The Brown Institute is pleased to announce that our Impact Grant ‘Documenting COVID-19‘ has won first place in the 2022 National Headliners Awards for their “Uncounted: The hidden death toll
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They are not alone: lessons for the search of disappeared people in Mexico
Our 2021 – 2022 Magic Grant No están solas: Bridging the search for the disappeared in Mexico has published the first in a series of articles documenting their findings. This
The winners are in!
The Brown Institute announces its 2022-2023 Magic Grants The Brown Institute for Media Innovation, a collaboration between Stanford University’s School of Engineering and Columbia Journalism School, is proud to announce
The Brown Institute Announces Its 2022 Venture Challenge Competition Winners
The Brown Institute for Media Innovation in partnership with the Columbia Venture Competition and Columbia Entrepreneurship are please to announce the winners of their inaugural 2022 Innovation Challenge in Journalism,
Local Live(s) Brings Innovative Live Storytelling to More Newsrooms
People from across Mississippi gathered to hear journalists tell intimate, first-person stories about the behind-the-scenes of their reporting this past February in Jackson, Mississippi. The show was a collaboration between
MuckRock and the Documenting COVID-19 project are releasing new searchable CDC death data at the county level
Over the past two years, 165,000 more Americans have died of natural causes, such as diabetes and hypertensive heart disease, than historical norms would lead researchers to expect. A smaller
Last Minute Resources for Magic Grant Applicants
Magic Grant applications are due April 8! Are you interested in applying but still have lingering questions about an idea or some part of the application? Meet with members of the Brown
‘Uncounted’ shortlisted for best data project by the Sigma Awards
Uncounted, an ongoing investigation into uncounted and undercounted COVID-19 and other deaths due to death certificate errors, has been shortlisted as one of the best data projects by the international
Announcing the Computation+Journalism Conference, June 9/10/11 2022
Conference Site The Computation+Journalism conference is returning to Columbia University in June of 2022! It will be a hybrid event, taking place both in-person in Pulitzer Hall as well as