingras on November 14 Podcast legend Dan Carlin will visit the Brown Institute at Stanford on October 11 at 6:30 PM, in the first of the 2016-2017 Media Innovators Speaker Series. The host of the hugely popular Hardcore History and Common Sense podcasts will discuss the state of platform,