• Brown Institute Welcomes Technology Journalist Kara Swisher

    McCaw Hall, Arrillaga Alumni Center 326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA, United States

    Brown welcomes technology journalist Kara Swisher, co-founder of Recode and a contributing writer to The New York Times Opinion Section. She previously wrote for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, and served as co-executive editor of All Things Digital. Kara will discuss the state of the technology industry and will share her perspective on media trends with Brown Director Maneesh Agrawala. Thursday, May 2, 20196:30 pmMcCaw

  • A Science-Media Meetup for Climate Stories With Impact

    Brown Institute at Pulitzer Hall (Journalism School) at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

    The climate crisis poses a unique challenge to journalism. It touches every part of society, from politics and business to sports and culture, yet in many situations, we barely mention it. Journalists can help to change this. There is a climate story for every beat: Facebook’s new server farms are being built in the Arctic,

  • Lanzamiento de Democracy Fighters

    Casa Refugio Citlaltepetl Citlaltépetl 25, Hipódromo Condesa, Ciudad de México, Mexico City, Mexico

    El Brown Institute for Media Innovation, el Comité de Protección a Periodistas, Artículo 19, y Casa Refugio Citlaltépetl cordialmente te invitan al lanzamiento de Democracy Fighters, un archivo viviente. Esta plataforma es un archivo digital que agrega y conserva los trabajos de los periodistas asesinados en México. Desde el año 2000, han sido asesinados 111

  • How Charts Lie – A Talk by Alberto Cairo

    Lecture Hall, Pulitzer Hall 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

    We’ve all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if we don’t understand what we’re looking at? Charts, infographics, and diagrams are ubiquitous. They are useful

  • Brown Speaker Series featuring Sean Rameswaram, Host of Vox’s Today, Explained

    Cypress Auditorium, Allen Extension 420 Via Palou Mall, Stanford, CA, United States

    The Brown Institute is excited to welcome Sean Rameswaram, host of Today, Explained, Vox’s daily explainer podcast. As advertised by Vox, Today, Explained is your all killer, no filler, Monday to Friday news. Sean, a veteran of the podcast space, will discuss Vox’s novel approach to their daily show and will join Brown Institute Director

  • The Green New Deal: Shaping A Public Imagination with Kim Stanley Robinson

    Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

    Can climate fiction help overcome political friction? When climate change is the focus of both fiction and nonfiction, dystopia tends to rule. It’s not hard to see why, given that 30 years of efforts to push past fossil fuels have barely shifted the global energy mix and impacts on humans and nature mount as vulnerable

  • Local Time: A Challenge for Visualization with Johanna Drucker, UCLA

    Zoom Meeting

    Each year, the Brown Institute sponsors talks that explore the intersection between media and technology. This year we have three virtual presentations lined up, each challenging us to think about data and computation in new ways. Each talk is by researchers outside of journalism, and yet we have a great deal to learn from their

  • Data Feminism with Catherine D’Ignazio, MIT and Lauren Klein, Emory University

    Zoom Meeting

    Each year, the Brown Institute sponsors talks that explore the intersection between media and technology. This year we have three virtual presentations lined up, each challenging us to think about data and computation in new ways. Each talk is by researchers outside of journalism, and yet we have a great deal to learn from their

  • Women in Mathematics and Statistics

    Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

    Finding Strength in the Numbers: Growing Up Stories The Columbia-Barnard Mathematics Departments and the Columbia Statistics Department are proud to invite you to our inaugural Women in Mathematics and Statistics (WiMS) presentation Finding Strength in the Numbers: Growing Up Stories. Our speakers will share their STEM journey and how they are making their mark in

  • Rethinking Crime Reporting

    Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

    The crime beat has long been leveraged by American newsrooms to drive traffic, generate revenue, and fulfill the duty of informing the public. While the familiar narrative of perpetrators committing crimes consistently captures the public’s attention, these stories rarely produce the safer communities promised by being better-informed citizens, especially for the individuals and communities historically

  • Exploring AI Threats to Electoral Integrity

    Livestream and SIPA

    2024 will be a landmark election year in at least two ways. First, more than a quarter of the countries in the world, representing a third of global population, and

  • Queer Data: Who Counts?

    Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

    Kevin Guyan will join CJS for a talk on "Queer Data". Guyan, soon to be a Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, has written extensively on data collection and LGBTQ communities. The first step

  • Human Rights Reporting: A Focus on Journalism and AI

    Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

    Join us for this special panel which will focus on global reporting on human rights, as defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, within the evolving landscape of AI

  • AI, Creativity, Media, and Our Shared Commons (Postponed until the Fall!)

    Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

    In just 2023, new advances in generative AI uprooted our collective understanding of the knowledge and cultural commons we share online. It challenged assumptions of creativity and copyright ownership, data

  • Abortion in Data and in Reporting

    Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

    Inspired by Barnard College’s launch of Trigger Planting 2.0, an exhibition that explores the impact of the 2022 Dobbs vs. Jackson Supreme Court decision on abortion access, this event convenes

  • Video Podcasting Essentials with Nick Michael, NPR

    Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

    Video podcasts are everywhere, but making one that looks sharp, sounds great, and actually connects with an audience takes more than just hitting record. Join Nick Michael, Supervising Producer of Visuals for NPR to learn the building blocks for a professional approach. He'll discuss principles for a full production workflow: setup/prep, gear recs, recording, editing

  • Learn how to Create News Content for Social Media – Discussion

    Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

    What should journalism look like in a social media-dominated world? Join us for a two day hands-on workshop, brought to you by the Brown Institute for Media Innovation and the