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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session - Columbia
DESCRIPTION:The David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School and the School of Engineering at Stanford are delighted to announce its 2022-2023 Magic Grant program. Applications are due April 8\, 2022! \nTo provide more information about our grants and the application process\, the Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions on the following dates: \n\nThu\, 2/10 1-2pm EST\, REGISTER HERE\n\nMon\, 3/21 9-10am EST\, REGISTER HERE\n\nTue\, 3/22 4-5pm EST\, REGISTER HERE\n\nEach year\, the Brown Institute awards close to $1M in grants to help you “follow your passion and experiment with new approaches to storytelling\,” to paraphrase Helen Gurley Brown. \nOur “Magic Grants” are a unique blend of technology and media. Grantees develop new ways to find and tell stories —  producing platforms that extend our creativity\, or creating powerful new works of journalism. \n\nA Magic Grant can mean financial support for you and your team for up to a year (fellowships at Columbia\, research positions at Stanford)\nA Magic Grant can provide funding for your project — for production\, prototyping\, or purchasing services\, software or equipment\nA Magic Grant offers access to mentorship and our extensive alumni network\n\nThe Magic Grant program provides year-long funding awards of up to $150\,000 ($300\,000 for teams with members of both the Columbia and Stanford communities and their collaborators). In addition to funding\, grantees have access to a distinguished advisory and mentoring group\, and an extensive and inspiring alumni network. \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write to us at browninstitute@columbia.edu
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-columbia-2/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Pulitzer Hall (Journalism School) at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session - Columbia
DESCRIPTION:The David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School and the School of Engineering at Stanford are delighted to announce its 2022-2023 Magic Grant program. Applications are due April 8\, 2022! \nTo provide more information about our grants and the application process\, the Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions on the following dates: \n\nWed\, 2/9 5-6pm EST\, REGISTER HERE\n\nThu\, 2/10 1-2pm EST\, REGISTER HERE\n\nMon\, 3/21 9-10am EST\, REGISTER HERE\n\nTue\, 3/22 4-5pm EST\, REGISTER HERE\n\nEach year\, the Brown Institute awards close to $1M in grants to help you “follow your passion and experiment with new approaches to storytelling\,” to paraphrase Helen Gurley Brown. \nOur “Magic Grants” are a unique blend of technology and media. Grantees develop new ways to find and tell stories —  producing platforms that extend our creativity\, or creating powerful new works of journalism. \n\nA Magic Grant can mean financial support for you and your team for up to a year (fellowships at Columbia\, research positions at Stanford)\nA Magic Grant can provide funding for your project — for production\, prototyping\, or purchasing services\, software or equipment\nA Magic Grant offers access to mentorship and our extensive alumni network\n\nThe Magic Grant program provides year-long funding awards of up to $150\,000 ($300\,000 for teams with members of both the Columbia and Stanford communities and their collaborators). In addition to funding\, grantees have access to a distinguished advisory and mentoring group\, and an extensive and inspiring alumni network. \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write to us at browninstitute@columbia.edu
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-columbia/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Pulitzer Hall (Journalism School) at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
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SUMMARY:Information Session: Innovation Challenge in Journalism\, Media and Technology
DESCRIPTION:Supporting the creation of new content\, new forms of participation in journalism\, contributions to our understanding of media and society. \nJoin us for the first information session for our inaugural Innovation Challenge in journalism media and technology! \nRegister at Eventbrite \nTechnology shapes our media\, inventing new ways for us to share information and learn about the world. The Brown Institute Innovation Challenge in Journalism\, Media\, and Technology aims to support ventures creating new content\, designing new forms of participation\, contributing to our understanding of media and society\, or experimenting with entirely new ways to communicate. Successful projects can be either for-profit or non-profit ventures — The Brown Institute is as concerned with business successes as with sustainable social impacts. \nBrown encourages proposals for new tech-based or tech-enabled forms of media — these might make novel uses of computer vision\, AI\, NLP\, machine learning\, data visualization or even VR/AR to create\, communicate\, and interpret content. Eligible ventures can also be topically aligned\, building custom platforms to explore complex issues in new ways. What are the long-term societal impacts of COVID? Are communities equally prepared for Climate Change? How can we spot or intervene with mis/disinformation? (To be successful\, a topically-oriented application must have a plan for sustainability\, as this challenge is meant to support new ventures and not to produce a single published news story.)
