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Transparency Series Workshop: Data Visualization with Agnes Change, ProPublica

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

Data visualization has become a multipurpose tool in journalistic practice. It allows us to see patterns in data and to discover new stories, as well as to insightfully communicate our findings. In this day-long workshop, Agnes Chang from ProPublica will guide us through basic data visualization tools and skills, delving into the design process and

Mapping Module 2 – Census Data and Geocoding

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

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 the history leading to its current configurations. With the popularization of cartography, anyone with a computer and an internet connection can make a map, yet

Magic Grant Information Session

Brown Institute at Stanford 355 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA

We'll go over a brief overview of the Brown Institute's history and work, and give an outline of  our Magic Grants program and policies. Open office hours will also be held through February and March (except February 8) in Gates 176, Fridays 1:30-4. Please email Ann Grimes to confirm or request an alternate time.

Magic Grant Information Session

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

Are you passionate about the role that emerging technologies can play in the future of media? Do you have a story that can only be told using technology outside the scope of traditional media? A Brown Institute Magic Grant might be for you. Established in 2012 as a collaboration between Columbia University’s Journalism School and Stanford’s School of

Closing Reception of Knowing Together

Offit Gallery | Teachers College 525 West 120th Street Russell Hall 3th floor, New York City, NY, United States

We are approaching the closing date for Rosalie Yu's recent project Knowing Together, a set of seven resin sculptures suspended in acrylic domes using unconventional capture and printing techniques. These sculptures render 3D models produced through collaborative photogrammetry by a group of 35 participants during a workshop commissioned by EdLab, the R&D unit at Teachers College,

Mapping Module 3 – Data Analysis and Estimation

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

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 the history leading to its current configurations. With the popularization of cartography, anyone with a computer and an internet connection can make a map, yet

Queer & “Here”

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

Queer & "Here" From hookup apps to investigative reporting, community-building to historical archiving, the Internet has transformed queer experience and visibility. What have these changes wrought? What gains? What losses? In a free-wheeling and frank conversation, Zach Stafford, editor-in-chief of the U.S.’s oldest LGBTQ news magazine, The Advocate, and Jack Halberstam, queer scholar and professor

Visual Literacy Module

607C in Pulitzer Hall, Columbia University

The Brown institute is offering a three-session workshop on Visual Literacy, designed for journalism students to build vocabularies and practical skills around visual design through lectures, discussions, and hands-on sessions. You will walk away with a basic understanding of design principles and an overview of the graphics editor Adobe Illustrator. In the workshop you will

Mapping Module 4 – Annotating a Map in Illustrator

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

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 the history leading to its current configurations. With the popularization of cartography, anyone with a computer and an internet connection can make a map, yet

Lunchtime Discussion with Andrew Zolli & Trevor Hammond, Planet

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

Join us on Wednesday, 3/6 at 12pm for a lunchtime discussion with Andrew Zolli from Planet, a satellite image provider. Remote sensing dates back to the 1858, when cameras were carried by balloons to take aerial images of the earth. Building on these early capture techniques, satellites and advancements in image capture have enabled a

Measuring Crime: Behind the Statistics

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

Abstract: In 1915, the Chicago City Council asked statistician Edith Abbott to report “upon the frequency of murder, assault, burglary, robbery, theft and like crimes in Chicago." Her report, drawing on published and unpublished statistics from the courts, probation office, house of correction, and police department, set the stage for subsequent collections and evaluations of

Magic Grant Information Session

Brown Institute at Stanford 355 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA

We’ll go over a brief overview of the Brown Institute’s history and work, and give an outline of  our Magic Grants program and policies. Open office hours will also be held through February and March (except February 8) in Gates 176, Fridays 1:30-4. Please email Ann Grimes to confirm or request an alternate time.

Visual Literacy Module II

607C in Pulitzer Hall, Columbia University

The Brown institute is offering a three-session workshop on Visual Literacy, designed for journalism students to build vocabularies and practical skills around visual design through lectures, discussions, and hands-on sessions. You will walk away with a basic understanding of design principles and an overview of the graphics editor Adobe Illustrator. In the workshop you will

Magic Grant Information Session

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

Are you passionate about the role that emerging technologies can play in the future of media? Do you have a story that can only be told using technology outside the scope of traditional media? A Brown Institute Magic Grant might be for you. Established in 2012 as a collaboration between Columbia University’s Journalism School and Stanford’s School of

Mapping Module 5 – Recreating a Map from the News

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

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 the history leading to its current configurations. With the popularization of cartography, anyone with a computer and an internet connection can make a map, yet

Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation: Runa Sandvik, New York Times

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

'Protecting High-Risk Users at The New York Times' Runa Sandvik joined The New York Times in 2016 to build a security program dedicated to the newsroom, putting the focus on the security maturity of the newsroom; the desks; and individual reporters. In doing so, Sandvik built on experience from her time at The Tor Project,

Visual Literacy Module III

607C in Pulitzer Hall, Columbia University

The Brown institute is offering a three-session workshop on Visual Literacy, designed for journalism students to build vocabularies and practical skills around visual design through lectures, discussions, and hands-on sessions. You will walk away with a basic understanding of design principles and an overview of the graphics editor Adobe Illustrator. In the workshop you will

Columbia Music Scholarship Conference

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

The Columbia University Graduate Program in Music presents its annual conference on the topic: "Sound in Struggle: Audible Resistances." Join us for a day of panels on the place of music in political resistance. Alex E. Chávez, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, will be delivering his keynote address "Sonic Bridges

Art of Data Conference

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

The Art of Data conference is an annual gathering of researchers, practitioners, artists, and journalists, to discuss issues related to data, cities, and visualization. It is organized by the Columbia University Libraries in collaboration with the Brown Institute for Media Innovation at the Journalism School. The conference will take place on April 4th from 3pm

Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation: Dr. Gina Helfrich

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

Join or Die: The Future of Computational Innovation and the End of the Academy as We Know It Academia presently faces an existential crisis. Tenure-track positions are shrinking. Adjunct positions are on the rise. Scientific and technical fields are losing talent to lucrative industry jobs, while humanities programs graduate a glut of doctorates whose career