What this year’s cohort told us about what media needs now Over the past two weeks, The Brown Institute partnered with StartUp Columbia to host our annual Venture Challenge (Media
Brown Institute team launches SFAI Agency and Croquis tool
The Brown Institute is excited to share news from our 2025-2026 bicoastal Magic Grant Croquis. The team launched recently launched a new tool as well as their official organization, the
Welcome Tanya Chawla, Our New Program Manager
We’re thrilled to announce that Tanya Chawla has joined the Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School as our new Program Manager. The Program Manager role sits at the heart of
What the Kids Already Know
In December, the Brown Institute for Media Innovation convened a summit in New York with Hearst and OpenAI that brought together some of the most senior people in journalism and
Media Party NYC – Coming May 2026
From May 8 to 10, 2026, Columbia University’s Brown Institute hosts Media Party NYC, bringing together 300 journalists, technologists, researchers, and entrepreneurs from around the world to take on the
Now Live – Applications for the 2026-2027 Magic Grants
The Magic Grant Program. The David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation is a joint effort between Stanford’s School of Engineering and Columbia Journalism School. Each year, the
Accepting Applications for the 2026 Startup Columbia Venture Competition
Startup Columbia is a series of campus-wide startup competitions offering non-dilutive cash prizes to the winning teams. For the past five years, the Brown Institute at Columbia has sponsored a
Announcing the 2026 Marco Castro Cosio Media Art and Technology Fellow: Eunbyeol Lee
The Brown Institute for Media Innovation is thrilled to announce Eunbyeol Lee as the second Marco Castro Cosio Media Art and Technology Fellow. This year’s application cycle was incredibly competitive,
Announcing the AI and Journalism Summit for News and Technology Leaders
The Brown Institute for Media Innovation in partnership with Hearst and OpenAI is pleased to announce the AI and Journalism Summit, a one-day conference examining the evolving relationship between artificial