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/information-session-innovation-challenge-in-journalism-media-and-technology/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211113
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SUMMARY:The Wrangler training series for students and alumni
DESCRIPTION:Join at ohyay.co/s/wrangler \nThe Wrangler is a two-day training series open to Columbia Journalism School students and alumni — a “choose your own adventure” introduction to the new technologies of journalism. Your guides on these adventures will be both subject area experts as well as practicing journalists. We’ll show you how things work\, and how they’ve been used by reporters. \n\n\n\nData visualization  — “How do I engage audiences with my reporting?”\nR\, Python — “What can coding do for me?”\nSimple statistics and machine learning — “Spreadsheets\, spreadsheets\, spreadsheets!”\nAugmented and virtual reality — “How do I make my story more tangible for people?”\nNatural language processing   — “I have 1\,000 documents from a FOIA request!”\nNetwork analysis — “How do I see the activity around a hashtag on Twitter?”\nMapping — “ How do I use spatial data for communication and for investigation?”\nBots — “How do I make my story more interactive or unfold in real time?”\nOpen Source Investigations — “What are digital open sources and how can they help me?”\nNews Products — “I want to reach my audience in new ways!”\nAI — “How do I use AI to analyze a large collection of images?”\nPolitical Polls — “Are political polls equal? How can statistics help?”\n\n\n\nThere will be something for everyone\, from beginning sessions that assume no prior technical knowledge to advanced workshops that dig deep into a topic or tool. Our goal is simple — help students and alumni learn new ways to find and tell stories\, new ways to inform and entertain. \nOver the course of two days\, we will host a collection of two-hour sessions\, each focused on introducing participants to a particular topic. Sessions will run in parallel\, giving students the opportunity to attend sessions on an assortment of topics. “101” or introductory sessions will be designed for participants with no technical background on a subject\, while “201” or intermediate sessions will build on the 101 training and dig deeper into a topic.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/the-wrangler-training-series-for-students-and-alumni/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211014T190000
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SUMMARY:2021 Magic Grant Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual reception starting at 7:00 pm EDT (4:00 pm PDT) on October 14\, 2021 to be held in a special space hosted by ohyay.co and designed by the Brown Institute. \nThe event features a unique mix of journalists and technologists\, all funded through the 2020-21 Magic Grant program. The projects this year are incredibly strong. \n\nOne team has built an audio storytelling platform that uses geolocation to connect participants to stories of people\, places\, and things that they walk by.\nAnother has assembled a repository of email chains from officials in local and state governments\, capturing how they addressed the COVID-19 pandemic — this database has led to almost 100 news publications.\nOne Magic Grant has built high-level abstractions for understanding and describing sports videos\, specifically providing a better viewing experience for tennis matches and powerful game analyses for the athletes.\nAnd still another group examined the economic consequences of COVID-19\, focusing on Atlanta.\n\nFrom examining the media’s role in the mass incarceration movement in the US to a new tool to support online deliberation\, the 2020-2021 Magic Grants are a great mix of journalism and technology. Read about our 2020-2021 cohort of projects presenting at the showcase event. \nWe hope you can join us! \nRSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-magic-grant-showcase-tickets-172097005777
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/2021-magic-grant-showcase/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210910
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210913
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SUMMARY:Columbia Hacking for Humanity
DESCRIPTION:Hacking for Humanity is an opportunity to initiate and get traction for startup ideas that are focused on solving a problem for people and/or the planet. There are many terms used to describe such ventures including: “impact ventures”\, “double bottom line”\, “double impact”\, “triple bottom line”\, “sustainable”\, “ESG”\, and others. We use the term social ventures\, which is inclusive of all solutions leveraging new technologies\, research-based ideas\, and innovations that can span a broad range of topics\, fields\, and industries. These ventures offer compelling business models which are scalable and attractive to impact investors and funders seeking targeted and (in most cases) large scalable market opportunities. \nAny startup idea that is aimed at tackling a problem affecting people or the planet. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provides a useful framework for possible topics. As reference\, consider current examples of Columbia-affiliated social ventures. Ideas can have a local\, national\, or global focus. Such startups may be based in NYC\, anywhere in the U.S.\, or abroad. For-profit and hybrid nonprofit/for-profit venture and innovative\, self-sustaining\, nonprofit ideas are eligible. This would include\, but not be limited to\, ventures concerning health and wellness\, education\, climate impact\, environmental sustainability\, journalism/new media\, human rights/social issues\, economic and digital inclusivity\, etc. \nLearn more and register at columbiasocialenterprise.org/hacking4humanity.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/columbia-hacking-for-humanity/
