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
View ArticleAnnouncing 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
View Article“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...
View ArticleAnnouncing 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
View ArticleJoin us for an Open Source AI Hackathon
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
View ArticleBrown Institute Awarded Collaboratory Grant
The Brown Institute, in partnership with the Vagelos Computational Science Center, is excited to announce a significant new development at Barnard College—a pioneering course entitled “Writing with/on...
View ArticleTHE BROWN INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES ITS 2024-2025 MAGIC GRANT RECIPIENTS
As a collaboration between Columbia Journalism School and Stanford University’s School of Engineering, the Brown Institute for Media Innovation awards its “Magic Grants” to projects that work between...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Launch of Climate Central’s Report: “Urban Heat Hot Spots in...
We are excited to announce a significant contribution to Climate Central’s groundbreaking report, Urban Heat Hot Spots in 65 Cities. This comprehensive analysis sheds light on how urban heat islands
View ArticleCampaign Finance Made Easy: Announcing ‘DataTalk’
DataTalk is an experimental system that makes it easier to follow the money flowing through national campaigns for the Nov. 5 U.S. election. It allows for natural-language queries of large
View ArticleAnnouncing Data Visualization Workshop with The Pudding – Apply Today!
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
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