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By : mkrisch March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

Announcing ‘Points Unknown 2021’ at Columbia

News unfolds in places and every newsworthy event is shaped by the details of location. Those details might include the specifics of a neighborhood as it is today or of

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By : mkrisch December 15, 2020December 16, 2020

The Brown Institute, Lenfest Local Lab and Philadelphia Inquirer are partnering to build content audit tools

Our collaborative project won the Google GNI Innovation Challenge, securing $300,000 to build and test machine learning-based tools that help newsrooms analyze equity and representation in their work at scale.

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By : mkrisch December 9, 2020December 9, 2020

Local Live(s) – Innovative Storytelling Connecting Journalists and Communities

Crystal Niebla, a reporter from the Long Beach Post, looked through the camera lens and into the homes of people she served. She was recounting a story she reported, about

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By : mkrisch November 20, 2020

‘Sylvia’ Premiering at IDFA DocLab

Have you ever known an aging robot? Meet Sylvia, the first aging virtual influencer. Premiering on November 20, 2020 at the International Documentary FilmFestival Amsterdam (IDFA), attendee’s can look back on

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By : mkrisch October 21, 2020

Introducing Reporting Grants from Maternal Figures

Led by Ashley Okwuosa and Chuma Asuzu, Maternal Figures is a solutions journalism project aiming to encourage journalists to investigate solutions to an endemic problem. The project focuses on Nigeria’s maternal

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By : mkrisch August 28, 2020September 27, 2020

Meet ‘Sylvia’: A Project Challenging Ageism in Digital Space

Ziv Schneider is a creative technologist at The Brown Institute for Media Innovation based at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Schneider is breaking barriers in the sphere of Virtual Influencers.

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By : mkrisch August 24, 2020September 23, 2020

Announcing the Launch of the Stanford Cable TV News Analyzer

The Brown Institute for Media Innovation is pleased to announce the launch of the Stanford Cable TV News Analyzer, an interactive tool that gives the public the ability to not

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By : Mark Hansen April 21, 2020May 12, 2020

Who’s in Charge?

This post is part of a series of profiles of our current 2019-20 Magic Grants. It gives us an opportunity to brag about the great work being done by our

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By : Mark Hansen April 17, 2020May 12, 2020

Life on the Screen

This post is part of a series of profiles of our current 2019-20 Magic Grants. It gives us an opportunity to brag about the great work being done by our

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