LOCATION:Columbia University
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210730T090000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Augmented Reality Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:HYBRID EVENT: In-person participation limited to the first 10 registrants. \nREGISTER HERE \n  \nAugmented reality can be a useful tool for presenting readers with interactive visual information on a real-world scale\, enabling the viewer to see an object or scene from different points of view. \n\nThe field of journalism was one of the first to capture and publish the world in 3D\, and news organizations like The New York Times and The Washington Post have dedicated sections for such content on their mobile apps.  \n  \nIn examples seen so far\, journalists use AR in cases where scale or a sense of presence can provide new insights about the subject being reported. Successful stories include the New York Times’ simulation of COVID-19 transmission\, a visualization of pollution across the globe\, and a volumetric video portrait of Ashley Graham (all best viewed on the Times’ mobile app). \n  \nIn this workshop\, we will review the current state of AR in journalism\, and best practices for experience design.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/introduction-to-augmented-reality-storytelling/
LOCATION:Online Webinar\, NY
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T110000
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SUMMARY:Points Unknown - Session IV (Spring)
DESCRIPTION:News unfolds in places and every newsworthy event is shaped by the details of location. Those details might include the specifics of a neighborhood as it is today or of the history leading to its current configurations. Alongside the development of web technologies\, journalistic organizations have incorporated web-based maps to enhance reader engagement with stories. But these interactions haven’t always been easy to produce. Points Unknown will train journalism students in GIS and mapping techniques to analyze and visualize spatial information. \nTo conclude our series\, we will switch gears and utilize Google Earth Pro and Adobe Illustrator to export high resolution 3D earth imagery and add annotation layers to it. This is a very common technique for visualizing movement and space\, and we will walk students through the process from start to finish. \nRegister to Attend
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/points-unknown-session-iv-spring/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Points Unknown
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T110000
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SUMMARY:Points Unknown - Session III (Spring)
DESCRIPTION:News unfolds in places and every newsworthy event is shaped by the details of location. Those details might include the specifics of a neighborhood as it is today or of the history leading to its current configurations. Alongside the development of web technologies\, journalistic organizations have incorporated web-based maps to enhance reader engagement with stories. But these interactions haven’t always been easy to produce. Points Unknown will train journalism students in GIS and mapping techniques to analyze and visualize spatial information. \nIn session 3 of Points Unknown\, we will move beyond operations such as overlays and spatial joins and begin to perform analysis on our data. This will include common operations\, such as generating heatmaps\, and more complex operations such as generating isochrones. \nRegister to Attend
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/points-unknown-session-iii-spring/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Points Unknown
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210416T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210416T170000
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session - Columbia
DESCRIPTION:The David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School and the School of Engineering at Stanford are delighted to announce its 2021-2022 Magic Grant program. Applications are due May 1\, 2021! \nTo provide more information about our grants and the application process\, the Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions on the following dates: \n\nFri\, 3/12 3-4pm EST\nWed\, 3/24 11am-12pm EST\nMon\, 4/5 from 5-6pm EST\nFri\, 4/16 4-5pm EST\n\nREGISTER HERE \nEach year\, the Brown Institute awards close to $1M in grants and fellowships to foster new tools and modes of expression\, and to create stories that escape the bounds of page and screen. We are committed to radical experimentation with the potential to define new priorities and practices for both engineering and journalism. \nThe “Magic Grant” program provides year-long funding awards ranging from $10\,000 to $150\,000 (up to $300\,000 for teams with members of both the Columbia and Stanford communities). In addition to funding\, grantees have access to a distinguished advisory and mentoring group\, support for professional development\, and connections to an extensive and inspiring alumni network. \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write to us at browninstitute@columbia.edu
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-15/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210415T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210415T110000
