Join us in celebrating the launch of “Fade Resistance”, a project by Zun Lee. “Fade Resistance” seeks to restore the narrative impact of thousands of found African American vernacular Polaroid photographs,
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Another video from the Reframe Iran team published
The Reframe Iran project continues to publish pieces of its year-long project. This time, the first video in a series of short documentaries on different aspects of the Iranian art
Alex Glorioso profiles Nancy Matthews in The Guardian
Alexandra Glorioso from the Reframe Iran Magic Grant has just published a profile in The Guardian of Nancy Matthews. Matthews served as vice president for arts and cultural affairs at Meridian International, “a unique
Cannabis Wire wins NY Innovation Grant
The Made in NY Media Center by IFP, in partnership with Mayor De Blasio’s Office of Media & Entertainment and the New York City Economic Development Corpoation, announced the first
Want to solve a cold case? Grantee turns citizens into sleuths
Working on a Magic Grant can be a full time job, but Brown Institute grantees are also are busy with projects outside of the grant program. Before starting on her
Information Cartography
Former Magic Grantee Dafna Shahaf, a post-doc in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University, together with researchers from Stanford, the University of Washington, and Microsoft, has just published a paper
Cannabis Wire Launches
Today, Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian formally launched Cannabis Wire, “a news startup that will document the end of a prohibition and the birth of an industry” — a site that focuses “on
Brown at the American Society of News Editors Conference
The Brown Institute for Media Innovation made a splash at the American Society of News Editors conference, held Oct. 16-18 on the Stanford University campus. Magic Grant recipients discussed and
First All Hands Meeting of 2015-16 Season
On September 11 and 12, both halves of the Brown Institute came together for the first “All Hands” meeting of its 2015-16 granting period. The event started with a wrap