People from across Mississippi gathered to hear journalists tell intimate, first-person stories about the behind-the-scenes of their reporting this past February in Jackson, Mississippi. The show was a collaboration between
MuckRock and the Documenting COVID-19 project are releasing new searchable CDC death data at the county level
Over the past two years, 165,000 more Americans have died of natural causes, such as diabetes and hypertensive heart disease, than historical norms would lead researchers to expect. A smaller
Last Minute Resources for Magic Grant Applicants
Magic Grant applications are due April 8! Are you interested in applying but still have lingering questions about an idea or some part of the application? Meet with members of the Brown
‘Uncounted’ shortlisted for best data project by the Sigma Awards
Uncounted, an ongoing investigation into uncounted and undercounted COVID-19 and other deaths due to death certificate errors, has been shortlisted as one of the best data projects by the international
Announcing the Computation+Journalism Conference, June 9/10/11 2022
Conference Site The Computation+Journalism conference is returning to Columbia University in June of 2022! It will be a hybrid event, taking place both in-person in Pulitzer Hall as well as
Brown’s Local News Lab is hiring a Software Engineer (Backend or Machine Learning)
The Local News Lab is a small team working to build open-source data products to help support local and community newsrooms and their businesses. Our core product is an article recommendation
We Are Hiring, Creative Technologists Apply!
The Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School is seeking an Associate Research Scholar — someone with a history of “creative research” that expands on traditional forms of journalism and media production, but who also wants to support and inspire new entrepreneurs working at the intersection of tech and media. The person will be hired as an “Impact Fellow” of the …
Learn How to Explore and Map NYC’s Building Energy Data Through Programming
Virtual Event Monday, March 7 from 12PM – 1:30PM We’ve all seen the energy grades posted at the entrances of large buildings in New York City. But how does one
Watch “Anger + Hope, A Conversation on the founding of NPR”
On February 17, 2022, Brown Institute Entrepreneur-in-Residence Steve Henn hosted a conversation with Susan Stamberg and Bill Siemering on the founding of NPR and lessons for the future of public