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SUMMARY:Points Unknown - Session II (Spring)
DESCRIPTION:News unfolds in places and every newsworthy event is shaped by the details of location. Those details might include the specifics of a neighborhood as it is today or of the history leading to its current configurations. Alongside the development of web technologies\, journalistic organizations have incorporated web-based maps to enhance reader engagement with stories. But these interactions haven’t always been easy to produce. Points Unknown will train journalism students in GIS and mapping techniques to analyze and visualize spatial information. \nIn session 2 of Points Unknown\, we will move beyond basic maps to begin working with various types of spatial data\, including data from the Census. We will make a variety of visualizations from this data\, and perform basic spatial analysis. \nRegister to Attend
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/points-unknown-session-ii-spring/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Points Unknown
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210412T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210412T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session – Stanford
DESCRIPTION:The David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School and the School of Engineering at Stanford are delighted to announce its 2021-2022 Magic Grant program. Applications are due May 1\, 2021! \nTo provide more information about our grants and the application process\, the Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions on the following dates: \n\nFriday\, March 26 at 2-3pm PST\nMonday\, April 12 at 2-3pm PST\n\nREGISTER HERE \nEach year\, the Brown Institute awards close to $1M in grants and fellowships to foster new tools and modes of expression\, and to create stories that escape the bounds of page and screen. We are committed to radical experimentation with the potential to define new priorities and practices for both engineering and journalism. \nThe “Magic Grant” program provides year-long funding awards ranging from $10\,000 to $150\,000 (up to $300\,000 for teams with members of both the Columbia and Stanford communities). In addition to funding\, grantees have access to a distinguished advisory and mentoring group\, support for professional development\, and connections to an extensive and inspiring alumni network. \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write to us at brown_institute@stanford.edu
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-stanford-4/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Stanford":MAILTO:brown_institute@stanford.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210408T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210408T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
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SUMMARY:Points Unknown - Session I (Spring)
DESCRIPTION:News unfolds in places and every newsworthy event is shaped by the details of location. Those details might include the specifics of a neighborhood as it is today or of the history leading to its current configurations. Alongside the development of web technologies\, journalistic organizations have incorporated web-based maps to enhance reader engagement with stories. But these interactions haven’t always been easy to produce. Points Unknown will train journalism students in GIS and mapping techniques to analyze and visualize spatial information. \nFor Points Unknown: Session I (Spring)\, students will be provided an overview of spatial data and what constitutes a map. Following a presentation on concepts\, we will introduce the software we will use throughout the spring module (QGIS)\, and begin by making a basic map. \nRegister to Attend
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/points-unknown-session-i-spring/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Points Unknown
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210407T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210407T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
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SUMMARY:3D reconstruction with Photogrammetry
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute is pleased to announce the launch of Volumetric Reporting\, supported by a Provost Teaching and Learning Grant for Emerging Technology\, a seminar and training series which will explore the affordances of volumetric capture and its applications in journalism. The series will begin with talks by Francesca Panetta\, formerly of The Guardian and the MIT Advanced Virtuality Lab and Shourideh C. Molavi of Forensic Architecture — who will introduce applications of volumetric capture for reporting and storytelling. Talks will be followed by two workshops introducing students to the technology and then creating 3D spaces from images using photogrammetry. \n3D reconstruction with Photogrammetry  \nRegister \nIn this session\, we will learn the basics of Photogrammetry – a method used to take measurements and calculate depth using images captured with any camera\, including the ones on your smartphone. Photogrammetry can be used to reconstruct objects large and small – from a plate of food to a terrain captured using a drone. We will cover guidelines for photographing an object\, and then use the software Agisoft Metashape to process an example. The exported object can later be used for immersive experiences in Augmented or Virtual Reality or embedded into a written article on the web.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/3d-reconstruction-with-photogrammetry/
