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SUMMARY:Brown Institute Welcome Session
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute serves as a digital hub at the school\, researching and building the future of journalism. Join us in the Brown Institute to meet with our researchers and staff\, and learn more about the various opportunities and offerings afforded to students during their time at the Journalism School as well as upon graduation. \nBagels and coffee will be provided!
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/brown-institute-welcome-session/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Receptions
ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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SUMMARY:Brown Institute Welcome Session
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute serves as a digital hub at the school\, researching and building the future of journalism. Join us in the Brown Institute to meet with our researchers and staff\, and learn more about the various opportunities and offerings afforded to students during their time at the Journalism School as well as upon graduation. \nNibbles and Refreshments will be provided!
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/brown-institute-welcome-session-2/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Receptions
ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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SUMMARY:Generative AI Dine + Design
DESCRIPTION:In the last year\, new generative AI platforms have made headlines. Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT\, Bard\, LLaMA and claude have been compared on their abilities to perform\n \n\n\nknowledge and reasoning tasks (answering questions\, solving problems with external tools)\,\nlanguage manipulation (generating summaries\, translating text\, “reversioning” stories)\, and\ncommon data analyses (structuring data\, tagging and clustering data\, writing and fixing code).\n\nUnlike AI applications of the past\, these platforms performed these tasks reasonably well “out of the box\,” without a lot of extra training. This means prototyping a new AI task can be as simple as typing a prompt into ChatGPT. \nDo you have a computing idea you would like to try\, perhaps related to some data you’re looking at? Or some documents or a web site? Do you have an idea to engage audiences around some AI application? What about tools for local newsrooms? \nThe second Wednesday of every month\, join us at the Brown Institute from 6-9pm for a dine-and-design event — open time to explore\, to ask questions\, to socialize with other students and practicing journalists\, all interested in generative AI. A light dinner will be served. \nWe’ll talk about good design approaches\, and about the strengths and weaknesses of these models. What works and what doesn’t? How do we make sure the platform is performing as we expect? What are the ethical concerns? \nThe first event is next Wednesday evening\, September 13 from 6-9pm in the Brown Institute space on the ground floor of Pulitzer Hall. A light dinner will be served and perhaps a 10-minute presentation will kick off the evening with an inspiring example. \nStudents with all technical backgrounds are welcome. Come\, build!
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/generative-ai-dine-design/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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SUMMARY:Points Unknown - QGIS 01
DESCRIPTION:Points Unknown\, a workshop series designed for journalism students\, is an eight-week series to introduce students to spatial investigative and visualization techniques. 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. Alongside the development of web technologies\, journalistic organizations have incorporated web-based maps to enhance reader engagement with stories. But these interactions haven’t always been easy to produce. Points Unknown will train journalism students in GIS and mapping techniques to analyze and visualize spatial information. \nThe workshop will take place every Wednesday morning from 8-10am\, and it’s organized into two main parts. The first four weeks will be dedicated to GIS education using QGIS\, a point-and-click interface that provides a foundational understanding of spatial data analysis and its correlation with news events. No experience is necessary to participate in this program. This hands-on workshop will allow participants to recognize and visualize geographical patterns that often play a vital role in news reporting. The following four weeks will shift focus towards more reproducible mapping techniques\, taught exclusively in Python\, where participants will delve into scripting and automation to conduct spatial analysis and visualization. \nBagels will be served for those able to get out of bed in time\, and attendees are invited to bring their beverage of choice. Hosted at the Brown Institute in Pulitzer Hall\, this recurring workshop series offers not only a theoretical understanding but also practical skills that will elevate the participants’ approach to journalism. \nRegister at https://brwn.co/map-registration \nFor more information\, write mkrisch@columbia.edu.
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/points-unknown-2023/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Points Unknown
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230927T080000
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SUMMARY:Points Unknown - QGIS 02
DESCRIPTION:Points Unknown\, a workshop series designed for journalism students\, is an eight-week series to introduce students to spatial investigative and visualization techniques. 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. Alongside the development of web technologies\, journalistic organizations have incorporated web-based maps to enhance reader engagement with stories. But these interactions haven’t always been easy to produce. Points Unknown will train journalism students in GIS and mapping techniques to analyze and visualize spatial information. \nThe workshop will take place every Wednesday morning from 8-10am\, and it’s organized into two main parts. The first four weeks will be dedicated to GIS education using QGIS\, a point-and-click interface that provides a foundational understanding of spatial data analysis and its correlation with news events. No experience is necessary to participate in this program. This hands-on workshop will allow participants to recognize and visualize geographical patterns that often play a vital role in news reporting. The following four weeks will shift focus towards more reproducible mapping techniques\, taught exclusively in Python\, where participants will delve into scripting and automation to conduct spatial analysis and visualization. \nBagels will be served for those able to get out of bed in time\, and attendees are invited to bring their beverage of choice. Hosted at the Brown Institute in Pulitzer Hall\, this recurring workshop series offers not only a theoretical understanding but also practical skills that will elevate the participants’ approach to journalism. \nRegister at https://brwn.co/map-registration \nFor more information\, write mkrisch@columbia.edu.
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/points-unknown-qgis-02/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Points Unknown
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SUMMARY:Using FOIA
DESCRIPTION:A Talk and demo of MuckRock\, a website empowering citizens and journalists to write\, file and track public records requests online\, and its new FOIA Logs tool \nLed by Derek Kravitz\, MuckRock \nREGISTER TO ATTEND \nThis talk and demonstration is an invitation to play\, experiment with\, and learn about MuckRock\, an open-source web transparency platform that assists citizens in preparing\, filing\, and tracking public record requests to government agencies. The site enables users to access government documents and data covered by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and state open-records laws\, ensuring that citizens can acquire information vital to the functioning of their government. As part of the training\, participants will be given a tour of a new service launching from MuckRock called FOIA Logs\, which allows users to lookup\, review\, and download previous FOIA requests placed to various departments and agencies across the government. Learn about the interface\, discover how the site integrates NLP and Machine Learning principles\, and understand how the tools might impact your workflow as a journalist and storyteller. \nLeading the session is Derek Kravitz\, MuckRock’s investigations and data editor. With an illustrious career that includes roles as research director at ProPublica\, and stints at The Wall Street Journal\, The Associated Press\, and The Washington Post\, Kravitz brings a wealth of experience. He has been recognized multiple times for his contributions to journalism\, being a two-time Livingston Award finalist\, participating in three Pulitzer Prize finalist teams\, and having projects he edited or reported on receive numerous accolades. Derek’s endeavors also extend to grant-funded initiatives through Columbia and Stanford’s Brown Institute for Media Innovation\, as well as the founding of the Documenting COVID-19 project and the MISSING THEM project at THE CITY.
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/using-foia/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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