Meet previous Magic Grantees! Are you passionate about the role that emerging technologies can play in the future of journalism? Do you have a story that can only be told
Announcing the 2018-19 Magic Grant Call for Proposals
The Brown Institute is excited to announce its 2018-19 Magic Grant Call for Proposals! Since its founding six years ago, the Brown Institute has funded over 40 projects. An open
Rosalie Yu featured in The Verge
In an in-depth profile on Rosalie Yu, Creative Technologist at the Brown Institute, The Verge highlights A Ritual of Habits, Yu’s latest work. Over the course of two years, Yu cataloged
Brown officially opens new space at Stanford
Since its founding in 2012, the Stanford side of Brown manifested in whichever staff or faculty office or conference room we could grab at the time. As of this academic
Join us for Base Camp 2018!
The Brown Institute for Media Innovation invites you to apply to the Media Innovation Base Camp taking place on March 3-4, 2018 at Stanford University. The Media Innovation Base Camp
Podcast Icon Dan Carlin visits Brown at Stanford
The first speaker in Media Innovators Speakers series at Stanford University for the 2017-2018 Academic Year, Dan Carlin, is widely known for his long time, highly popular podcasts, Hardcore History and Common Sense. In
Dark Inquiry Launches Bail Bloc Project
The Brown Institute announces the launch of the latest project from the Dark Inquiry Magic Grant team. Bail Bloc starts with the premise that cash bail streamlines mass incarceration by preventing low-income, usually
A Glimpse Far into the Future: Understanding Long-term Crowd Worker Accuracy
A selection of individual workers’ accuracy over time during the question answering task. Each worker remains relatively constant throughout his or her entire lifetime. Authors Kenji Hata, Ranjay Krishna, Li
CS 581: Bringing Media Innovators to Stanford
The newly-opened space at Stanford is allowing new programming on the campus, expanding the reach and portfolio of Brown West. One of these new endeavors in the fall term is