LOCATION:Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210405T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210405T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
CREATED:20210303T175311Z
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session - Columbia
DESCRIPTION:The David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School and the School of Engineering at Stanford are delighted to announce its 2021-2022 Magic Grant program. Applications are due May 1\, 2021! \nTo provide more information about our grants and the application process\, the Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions on the following dates: \n\nFri\, 3/12 3-4pm EST\nWed\, 3/24 11am-12pm EST\nMon\, 4/5 from 5-6pm EST\nFri\, 4/16 4-5pm EST\n\nREGISTER HERE \nEach year\, the Brown Institute awards close to $1M in grants and fellowships to foster new tools and modes of expression\, and to create stories that escape the bounds of page and screen. We are committed to radical experimentation with the potential to define new priorities and practices for both engineering and journalism. \nThe “Magic Grant” program provides year-long funding awards ranging from $10\,000 to $150\,000 (up to $300\,000 for teams with members of both the Columbia and Stanford communities). In addition to funding\, grantees have access to a distinguished advisory and mentoring group\, support for professional development\, and connections to an extensive and inspiring alumni network. \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write to us at browninstitute@columbia.edu
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-14/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210401T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210401T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
CREATED:20210316T192814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210319T160857Z
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session – Stanford
DESCRIPTION:The David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School and the School of Engineering at Stanford are delighted to announce its 2021-2022 Magic Grant program. Applications are due May 1\, 2021! \nTo provide more information about our grants and the application process\, the Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions on the following dates: \n\nThursday\, April 1 at 10-11am PST\nMonday\, April 12 at 2-3pm PST\n\nREGISTER HERE \nEach year\, the Brown Institute awards close to $1M in grants and fellowships to foster new tools and modes of expression\, and to create stories that escape the bounds of page and screen. We are committed to radical experimentation with the potential to define new priorities and practices for both engineering and journalism. \nThe “Magic Grant” program provides year-long funding awards ranging from $10\,000 to $150\,000 (up to $300\,000 for teams with members of both the Columbia and Stanford communities). In addition to funding\, grantees have access to a distinguished advisory and mentoring group\, support for professional development\, and connections to an extensive and inspiring alumni network. \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write to us at brown_institute@stanford.edu
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-stanford-3/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Stanford":MAILTO:brown_institute@stanford.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210326T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210326T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
CREATED:20210226T152425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210308T192654Z
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SUMMARY:Applying Emerging Technologies In Service of Journalism- with members of the New York Times R&D team
DESCRIPTION:Emerging technologies\, particularly within computer vision\, photogrammetry and spatial computing\, are unlocking new forms of storytelling for journalists to help people understand the world around them. In this talk\, members of the R&D team at The New York Times talk about their process for researching and developing new capabilities built atop emerging research. In particular\, hear how they are embracing photogrammetry and spatial computing to create new storytelling techniques that allow a reader to experience an event as close to reality as possible. Learn about the process of collecting photos\, generating 3D models\, editing\, and technologies used to scale up to millions of readers. The team will also share their vision for these technologies and journalism\, their ethical considerations along the way\, and a research wishlist that would accelerate their work.  \nIn its 169 year history\, The New York Times has evolved with new technologies\, publishing its first photo in 1896 with the rise of cameras\, introducing the world’s first computerized news retrieval system in 1972 with the rise of the computer\, and launching a website in 1996 with the rise of the internet. Since then\, the pace of innovation has accelerated alongside the rise of smartphones\, cellular networks\, and other new technologies. The Times now has the world’s most popular daily podcast\, a new weekly video series\, and award-winning interactive graphics storytelling. Join us for a discussion about how our embrace of emerging technologies is helping us push the boundaries of journalism. \nSpeakers: Members of The New York Times R&D Team \nThe New York Times Research and Development team applies emerging technologies in service of our company’s mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world. \nUsing new technologies and formats\, we develop technical capabilities for our newsroom and new forms of storytelling for our readers. As part of our method\, we evaluate emerging trends in media and technology and forecast how they might play out over the next two to three years. Once we identify an opportunity\, we dedicate a team to explore the space and develop products in collaboration with other parts of our organization.\nWe’re a multidisciplinary team of journalists\, creative technologists\, designers and engineers. \nRegister to Attend
