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SUMMARY:AI Club
DESCRIPTION:AI Club is a monthly meetup exploring practical\, ethical\, and reliable uses of AI in journalism. \nJoin us for our first session\, where we’ll hear from journalists and engineers working to support reporting with AI\, including the Executive Editor for Data Journalism at Bloomberg. Together\, we’ll survey the rapidly evolving landscape of tools available to journalists. This includes everything from transcription and data analysis to working securely with sensitive documents using models that run locally on your computer. We’ll discuss what these tools are good at\, where they fall short\, and how they are already being incorporated into reporting workflows. \nWe’ll also introduce our weekly office hours\, where CJS students can get hands-on help using AI to tackle reporting and technical challenges throughout the year. \nPizza and refreshments will be provided. All Columbia students are welcome. 🍕🥤 \nBrought to you by the Brown Institute for Media Innovation and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism \n\nA bit about AI Club \nOver the course of the year\, we’ll explore practical applications of AI in reporting. From cleaning and classifying data\, to performing data analysis and visualization. We will also explore building one-off applications to advance reporting. With the midterms approaching\, elections coverage will serve as our central theme. \nMonthly meetups will provide hands-on tutorials\, guided prompts\, and demonstrations of AI tools. Sessions will be led by both working practitioners and staff at the Brown Institute and Tow Center. \nCoupled with our monthly meetup will be weekly office hours led by students from Computer Science\, who will help think through the various problems that we tackle during the meetup\, as well as any other AI questions you might have throughout your time at CJS. Maybe you want to scrape specific filings from the SEC to surface misconduct? Or maybe you want to build an interactive data visualization to better tell a story? Think of these office hours as an opportunity for one-on-one consultation to help you use AI to accomplish a goal. \nAnyone from across the Columbia and Barnard communities are welcome to attend.
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/ai-club-2026/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dataviz Workshop with The Pudding
DESCRIPTION:Graphical presentations of data have become an almost essential part of journalistic practice. Data visualization helps us see patterns in data and is an important tool for finding stories. Over the past decade\, major outlets including The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, and Reuters have been publishing data visualizations that push the idea of storytelling\, creating new data-driven ways to inform and entertain. Alongside these graphics are newsrooms based entirely on data visualization\, including the Kontinentalist and The Pudding. \nIn this day-long workshop sponsored by the Brown Institute\, members of The Pudding will introduce participants in their tried-and-true design process\, segmented into four stages: story\, data\, design\, and development. \nIn the week leading up to the event\, accepted participants to the workshop will be asked to embark on a creative journey to collect data about their personal relationship to the upcoming midterm elections. This might be directly connected to campaigning\, such as the candidate ads you see on YouTube\, campaign mail arriving at your home\, or signs you see in your surrounding neighborhoods. Or it could be more personal and observational. A record of the substitutions you make at the grocery store to stay within your budget. Or the cost of your usual purchases compared with old receipts. Or the time you spend navigating transportation\, school\, or other everyday concerns that shape what matters to you in this election. \nInspired by the work of Denis Wood\, who mapped his neighborhood in surprising ways\, and Giorgia Lupi\, known for blending data and personal stories\, we encourage you to be creative! Use whatever tools come naturally to you\, whether it’s pen and paper\, a spreadsheet\, or a snippet of code. The idea is to collect something from your own experience\, rather than scour the internet for large datasets about elections. Every one of us has a unique perspective on this political moment\, and we can’t wait to see what data you find interesting and valuable. Do not spend more than a couple hours on this effort. \nThe session with The Pudding will begin with Story\, a throughline that should resonate with all participants of the program. As we’ve all experienced\, the strongest visualizations are those with equally strong narratives. Diving deeper\, students will be introduced to the realm of Data. Using curated datasets around key topics\, students will seek to uncover the nuances of integrating specific\, meaningful data with their narratives. The emphasis then shifts to the visual canvas\, focusing on the core elements of Design. The goal is to ensure that every story is captivating both visually and narratively. And culminating the day is a glimpse into Development. While the intricacies of programming might remain in the backdrop\, attendees will understand and appreciate the development scaffolding that turns their narratives and designs into dynamic interactive features. \nApply to Attend \nThis workshop will only be able to accommodate 24 students. Applications are due by midnight on Wednesday\, October 23. Notices will be sent out on Friday\, October 25. \n\nAbout the Presenters \nCaitlyn Ralph is the former Studio Director at The Pudding’s in-house data journalism agency called Polygraph\, where the same type of visual storytelling work happens but for brands and organizations. Her BA is in Computer Science\, her MS is in Data Viz\, and her prior professional experience is in magazine journalism. She spends her non-working days running\, taking film pictures\, and on a K-pop group called Stray Kids. \nAlvin Chang is an assistant professor of Journalism and Design at the New School. He’s a data and visual journalist who has worked in several newsrooms\, most recently as Head of Visuals and Data at Guardian US. His work as a journalist often combines deep reporting with data analysis to help readers clearly understand the world around them. His stories often show how small decisions accrue into invisible problems like discrimination\, segregation\, and ultimately dehumanization. And he makes those things visible using data viz\, interactives\, cartoons\, and videos.
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/2026-dataviz-workshop/
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