Dan Carlin, host of Hardcore History and Common Sense, in conversation

Bishop Auditorium (Lanthrop Building), Stanford University 518 Memorial Way, Stanford, CA, United States

The Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Stanford University kicks off our 2017-2018 Media Innovators Speakers Series on October 11 when we host veteran journalist and podcaster, Dan Carlin, in a conversation on media, podcasting, and the state of journalism, information, and public discourse today. Mr. Carlin's podcasts, Common Sense and Hardcore History, were among the first to gain

Transparency Series Seminar – Drone Photography

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

As with Virtual Reality, drone journalism offers opportunities in data collection and visual representation afforded by few other technologies that are within the grasp of a typical newsroom. Drones, or unmanned aerial systems, provide a perspective that is truly unique. It seems to be good for providing a sense of scale (moving from the ground

Transparency Series Workshop – Drone Photography

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Following on the heels of a seminar by Missy Higgins on Friday night, on Saturday, we will get our hands dirty and take a field trip north of NYC and give students the chance to both pilot small drones as well as stage shots from the robotic, onboard camera. This is the first time we

NYC Media Lab Combine Infosession

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Are you building a startup? Join NYC Media Lab’s Combine accelerator program to help take your idea to the next level and bring your startup to market. Join us for an Information Session for the Combine Accelerator to learn more about the opportunities available to journalism students. If accepted in the accelerator, participating teams will

Richard Gingras: Trust, Media, and the Evolution of Democracy

Packard 101, Stanford University 350 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, United States

The Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Stanford University welcomes our second Media Innovator Series Speaker for 2017-2018, Vice-President of News at Google, Richard Gingras, in a talk entitled "Trust,

Reboot: Informing the Electorate

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Reboot Democracy brings together innovators in the technological and political spheres, helps them connect with each other, and supports their development of tools that will revolutionize our democratic system. This

Are Troll Armies Killing Free Speech?

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

In his essay for the Knight Institute's Emerging Threats series, Columbia Law School's Tim Wu observes that some of the forces undermining contemporary political discourse — such as “troll armies,” “flooding,” and propaganda robots —

Transparency Series Seminar – Climate Change

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Food production. Transportation. Energy usage. Critical infrastructure. Climate change is affecting almost every aspect of our lives. But reporting on climate is challenging, and many journalists feel uncomfortable engaging the

Transparency Series Workshop – Climate Change

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

On Saturday of our exploration into the climate change beat, we will survey the current landscape of reporting on climate change, and look to the tools, data and resources that

Magic Grant Information Session & Mixer (Columbia)

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Are you passionate about the role that emerging technologies can play in the future of media? Do you have a story that can only be told using technology outside the

Visual Language Workshop

601A in Pulitzer Hall, Columbia University 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

The Brown institute at Columbia will be offering a three-session workshop on Visual Language, designed for journalism students to build vocabularies and practical skills around visual design through lectures, discussions,

Magic Grant Information Session (Stanford)

Brown Institute at Stanford 355 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA

Want to learn more about our Magic Grants? Come to one of our upcoming information session where you can find out: What kind of projects we funded in the past.

Magic Grant Information Session & Mixer (Columbia)

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Are you passionate about the role that emerging technologies can play in the future of media? Do you have a story that can only be told using technology outside the

Visual Language Workshop: Part II

601A in Pulitzer Hall, Columbia University 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

The Brown institute at Columbia will be offering a three-session workshop on Visual Language, designed for journalism students to build vocabularies and practical skills around visual design through lectures, discussions,

Transparency Series Discussion – Networks

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Join us for an evening discussion between Kevin Connor, LittleSis and Frederik Obermaier, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist from Suddeutsche Zeitung. They will discuss networks and the role they can play in journalistic

Transparency Series Workshop – Networks

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Graph databases are optimized for working with complex and connected data. Social media data is a great example of a complex dataset where the connections in the data are often

Visual Language Workshop: Part III

601A in Pulitzer Hall, Columbia University 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

The Brown institute at Columbia will be offering a three-session workshop on Visual Language, designed for journalism students to build vocabularies and practical skills around visual design through lectures, discussions,

Magic Grant Information Session (Stanford)

Brown Institute at Stanford 355 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA

Want to learn more about our Magic Grants? Come to one of our upcoming information sessions where you can find out: What kind of projects we funded in the past.

Base Camp 2018

Brown Institute at Stanford 355 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA

The Brown Institute for Media Innovation invites you to apply to the Media Innovation Base Camp taking place on March 3-4, 2018 at Stanford University. The Media Innovation Base Camp