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/applying-emerging-technologies-in-service-of-journalism/
LOCATION:NY
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210324T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210324T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
CREATED:20210303T174853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210324T145110Z
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session / Mixer- Columbia
DESCRIPTION:The David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School and the School of Engineering at Stanford are delighted to announce its 2021-2022 Magic Grant program. Applications are due May 1\, 2021! \nTo provide more information about our grants and the application process\, the Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions on the following dates: \n\nFri\, 3/12 3-4pm EST\nWed\, 3/24 11am-12pm EST\nMon\, 4/5 from 5-6pm EST\nFri\, 4/16 4-5pm EST\n\nJoin Here \nEach year\, the Brown Institute awards close to $1M in grants and fellowships to foster new tools and modes of expression\, and to create stories that escape the bounds of page and screen. We are committed to radical experimentation with the potential to define new priorities and practices for both engineering and journalism. \nThe “Magic Grant” program provides year-long funding awards ranging from $10\,000 to $150\,000 (up to $300\,000 for teams with members of both the Columbia and Stanford communities). In addition to funding\, grantees have access to a distinguished advisory and mentoring group\, support for professional development\, and connections to an extensive and inspiring alumni network. \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write to us at browninstitute@columbia.edu
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-13/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210324T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210324T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
CREATED:20210215T192505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210226T150837Z
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SUMMARY:Volumetric capture and immersive technologies - primer
DESCRIPTION:What are the differences between AR\, VR\, and MR? What are some options out there for creating and publishing immersive content? In this session\, we’ll map the current landscape of immersive and volumetric technologies and clarify essential terminology. \nAbout the series \nThe Brown Institute is pleased to announce the launch of Volumetric Reporting\, supported by a Provost Teaching and Learning Grant for Emerging Technology\, a seminar and training series that will explore the affordances of volumetric capture and its applications in journalism. The series will begin with talks by Francesca Panetta\, formerly of The Guardian and the MIT Advanced Virtuality Lab\, and Shourideh C. Molavi of Forensic Architecture — who will introduce applications of volumetric capture for reporting and storytelling. Talks will be followed by two workshops introducing students to the technology and then creating 3D spaces from images using photogrammetry. \nRegistert to Attend \n 
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/volumetric-capture-and-immersive-technologies-primer/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210312T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210312T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
CREATED:20210303T173912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210304T203021Z
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session - Columbia
DESCRIPTION:The David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School and the School of Engineering at Stanford are delighted to announce its 2021-2022 Magic Grant program. Applications are due May 1\, 2021! \nTo provide more information about our grants and the application process\, the Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions on the following dates: \n\nFri\, 3/12 from 3-4pm EST\nWed\, 3/24 from 11am-12pm EST\nMon\, 4/5 from 5-6pm EST\nFri\, 4/16 from 4-5pm EST\n\nREGISTER HERE \nEach year\, the Brown Institute awards close to $1M in grants and fellowships to foster new tools and modes of expression\, and to create stories that escape the bounds of page and screen. We are committed to radical experimentation with the potential to define new priorities and practices for both engineering and journalism. \nThe “Magic Grant” program provides year-long funding awards ranging from $10\,000 to $150\,000 (up to $300\,000 for teams with members of both the Columbia and Stanford communities). In addition to funding\, grantees have access to a distinguished advisory and mentoring group\, support for professional development\, and connections to an extensive and inspiring alumni network. \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write to us at browninstitute@columbia.edu
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-sessions/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210312T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210312T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
