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February 2021
Statistics Breakfast with Mark Hansen (Thursdays in February and March 2021)
Some of the biggest stories of 2020 were statistical. We tracked exponential curves as COVID-19 spread across the country. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we reassessed the pace of climate change. And after the 2020 Election, the country debated whether any of the then-President’s claims about voter fraud could be true, attempting to estimate the true number of missing or incorrectly counted ballots. In each story, an increase in observation and measurement, in data, helped us understand little…
Find out more »C + J Symposium 2021: Data Journalism in an Expanded Field
C+J 2021 — A virtual gathering From the outset, 2020 looked like it would be a year of data and computation in journalism. Think of the events that were planned — from the 2020 Presidential Election to the decennial census, to the Summer Olympics, to the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. Each of these stories had rich possibilities for collaborations between journalism and the computing and data sciences. Tragically, as we know well, an even bigger story dominates the news,…
Find out more »Statistics Breakfast with Mark Hansen (Thursdays in February and March 2021)
Some of the biggest stories of 2020 were statistical. We tracked exponential curves as COVID-19 spread across the country. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we reassessed the pace of climate change. And after the 2020 Election, the country debated whether any of the then-President’s claims about voter fraud could be true, attempting to estimate the true number of missing or incorrectly counted ballots. In each story, an increase in observation and measurement, in data, helped us understand little…
Find out more »Immersive Journalism, with Francesca Panetta
The Brown Institute is pleased to announce the launch of Volumetric Reporting, supported by a Provost Teaching and Learning Grant for Emerging Technology, a seminar and training series which will explore the affordances of volumetric capture and its applications in journalism. The series will begin with talks by Francesca Panetta, formerly of The Guardian and the MIT Advanced Virtuality Lab and Shourideh C. Molavi of Forensic Architecture — who will introduce applications of volumetric capture for reporting and storytelling. Talks…
Find out more »March 2021
Statistics Breakfast with Mark Hansen (Thursdays in February and March 2021)
Some of the biggest stories of 2020 were statistical. We tracked exponential curves as COVID-19 spread across the country. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we reassessed the pace of climate change. And after the 2020 Election, the country debated whether any of the then-President’s claims about voter fraud could be true, attempting to estimate the true number of missing or incorrectly counted ballots. In each story, an increase in observation and measurement, in data, helped us understand little…
Find out more »Statistics Breakfast with Mark Hansen (Thursdays in February and March 2021)
Some of the biggest stories of 2020 were statistical. We tracked exponential curves as COVID-19 spread across the country. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we reassessed the pace of climate change. And after the 2020 Election, the country debated whether any of the then-President’s claims about voter fraud could be true, attempting to estimate the true number of missing or incorrectly counted ballots. In each story, an increase in observation and measurement, in data, helped us understand little…
Find out more »Investigations in 3D with Shourideh Molavi (Forensic Architecture)
Shourideh C. Molavi is a writer and scholar in specializing in critical state theory, migration, and border studies. She has over 15 years of academic, legal, and fieldwork experience in the Middle East—focusing on Israel/Palestine—on the politics of space, citizenship, and statelessness, and with an emphasis on the relationship between the law, violence, and power. She is the Lead Israel-Palestine Researcher at Forensic Architecture in London. photo from Triple Chaser, courtesy of Shourideh Molavi Register to Attend About the Volumetric…
Find out more »Magic Grant Information Session – Columbia
The David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School and the School of Engineering at Stanford are delighted to announce its 2021-2022 Magic Grant program. Applications are due May 1, 2021! To provide more information about our grants and the application process, the Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions on the following dates: Fri, 3/12 from 3-4pm EST Wed, 3/24 from 11am-12pm EST Mon, 4/5 from 5-6pm EST Fri, 4/16 from 4-5pm EST REGISTER HERE…
Find out more »Volumetric capture and immersive technologies – primer
What are the differences between AR, VR, and MR? What are some options out there for creating and publishing immersive content? In this session, we'll map the current landscape of immersive and volumetric technologies and clarify essential terminology. About the series The Brown Institute is pleased to announce the launch of Volumetric Reporting, supported by a Provost Teaching and Learning Grant for Emerging Technology, a seminar and training series that will explore the affordances of volumetric capture and its applications…
Find out more »Magic Grant Information Session / Mixer- Columbia
The David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School and the School of Engineering at Stanford are delighted to announce its 2021-2022 Magic Grant program. Applications are due May 1, 2021! To provide more information about our grants and the application process, the Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions on the following dates: Fri, 3/12 3-4pm EST Wed, 3/24 11am-12pm EST Mon, 4/5 from 5-6pm EST Fri, 4/16 4-5pm EST Join Here Each year, the Brown…
Find out more »Applying Emerging Technologies In Service of Journalism- with members of the New York Times R&D team
Emerging technologies, particularly within computer vision, photogrammetry and spatial computing, are unlocking new forms of storytelling for journalists to help people understand the world around them. In this talk, members of the R&D team at The New York Times talk about their process for researching and developing new capabilities built atop emerging research. In particular, hear how they are embracing photogrammetry and spatial computing to create new storytelling techniques that allow a reader to experience an event as close to reality as possible. Learn about the process of collecting photos, generating 3D models, editing, and technologies used to scale up to millions of readers. The team will also share their vision for these technologies and journalism, their ethical considerations along the way, and a research wishlist that would accelerate their work.
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