The Brown Institute and the Tow Center have collaborated on an event for students, reporters, editors, scholars, and entrepreneurs about the current state of blockchain technology and how it can
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Transparency Event on Political Polling – 10/12 and 13
We at the Brown Institute are pleased to announce our Transparency Series for the Fall of 2018. Each event consists of a talk, usually on a Friday night, and a
Cory Doctorow Visits Columbia University: A Week of Events
At the end of September, the Brown Institute, along with the Heyman Center, SIPA, and the Libraries, are honored to announce a week of events featuring Cory Doctorow, blogger, journalist
Charleston, before Florence
The “Charleston Reconstructed” team is in Charleston interviewing community members and mapping Confederate monuments through photogrammetry with a drone. The team consists of Columbia Documentary Journalism student Robert Tokanel, Stanford
We have a winner! The Brown/UN-DESA Collaboration Contest
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,
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 —
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
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