CREATED:20210201T182250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210308T192030Z
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SUMMARY:Investigations in 3D with Shourideh Molavi (Forensic Architecture)
DESCRIPTION:Shourideh C. Molavi is a writer and scholar in specializing in critical state theory\, migration\, and border studies. She has over 15 years of academic\, legal\, and fieldwork experience in the Middle East—focusing on Israel/Palestine—on the politics of space\, citizenship\, and statelessness\, and with an emphasis on the relationship between the law\, violence\, and power. She is the Lead Israel-Palestine Researcher at Forensic Architecture in London.\nphoto from Triple Chaser\, courtesy of Shourideh Molavi \nRegister to Attend \n\n\nAbout the Volumetric Reporting series \nThe Brown Institute is pleased to announce the launch of Volumetric Reporting\, supported by a Provost Teaching and Learning Grant for Emerging Technology\, a seminar and training series which will explore the affordances of volumetric capture and its applications in journalism. The series will begin with talks by Francesca Panetta\, formerly of The Guardian and the MIT Advanced Virtuality Lab and Shourideh C. Molavi of Forensic Architecture — who will introduce applications of volumetric capture for reporting and storytelling. Talks will be followed by two workshops introducing students to the technology and then creating 3D spaces from images using photogrammetry. \nMore events in the series  \n 
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/investigations-in-3d-with-shourideh-molavi-forensic-architecture/
LOCATION:NY
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210311T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210311T090000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
CREATED:20210212T145645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210212T150044Z
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SUMMARY:Statistics Breakfast with Mark Hansen (Thursdays in February and March 2021)
DESCRIPTION:Some of the biggest stories of 2020 were statistical. We tracked exponential curves as COVID-19 spread across the country. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day\, we reassessed the pace of climate change. And after the 2020 Election\, the country debated whether any of the then-President’s claims about voter fraud could be true\, attempting to estimate the true number of missing or incorrectly counted ballots. In each story\, an increase in observation and measurement\, in data\, helped us understand little more about our current situation and predict where things might go. Statistics\, the science of data and inferences we make from data\, was and is at the center of these stories. The Brown Institute will be hosting a series of “Statistics Breakfasts” to introduce CJS students and alumni to provide a basic grounding in statistics reasoning. We assume no background whatsoever — this material is not difficult\, but is extremely important for journalists to understand. Interested? Please contact Mark Hansen\, markh@columbia.edu. Also\, if there are topics you’d like to see covered please drop me an email — if there is enough interest\, we can run the breakfasts for longer than 4 weeks. Perhaps you can be a presenter as well\, bringing your questions that the group can help to reason through.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/statistics-breakfast-with-mark-hansen-3/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Trainings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210304T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210304T090000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
CREATED:20210212T145308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210212T145922Z
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SUMMARY:Statistics Breakfast with Mark Hansen (Thursdays in February and March 2021)
DESCRIPTION:Some of the biggest stories of 2020 were statistical. We tracked exponential curves as COVID-19 spread across the country. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day\, we reassessed the pace of climate change. And after the 2020 Election\, the country debated whether any of the then-President’s claims about voter fraud could be true\, attempting to estimate the true number of missing or incorrectly counted ballots. In each story\, an increase in observation and measurement\, in data\, helped us understand little more about our current situation and predict where things might go. Statistics\, the science of data and inferences we make from data\, was and is at the center of these stories. The Brown Institute will be hosting a series of “Statistics Breakfasts” to introduce CJS students and alumni to provide a basic grounding in statistics reasoning. We assume no background whatsoever — this material is not difficult\, but is extremely important for journalists to understand. Interested? Please contact Mark Hansen\, markh@columbia.edu. Also\, if there are topics you’d like to see covered please drop me an email — if there is enough interest\, we can run the breakfasts for longer than 4 weeks. Perhaps you can be a presenter as well\, bringing your questions that the group can help to reason through.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/statistic-breakfast-with-mark-hansen/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Trainings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210226T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210226T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
