The Documenting COVID-19 project, started in April 2020 at Columbia and Stanford’s Brown Institute for Media Innovation, will work hand-in-hand with MuckRock to file public records requests and collaborate on
CategoryNews
The Lumen Prize awards Ziv Schneider’s “Sylvia” with the Still Image award
“Sylvia”, a Virtual Influencer designed by the Brown Institute’s Creative Technologist Ziv Schneider, has won the 2021 Lumen Prize for Art and Technology in the Still Image category. The Lumen
The opportunities and limitations of considering geography as an aspect of equity and representation in local news
Seeing the locations mentioned in your news stories on a map provides strong signals about the communities and topics you prioritize. Editor’s Note: This post was co-written and edited by
Magic Grant ‘Documenting COVID-19’ Receives 2021 Sunshine Award from the Society of Professional Journalists
The Brown Institute is pleased to announce our Magic Grant project ‘Documenting COVID-19‘ has received the 2021 Sunshine Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. This is the project’s fourth
‘MISSING THEM’ Magic Grant named finalist for Knight Award for Public Service
The MISSING THEM project has been named a finalist for the 2021 Knight Award for Public Service, hosted by the Online Journalism Awards. The Online Journalism Awards awards five projects to
Big Local News project leads to front page stories at EdSource and the New York Times
The Big Local News project, in partnership with OpenNews, The New York Times, EdSource, the Colorado News Collaborative, and Tom Dee from the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University,
Notes from NYCML and CHANEL’s Synthetic Media Challenge
Over the Spring semester, I participated in the NYC Media Lab’s Synthetic Media challenge, in collaboration with CHANEL. This challenge brought together teams of faculty and students from a variety
Live Storytelling Events for Newsrooms
If you are a newsroom thinking about running a live event, you can now apply to partner with our newest Impact Grant – and former Magic Grant – Local Live(s).
Funding Founders: New Entrepreneurship Opportunities at the Brown Institute
The Brown Institute for Media Innovation is pleased to announce the winners of its inaugural “Impact Grants,” a new award for technology and media entrepreneurs looking to scale commercial enterprises