Catalyzing New Forms of Journalism and Civic Information Join Hacks/Hackers and the Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Columbia University for a weekend of building with open source AI for
Announcing the 2024-2025 “Magic Grant” Funding Opportunity
The David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation is proud to announce the 2024-2025 Magic Grant Call for Proposals. Each year, the Brown Institute awards close to $1M
“Reaching for Air” goes live!
The Salt Lake Tribune, in collaboration with KUER, has launched an innovative interactive series titled “Reaching for Air”, accessible at reachingforair.sltrib.com. This three-part series, the work of journalists Saige Miller
Announcing the 2024 Startup Columbia Venture Challenge
The submissions for the 2024 Startup Columbia Venture Challenge are due February 9th! For the past three years, Brown has sponsored a “Media Track” for this competition. It is designed
Wikimedia NYC and Brown bring you a Wikipedia Day celebration!
Wikipedia Day! January 14, 2024. Here’s the program for the day. Drop in virtually for events in the Lecture Hall and the World Room. On January 14, 2024, join Wikimedia
Defensores de la Democracia wins Council of Europe’s Democracy Innovation Award
We are thrilled to announce that the DDLD Living Archive – Defensores de la Democracia (DDLD), a 2018-2019 Magic Grant, has been awarded the prestigious Council of Europe’s Democracy Innovation
Remembering Marco Antonio Castro Cosío
It is with profound sorrow that we say goodbye to Marco Antonio Castro Cosío, a visionary collaborator and a cherished friend of our research institute. In the realms of art,
Announcing Brown’s 2023-2024 Entrepreneurs-in-Residence
The Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School is proud to announce its third cohort of Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIRs). Each of these professionals has significant experience with media startups, and impressive journalism
Announcing a Data Visualization Workshop with The Pudding – 11/4
Graphical (or pictorial) presentations of data have become an almost essential part of journalistic practice. Data visualization helps us see patterns in data and is an important tool for finding