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SUMMARY:Visual Language Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Brown institute at Columbia will be offering a three-session workshop on Visual Language\, 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. \nIn the workshop you will learn to communicate a piece of content clearly and effectively in type\, color and layout\, and recreate a piece of graphic from scratch with Illustrator. We will discuss questions such as – How to communicate without using the words and help viewers see the most important information? Here is the course outline: \nWeek 1 Design Principles\nMonday 2/5\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\nColor (color system and schemes\, color choices)\nTypography (fonts size\, weight\, style\, readability\, type choices)\nComposition (layout\, grid systems\, information hierarchy)\n\nWeek 2: Adobe Illustrator\nMonday 2/19\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\nRaster and vector\nInterface and workflow\nFormats (svg\, jpg and png)\nProduce graphic\n\nWeek 3: Work Session\nMonday 2/26\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\n\nBring your projects or questions \n\n\nThe workshop will take place in Room 601A on Mondays 2/5\, 2/19\, and 2/26 from 10am to 12pm (note there will be no session on 2/12). Please fill in your information using this link to sign-up\, contact Rosalie (hy2514@columbia.edu) if you have any further questions.
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/visual-language-workshop/
LOCATION:601A in Pulitzer Hall\, Columbia University\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10026\, United States
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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SUMMARY:"Muddied Waters: Online rumors\, conspiracy theories and disinformation in the context of crisis response"
DESCRIPTION:Kate Starbird \nAssistant Professor\, Human Centered Design & Engineering\nUniversity of Washington\n(RSVP) \nSocial media are now an established feature of crisis response. People—including emergency responders\, members of the affected community\, and remote onlookers—are repeatedly turning to platforms such as Facebook\, Twitter and Snapchat to seek and share information about crisis events. However\, there remain significant challenges to the utility of social media in this context—including rumors and misinformation. Over the last few years\, my collaborators and I have conducted extensive research on online rumoring during crisis events\, in part focused on how rumors are corrected (or not). Recently\, our work has revealed how a specific subsection of the alternative media ecosystem facilitates the spread of disinformation—in the form of conspiracy theories or “alternative narratives” about crisis events—via social media. This disinformation is often employed as part of a political agenda and poses new information security risks. In this talk\, I’ll present some of the most significant findings of our research on rumoring\, rumor correcting\, and the intentional spread of disinformation online during crisis events and discuss some of the implications—for emergency responders\, technology builders\, and society at large.\n\nKate Starbird is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) at the University of Washington (UW). Kate’s research is situated within human-computer interaction (HCI) and the emerging field of crisis informatics—the study of the how information-communication technologies (ICTs) are used during crisis events. One aspect of her research focuses on how online rumors spread—and how online rumors are corrected—during natural disasters and man-made crisis events. More recently\, she has begun exploring the propagation of disinformation and political propaganda through online spaces. Kate earned her PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder in Technology\, Media and Society and holds a BS in Computer Science from Stanford University.\nLoading…
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/muddied-waters-online-rumors-conspiracy-theories-and-disinformation-in-the-context-of-crisis-response/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Stanford\, 355 Serra Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305
CATEGORIES:Media Innovators Speakers Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Stanford":MAILTO:brown_institute@stanford.edu
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session (Stanford)
DESCRIPTION:Want to learn more about our Magic Grants? Come to one of our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nWhat kind of projects we funded in the past.\nWhat kind of projects we didn’t fund in the past.\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal.\nWhat our eligibility guidelines are.\nHow to apply.\n\nAt Stanford\, there will be sessions held on February 15 at 9 AM and March 1 at 4 PM\, both held in the Brown Institute (Gates 174).  RSVP (or request a one-on-one meeting if you’re unavailable on these dates) here.
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-stanford/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Stanford\, 355 Serra Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305
CATEGORIES:Panels & Seminars
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Stanford":MAILTO:brown_institute@stanford.edu
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session & Mixer (Columbia)
DESCRIPTION: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. \nEstablished in 2012 as a collaboration between Columbia University’s Journalism School and Stanford’s School of Engineering\, Brown Institute Magic Grants seed innovation in the changing media landscape. \nMagic Grants provide year-long funding awards of up to $150\,000 ($300\,000 for teams with members of both the Columbia and Stanford communities). In addition to funding\, grantees have access to a distinguished advisory and mentoring group\, an extensive and inspiring alumni network. \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to one of our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nAt Columbia\, there will be sessions held on Monday\, January 29 at 1:00pm\, Friday February 16 at 5:00pm and Monday\, March 5 at 9:30am\, all held in the Brown Institute (Pulitzer Hall). We will also be announcing one-on-one office hours beginning in February on our website. \nRSVP at brwn.co/feb-mixer
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-mixer-columbia-2/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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SUMMARY:Visual Language Workshop: Part II
DESCRIPTION:The Brown institute at Columbia will be offering a three-session workshop on Visual Language\, 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. \nIn the workshop you will learn to communicate a piece of content clearly and effectively in type\, color and layout\, and recreate a piece of graphic from scratch with Illustrator. We will discuss questions such as – How to communicate without using the words and help viewers see the most important information? Here is the course outline: \nWeek 1 Design Principles\nMonday 2/5\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\nColor (color system and schemes\, color choices)\nTypography (fonts size\, weight\, style\, readability\, type choices)\nComposition (layout\, grid systems\, information hierarchy)\n\nWeek 2: Adobe Illustrator\nMonday 2/19\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\nRaster and vector\nInterface and workflow\nFormats (svg\, jpg and png)\nProduce graphic\n\nWeek 3: Work Session\nMonday 2/26\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\n\nBring your projects or questions \n\n\nThe workshop will take place in Room 601A on Mondays 2/5\, 2/19\, and 2/26 from 10am to 12pm (note there will be no session on 2/12). Please fill in your information using this link to sign-up\, contact Rosalie (hy2514@columbia.edu) if you have any further questions.
