Dan Carlin coming October 11, Richard Gingras on November 14 Podcast legend Dan Carlin will visit the Brown Institute at Stanford on October 11 at 6:30 PM, in the first of the 2016-2017 Media Innovators Speaker Series. The host of the hugely popular Hardcore History and Common Sense podcasts will discuss the state of platform,
Celebrating 5 Years of Research and Discovery
As we celebrate the launch of 12 new magic grants, we are excited to toast the alumni and projects that have made the Brown Institute what it is today. At the end of the month, the Institute will host friends and families of the institute, as well as the list of journalists, creatives and engineers
Brown & Tow Mixer
On September 6, we hosted a mixer introducing new Journalism School students to both to the Brown Institute at Columbia as well as the Tow Center for Digtital Journalism. The room was, gratifyingly, packed! For those of you who couldn’t attend, Brown offers unique training events like the Transparency Series— where you will learn journalistic uses
1000 Cut’s member on VR and Social Change
Stanford University faculty and 1000 Cut Magic Grant member Prof. Jeremy Bailenson was recently among those cited and quoted in an August 1 USA Today Article entitled “New breed of VR pushes for social change.” The article examines how this emerging platform is being used as an instrument for letting participants examine their conceptions of
FB Live event on telling race-related stories
Professors Courtney Cogburn and Desmond Patton are going LIVE on CSSW’s Facebook page to talk about the projects they are doing with the help of two Magic Grants from the Brown Institute for Media Innovation. Professor Cogburn’s project took place this past year. she will report on what it was like to create a visceral
Sneakercon, a forum to reexamine offline networks – Aug 25/26
The Internet has grown so omnipresent today that it’s easy to overlook the continuing role of “offline networks,” systems for exchanging digital information that bypass the Internet. “Sneakernets” (by which we mean any kind of offline networking, a slight abuse of the terminology) take many forms, whether it’s a thumb drive passed between friends or a
“This is not a game:” Jane McGonigal visits Brown at Stanford
Game developer Jane McGonigal joined Brown Institute Stanford Director Maneesh Agrawala on May 23 for a conversation about critical topics in game theory and culture entitled “This is Not a Game.” The two discussed how new forms of media – online gaming and augmented realities – influence our personal wellness, political views and collective behaviors.
The Credibility Schema Working Group
On June 7th, the Brown Institute hosted the New York meeting of the Credibility Schema Working Group. The Credibility Schema Working Group is a body of data scientists, researchers, journalists and other professionals who are dedicated to addressing the growing problem of misinformation in the media. Through combining diverse perspectives on the issue, the members
El Tabulario Launches
On May 26 and 27, members of the Brown Institute traveled to Panama City, Panama, for the launch of El Tabulario, a new platform promoting data transparency in the country. Journalists from the area, as well as representatives of the government’s transparency initiative, attended the launch. The two-day event was a mini design sprint, taking