In Spring of 2018, Brown Institute Director Mark Hansen co-designed and co-taught an all-city class focused on defending journalism and democracy. The class, Tech, Media & Democracy had representation from six New York City-based universities, including Cornell Tech, City University of New York, New York University, The New School, and The Pratt Institute, and Columbia Journalism School
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DataShare, Explained
Reporting and breaking the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers investigations required a centralized platform that made it possible for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ to collaborate while exploring tens of millions of files. As successful as these probes proved, the platform failed to make a searchable database that connected data stored in individual reporters’ computers. Supported by a 2017-18 Magic Grant
Reporting from Rwanda
Francesco Fiondella, principle investigator of the Data Interrupted Magic Grant, has spent the past week in Rwanda, collecting artifacts, conducting interviews, and reporting on data loss in the country due to the 1994 conflict. Fracesco has spent the week digging through archives, unearthing unlogged weather data that might help strengthen existing climate models. He has interviewed
‘1000 Cut Journey’ Launches at Tribeca Film Festival
The Brown Institute is delighted to announce that 1000Cut, a 2017-18 Magic Grant, is launching today as part of the Tribeca Film Festival’s Tribeca Immersive, presented by AT&T. The 2018 Tribeca Immersive program showcases works by artists who are pushing boundaries, using technology to tell stories and create new experiences and will be on display
Photograpy, Expanded: Counter Histories
Over the past two days, the Brown Institute in New York played host to Photography Expanded: Counter Histories. The program provided sixteen photographers, artists and media professionals imaginative ways to respond creatively to existing images, bringing layers of story into our lived experiences and environments. The program also explored strategies to circumvent or challenge static
Brown travels for spring break
Over spring break, the Brown Institute dispersed, giving talks, leading trainings, and participating in labs. It began at NICAR on Friday, March 9, where Mark Hansen co-led a workshop on how to find stories in data through visualization. In collaboration with Alberto Cairo, Olga Pierce and Rachael Tatman, Professor Hansen taught core concepts of a data interview, through
Magic Grant Office Hours Available at Columbia
UPDATE: OFFICE HOURS ARE BOOKED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE GRANT CALL CYCLE. To accommodate additional questions and meetings between applicants and Brown Institute staff, we will be holding open All Staff office hours on Wednesday, April 4 and Friday, April 6 from 1-5pm at Columbia. The Brown Institute at Columbia is hosting office hours starting
‘What Went Wrong?’ Launches
Two years ago, the Brown Institute, in partnership with the Magnum Foundation, supported the project What Went Wrong? for a prototyping phase following Photography Expanded Lab. Led by Peter DiCampo and Joe Wheeler, the project has just launched and we’re excited to share their progress! Our What Went Wrong? reporting project has been live in
The Brown Institute is Hiring!
The Brown Institute is proud to announce two new positions available on the Columbia University side of the institute. The first position offered is a Research Scholar who will be brought on to conduct their own “creative research” that imagines such new kinds of storytelling, and to support the Institute’s research and grants. This person