From a speedometer to a weather map to a stock chart, we routinely interpret and act on data displayed visually. With a few exceptions, data has no natural “look,” no
‘Magic Grants’ awards announced!
The Brown Institute for Media Innovation has awarded seed funding to teams of students, post-docs and faculty from Stanford and Columbia universities to develop new technologies that could transform the
Board member Meeker at Code Conference
Brown Institute Board member Mary Meeker made news at the inaugural Code Conference on May 28, presenting her annual “most influential Internet trends” of the year. Meeker’s “top 10” touted
Coverage in the Niemanlab Blog!
The Niemanlab Blog has just posted a great article about the Institute — “Shaping technology to the story: The Brown Institute for Media Innovation is finding its niche”
Dispatch @ WWW ’13
The 2012-2013 Magic Grant Dispatch, a platform for secure communication when journalists report from scenes of conflict. We are happy to announce that a paper by the Dispatch Team, “Weaving
The Brown space in Pulitzer Hall
This morning, we took an image of the new home for the Brown Institute. As you can see, it’s a blank canvas. Last week, LTL Architects delivered their final designs and construction
Research, Three Ways
The institute hosted over 100 journalists and technologists at an event designed to prompt new ideas for our Magic Grants. The Tow Center were co-sponsors and Hearst provided the venue.
Computation+Journalism
The Brown Institute co-sponsored and helped organize this year’s Computation+Journalism meeting. We tackled some pretty big questions: “What role does computation have in the practice of journalism today and in