The Salt Lake Tribune, in collaboration with KUER, has launched an innovative interactive series titled “Reaching for Air”, accessible at reachingforair.sltrib.com. This three-part series, the work of journalists Saige Miller
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Announcing the 2024 Startup Columbia Venture Challenge
The submissions for the 2024 Startup Columbia Venture Challenge are due February 9th! For the past three years, Brown has sponsored a “Media Track” for this competition. It is designed
Defensores de la Democracia wins Council of Europe’s Democracy Innovation Award
We are thrilled to announce that the DDLD Living Archive – Defensores de la Democracia (DDLD), a 2018-2019 Magic Grant, has been awarded the prestigious Council of Europe’s Democracy Innovation
Remembering Marco Antonio Castro Cosío
It is with profound sorrow that we say goodbye to Marco Antonio Castro Cosío, a visionary collaborator and a cherished friend of our research institute. In the realms of art,
Announcing a Data Visualization Workshop with The Pudding – 11/4
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
Philly Story Fest – A Resounding Success
Nestled in the rich tapestry of South Philadelphia stands the historic Bok Building, an Art Deco monument to the ambition and dreams of past generations. Last night, on an unseasonably
Upcoming Event – Using FOIA with Muckrock (9/29 from 12-1:30PM)
A Talk and demo of MuckRock, a website empowering citizens and journalists to write, file and track public records requests online, and its new FOIA Logs tool September 29 from
Announcing ‘Grades of Heat’: A Tool to Explore the Thermal Footprints of HOLC Grading
In 1933, amidst the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal gave rise to the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC), an effort aimed at preventing widespread foreclosures. However, this effort
Announcing Points Unknown 2023
Points Unknown, a workshop series designed for journalism students, is an eight-week series to introduce students to spatial investigative and visualization techniques. News unfolds in places and every newsworthy event