Maneesh Agrawala, Director of the Brown Institute at Stanford, recently spoke with Russ Altman, host of Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast about “How AI is changing video editing”. Agrawala
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‘Sylvia’ awarded Special Jury Prize at the Digital Dozen
The project Sylvia, created by our creative technologist Ziv Schneider was awarded the Special Jury Award at the 2021 The Digital Dozen: Breakthroughs in Storytelling Awards, presented by the Columbia
Stanford Cable TV News Analyzer used by the Washington Post
In August of 2020, the Stanford Cable TV News project officially launched after years of research and development. Now, those labors are paying off, as major news organizations begin to
Stanford Director Agrawala featured speaker at Data on Purpose Symposium
Maneesh Agrawala, Director of the Brown Institute at Stanford, presented “Digital Media Manipulation and Society” at the recent Data on Purpose 2021 conference hosted by the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR).
Magic Grant ‘Documenting COVID-19’ Receives 2020 Free Speech & Open Government Award from The First Amendment Coalition
The Brown Institute is pleased to announce Magic Grant project ‘Documenting COVID-19‘ is the 2020 recipient of The First Amendment Coalition’s Free Speech & Open Government award. The project includes a
The burden of malaria among pregnant women in Nigeria – an update on the reporting grants from Maternal Figures
Data shows that malaria accounts for 11% of maternal deaths in Nigeria. While it is not the lion’s share of the factors that contribute to maternal deaths, it is a
Sylvia featured in Variety magazine
“Instagram is full of wannabes, but there was only one Sylvia.” On November 24th, Damon Wise, Writer at Variety magazine interviewed our creative technologist Ziv Schneider about her project Sylvia,
Superpredator: The Media Myth That Demonized a Generation of Black Youth
Our 2020-21 Magic Grant Wolf Pack has published its first piece — a deep dive into the invention of the term “superpredator”. The team “found nearly 300 uses of ‘superpredator’
Magic Grant projects ‘Public Analysis of TV News’ and ‘Sports Illustrated’ featured on Bloomberg QuickTake
On October 21, 2020, Ashlee Vance, Senior Writer at Bloomberg Businessweek interviewed Stanford Professor Kayvon Fatahalian and highlighted advancements in artificial intelligence through Magic Grant projects Public Analysis of TV