Brown Institute

Richard Gingras: Trust, Media, and the Evolution of Democracy
2017-11-14 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Packard 101, Stanford University, 350 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, 94305, 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, Media, and the Evolution of Democracy.”

What new tools can tech companies develop to “signal” to readers that content has been appropriately vetted?
How is Google partnering with news organizations to check facts?
What tools has Google developed to boost subscriptions for publishers?

Q&A to follow, time allowing. RSVP here.

NYC Media Lab Combine Infosession
2017-11-09 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Brown Institute at Columbia, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, 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 receive mentorship from leading media and technology executives and investors from NYC Media Lab Member Companies and up to $25,000 in funding. To date, 15 teams that have completed the Combine program have formed companies in the areas of machine learning, computer vision, VR/AR, and brain computer interfaces.
Eligibility: Faculty members, students (undergraduate and graduate), and/or existing startups affiliated with a NYC-based university are eligible to apply.
Award: Up to $25,000 per team
Application Deadline: Sunday, November 19th, 2017
Apply: http://www.thecombine.nyc/apply/

Transparency Series Workshop - Drone Photography
2017-10-28 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Brown Institute at Columbia, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, 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 are offering this event in the series and our first field trip. The Saturday workshop will be led by Andrew Scott of USA Today.

Transparency Series Seminar - Drone Photography
2017-10-27 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Brown Institute at Columbia, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, 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 to a significant vantage point above some event or phenomenon). Drones can provide access to regions that are otherwise impossible to film. The artful, informative deployment of drone photography and its role in journalism is the subject of this Transparency Series event.
On Friday, we will explore the various uses of drones as a means for reporting, as well as the legal/ethical concerns associated with the medium. We are delighted to announce that the seminar will be led by Missy Cummings, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University.

Dan Carlin, host of Hardcore History and Common Sense, in conversation
2017-10-11 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Bishop Auditorium (Lanthrop Building), Stanford University, 518 Memorial Way, Stanford, CA, 94305, 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 a popular following when the platform took off in the early 2000’s, and his audience has only grown since, with upwards of millions of downloads per episode.
Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dan-carlin-host-of-hardcore-history-and-common-sense-in-conversation-tickets-37287542042

Transparency Series Workshop - Virtual Reality
2017-09-23 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Brown Institute at Columbia, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, United States
On Saturday, the VR workshop will take students who have little to no background in VR and teach them the fundamentals of working in the medium. Journalists seeking to expand their storytelling beyond the still image and written word are encouraged to join. Selected participants will gain critical insights into emerging digital strategies in order to engage audiences across new immersive platforms.

Veda Shastri is a documentary filmmaker and immersive journalist. She is currently a producer of The Daily 360 at The New York Times where she handles international coverage in 360 video. She recently produced the series “Genocide’s Legacy” as well as an interactive from inside Fukushima, Japan. Veda co-produced a VR documentary, “Return to Chernobyl” for PBS Frontline, which released in April 2016. She was a news producer at CNN-IBN in New Delhi, India for 5 years.

Guglielmo Mattioli is a multimedia journalist from Italy and currently a video editor of The Daily 360 at The New York Times. He also produces coverage on architecture and real estate. A former urban planner, Guglielmo found in 360º videos and VR a perfect medium to tell stories about the built environment. His work has also been published in City Limits, Metropolis Magazine, and ArchDaily.

Transparency Series Seminar - Virtual Reality
2017-09-22 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Brown Institute at Columbia, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, United States
The transparency series for 2017-18 will kick off with an exploration into virtual reality (VR) and its role in journalism. With the recent explosion of VR – specifically 360-degree video– journalistic outlets are hungry for quality documentary content for immersive platforms. Led by Roger Kenny, WSJ and Dow Jones, we will explore the short but dramatic rise of VR in the media.
While immersive media experiences have become increasingly prevalent in the gaming and entertainment industry, we are only beginning to explore them within the context of documentary photography and journalism. How can media makers use immersion as a tool to build empathy, engage communities, and forward social change? How does immersing your viewer in content change the nature of the story you are telling? And how does this mode of experiencing a story change how journalists approach the planning, creation, and distribution of stories?

Brown Institute/Tow Center Welcome Mixer
2017-09-06 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Brown Institute at Columbia, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Join the Brown Institute and Tow Center researchers and staff to learn more about the various opportunities and offerings afforded to students during their time at the Journalism School as well as upon graduation.

Sneakercon
2017-08-26 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-08-25 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Brown Institute at Columbia, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, United States
The Internet has grown so omnipresent today that it’s easy to overlook the continuing role of “offline networks,” systems for exchanging digital information that bypass the Internet. “Sneakernets” (by which we mean any kind of offline networking, a slight abuse of the terminology) take many forms, whether it’s a thumb drive passed between friends or a semi-trailer truck full of hard drives delivered to a server farm, or games played over a private network. Sneakernets form countless links in our digital infrastructure, but nevertheless tend to pass unnoticed in favor of a totalized, global Internet. The purpose of Sneakercon is to reexamine the offline side of the digital age by foregrounding the prevalence, variety, and uses of offline networks during two days of talks, discussion panels, and workshops.
