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SUMMARY:Points Unknown - QGIS 03
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.
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SUMMARY:Points Unknown - QGIS 04
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-04/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Points Unknown
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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? \nA 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!
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LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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