Jeff Larson, Managing Editor of The Markup, explains how this new nonprofit news start-up plans to investigate how powerful institutions are using technology in ways that impact people and society.
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The NYT’s Kevin Quealy on Innovating with Data & Graphics
Kevin Quealy discusses how The New York Times thinks about data visualization and graphics. Quealy is the Deputy Editor at The Upshot, the Times’s site on politics, economics, and everyday life.
Twitch 4 News? The Washington Post’s Phoebe Connelly tells us more
Washington Post Deputy Video Editor Phoebe Connelly joined Twitch’s Cody Conners to explain how the paper is using the live- streaming platform for news. Testing the concept of a “Post
Rethinking Tech, Ethics, and Democracy with MIT Tech Review’s Gideon Lichfield
In this conversation, Gideon Lichfield, Editor-in-Chief is the MIT Technology Review, explores issues raised in the Review’s fall issue: “Technology is threatening our democracy: How do we save it?” Lichfield
Whither VR? Kate Parsons and Ben Vance
Video artist Kate Parsons and VR veteran Ben Vance talk about innovations in VR and their work with FLOAT, a collaborative entity that focuses on the intersection of art, interactivity,
NYT & FiveThirtyEight Talk Election Polls at Brown
On October 12 & 13, the Brown Institute kicked off its 2018-2019 Transparency Series with a deep dive into polling and election polls. The event commenced with a seminar by
Announcing the 2018 Brown Institute Showcase
Maneesh Agrawala and Mark Hansen cordially invite you to the Brown Institute for Media Innovation 2018 Showcase! Join us for a reception and exhibition of our 2017-2018 projects. October 5, 2018 –
Public records under threat
On April 13, members of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism and the Brown Institute of Media Innovation at Stanford coordinated an event to discuss the threats to public records
Photograpy, Expanded: Counter Histories
Over the past two days, the Brown Institute in New York played host to Photography Expanded: Counter Histories. The program provided sixteen photographers, artists and media professionals imaginative ways to