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/visual-language-workshop-part-ii/
LOCATION:601A in Pulitzer Hall\, Columbia University\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10026\, United States
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SUMMARY:Transparency Series Discussion - Networks
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening discussion between Kevin Connor\, LittleSis and Frederik Obermaier\, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist from Suddeutsche Zeitung. They will discuss networks and the role they can play in journalistic reporting and communication. \nData journalists often find that the complexity or the relationships between the various entities they are investigating force them out of simple data analysis techniques. Stories often reduce to figuring out “Who is connected to whom?”. While standard data tools (like relational databases) can be a good choice for some datasets\, connected data (such as company registries\, investor information\, and communication networks) can be difficult and cumbersome to work with. Data journalists today turn to new tools to gain deeper insight. Have you ever struggled with trying to make sense of a spreadsheet with a dozen tabs? If so\, then a graph database might be the tool you need to keep track of connections in your data.
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/transparency-series-seminar-networks/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panels & Seminars
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SUMMARY:Transparency Series Workshop - Networks
DESCRIPTION:Graph databases are optimized for working with complex and connected data. Social media data is a great example of a complex dataset where the connections in the data are often as important as the discrete data points\, making it a great use case for applying network analysis using a graph database. \nIn this hands-on workshop we will cover how to model\, import and query Twitter data using the Neo4j graph database. We will focus on learning how network analysis can be applied to the data by using the property graph data model and Cypher\, the query language for graphs\, to write queries that can help find stories in the data. We will use a dataset of tweets from Twitter accounts tied to Russia that were released as part of the House Intelligence Committee investigation into Russia’s potential interference in the 2016 US election. \nWorkshop fascilitators: \nLars Nordwall: Lars is an entrepreneur and leader with a successful track record of building software and services companies. He has a unique sense of clarity how to identify a promising technology\, and how to transform it into a leading company. Track record includes senior leadership positions at Pentaho (sold to Hitachi for $600M)\, Cambridge Technology Partners (IPO\, market cap >$5B\, and later sold to Novell)\, SugarCRM (pre-IPO)\, and now Neo4j where he is the President & COO. Find him at www.linkedin.com/in/larsnordwall/ and @lnordwall \nWilliam Lyon: Will is a software engineer at Neo4j\, the open source graph database\, where he builds tools for integrating Neo4j with other technologies and helps developers be successful with graphs. Prior to Neo4j\, he worked as a software engineer for a variety of startups\, building APIs\, quantitative trading tools\, and mobile apps for iOS. William holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Montana. You can find him online at lyonwj.com or @lyonwj \nJesús Barrasa: Jesús is an engineer based in London. He’s currently heading Neo4j’s\, Global Telecom Practice where his mission is to get all Telcos in the world getting value from graphs with Neo4j. He combines over 15 years of professional experience in consulting in the Information Management space. Prior to joining Neo Technology\, Jesús worked at Ontology (now EXFO) for seven years\, where he got the first-hand experience with large graph DB deployments in many successful projects for major Telecommunications companies all over the world. Jesús holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Technical University of Madrid\, where he carried out his research on graph data modeling and Semantic Technologies. He blogs at https://jesusbarrasa.wordpress.com/ and tweets occasionally at @BarrasaDV \nApply at http://transparency.brown.columbia.edu/networks
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/transparency-series-workshop-networks/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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SUMMARY:Visual Language Workshop: Part III
DESCRIPTION:The Brown institute at Columbia will be offering a three-session workshop on Visual Language\, 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. \nIn the workshop you will learn to communicate a piece of content clearly and effectively in type\, color and layout\, and recreate a piece of graphic from scratch with Illustrator. We will discuss questions such as – How to communicate without using the words and help viewers see the most important information? Here is the course outline: \nWeek 1 Design Principles\nMonday 2/5\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\nColor (color system and schemes\, color choices)\nTypography (fonts size\, weight\, style\, readability\, type choices)\nComposition (layout\, grid systems\, information hierarchy)\n\nWeek 2: Adobe Illustrator\nMonday 2/19\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\nRaster and vector\nInterface and workflow\nFormats (svg\, jpg and png)\nProduce graphic\n\nWeek 3: Work Session\nMonday 2/26\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\n\nBring your projects or questions \n\n\nThe workshop will take place in Room 601A on Mondays 2/5\, 2/19\, and 2/26 from 10am to 12pm (note there will be no session on 2/12). Please fill in your information using this link to sign-up\, contact Rosalie (hy2514@columbia.edu) if you have any further questions.
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/visual-language-workshop-part-iii/
LOCATION:601A in Pulitzer Hall\, Columbia University\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10026\, United States
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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