Major advances in computation have made mapping local news easier. What can we learn from analyzing where stories fall on a map? Last fall, the Brown Institute and The Lenfest Institute for Journalism’s Lenfest Local Lab came together to try to answer some shared questions about the relationship between geography, quality and experience in local
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News Products – A New Course Offering at CJS
For Spring 2020, the Brown Institute is excited to announce a new course on News Products which will be open to all MS, MA, and Dual-Degree students! The course will be led by Julia Beizer, Chief Product Officer at Bloomberg and Dalit Shalom, Senior Product Designer at NYT and is a mix of lecture and
Datashare wins best open source project at #OSSPARIS19
The Brown Institute is pleased to announce that Datashare, a Magic Grant project by ICIJ, has been announced as the winner of the best open source project at the Paris Open Source Summit taking place December 10-11, 2019. DataShare allows for valuable knowledge about people and companies to be “sieved” into indexes and shared securely
Actually, it’s about Ethics, AI, and Journalism
We live in a data society. Journalists are becoming data analysts and data curators, and computation is an essential tool for reporting. Data and computation reshape the way a reporter sees the world and composes a story. They also control the operation of the information ecosystem she sends her journalism into, influencing where it finds
Hansen and Institute Alumni Receive Grant to Support New Curricula on Technology Design
Award from the Public Interest Technology University Network is part of $3 million “Network Challenge” to grow the field of public interest technology. Three Columbia professors working at the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI) have received a grant from the Public Interest Technology University Network (PITUN) to support creation of new curricula on designing computational technology that
Office Hours Announced for CJS Students
The Brown Institute is pleased to announce appointment-based office hours for students needing help in all things digital. This includes (but is not limited to) students seeking assistance with data and statistics, visualization, mapping, natural language processing, web products, immersive media, and the Adobe Creative Suite. Please book office hours at brwn.co/office-hours or by using
Stephanie Hankey of Tactical Tech Speaks at Columbia
On October 10, 2019, Brown at Columbia hosted Stephanie Hankey for its inaugural 2019-2020 Distinguished Lecture in Computational Innovation. Stephanie Hankey is a designer, technologist, and social entrepreneur who has worked internationally at the intersection of technology and human rights for the past 20 years. She is the co-founder and Executive Director of Tactical Tech,
Announcing the 2019 Brown Institute Showcase
Mark Hansen and Maneesh Agrawala cordially invite you to the Brown Institute for Media Innovation 2019 Showcase! Join us for a reception and exhibition of our 2018-2019 projects. October 17, 2019 – 6:00pm at the Brown Institute at Columbia University Descriptions of the projects can be seen below. The event will take place in the
Announcing our 2019-20 Magic Grants!
The Brown Institute for Media Innovation, a collaboration between Columbia Journalism School and Stanford University’s School of Engineering, is pleased to announce its 2019-20 Magic Grant recipients. Each year, the Brown Institute awards $1M in grants and fellowships to foster new tools and modes of expression, and to create stories that escape the bounds of