The Columbia Journalism School’s Brown Institute for Media Innovation in collaboration with UN-DESA’s Statistics Division is pleased to announce a call for project proposals on data storytelling, aimed at nurturing
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DataShare, Explained
Reporting and breaking the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers investigations required a centralized platform that made it possible for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ to collaborate while exploring tens of millions of files. As successful as
Reporting from Rwanda
Francesco Fiondella, principle investigator of the Data Interrupted Magic Grant, has spent the past week in Rwanda, collecting artifacts, conducting interviews, and reporting on data loss in the country due to
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
Measure for Measure at The Public Theater
Elevator Repair Service, the Obie-winning company behind Gatz — “the most remarkable achievement in theater of this decade” (The New York Times) — returns to The Public to celebrate their 25th season with a dynamic new production
Watch ‘Experiencing Racism in VR’ at TEDxRVA
Psychologist Courtney D. Cogburn focuses her work on how racism contributes to racial inequalities in health. With support from a Magic Grant through the Brown Institute, Courtney and a team
1000 Cut’s member on VR and Social Change
Stanford University faculty and 1000 Cut Magic Grant member Prof. Jeremy Bailenson was recently among those cited and quoted in an August 1 USA Today Article entitled “New breed of
FB Live event on telling race-related stories
Professors Courtney Cogburn and Desmond Patton are going LIVE on CSSW’s Facebook page to talk about the projects they are doing with the help of two Magic Grants from the
El Tabulario Launches
On May 26 and 27, members of the Brown Institute traveled to Panama City, Panama, for the launch of El Tabulario, a new platform promoting data transparency in the country.