CREATED:20210120T211725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210208T173437Z
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SUMMARY:Immersive Journalism\, with Francesca Panetta
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute is pleased to announce the launch of Volumetric Reporting\, supported by a Provost Teaching and Learning Grant for Emerging Technology\, a seminar and training series which will explore the affordances of volumetric capture and its applications in journalism. The series will begin with talks by Francesca Panetta\, formerly of The Guardian and the MIT Advanced Virtuality Lab and Shourideh C. Molavi of Forensic Architecture — who will introduce applications of volumetric capture for reporting and storytelling. Talks will be followed by two workshops introducing students to the technology and then creating 3D spaces from images using photogrammetry. \nImmersive Journalism\, with Francesca Panetta \nRegister \nAdvances in sensing hardware and computer vision algorithms have enabled common smartphone and tablet devices to be able to see and understand the world in more ways than ever before. Not only are these devices able to display 3D content\, but they are quickly being equipped with technologies that allow for 3D capture. Applications have flooded the app stores for consumers to play with this technology — allowing living rooms to be filled with Pokémon for kids\, and furniture and wall-color paint samples for adults. In addition to these more playful applications\, this type of capture and display also provides new opportunities for journalists and storytellers. In this lecture series\, we’ll be bringing professionals working with immersive technologies to talk about their work and share their learnings.  \n\n  \n \nAbout Francesca Panetta \nFrancesca Panetta is an immersive artist\, director\, and journalist. She uses emerging technologies to innovate new forms of storytelling that have social impact. She was XR Creative Director at MIT’s Center for Advanced Virtuality where she made flagship work such as In Event of Moon Disaster. Before that\, she worked at the Guardian for over a decade pioneering new forms of journalism\, including setting up and running the in-house virtual reality studio. Her works have won critical acclaim – receiving awards around the world\, and touring the White House\, Tribeca\, Cannes\, Sundance\, and more. She was a 2019 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. \n  \nphotograph from Limbo 
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/immersive-journalism-with-francesca-panetta/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210225T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210225T090000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
CREATED:20210212T145049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210212T150151Z
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SUMMARY:Statistics Breakfast with Mark Hansen (Thursdays in February and March 2021)
DESCRIPTION:Some of the biggest stories of 2020 were statistical. We tracked exponential curves as COVID-19 spread across the country. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day\, we reassessed the pace of climate change. And after the 2020 Election\, the country debated whether any of the then-President’s claims about voter fraud could be true\, attempting to estimate the true number of missing or incorrectly counted ballots. In each story\, an increase in observation and measurement\, in data\, helped us understand little more about our current situation and predict where things might go. Statistics\, the science of data and inferences we make from data\, was and is at the center of these stories. The Brown Institute will be hosting a series of “Statistics Breakfasts” to introduce CJS students and alumni to provide a basic grounding in statistics reasoning. We assume no background whatsoever — this material is not difficult\, but is extremely important for journalists to understand. Interested? Please contact Mark Hansen\, markh@columbia.edu. Also\, if there are topics you’d like to see covered please drop me an email — if there is enough interest\, we can run the breakfasts for longer than 4 weeks. Perhaps you can be a presenter as well\, bringing your questions that the group can help to reason through.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/statistics-breakfast-with-mark-hansen-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Trainings
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210219T094500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210219T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
CREATED:20210203T220639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210203T220639Z
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SUMMARY:C + J Symposium 2021: Data Journalism in an Expanded Field
DESCRIPTION:C+J 2021 — A virtual gathering \nFrom the outset\, 2020 looked like it would be a year of data and computation in journalism. Think of the events that were planned — from the 2020 Presidential Election to the decennial census\, to the Summer Olympics\, to the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. Each of these stories had rich possibilities for collaborations between journalism and the computing and data sciences. Tragically\, as we know well\, an even bigger story dominates the news\, COVID-19. As the full force of the pandemic continues to unfold\, we see that it is a story also told in data\, in models\, and in predictions — helping the public make critical decisions about the health of their families and communities. \nThe Computation+Journalism (C+J) conference is a venue where journalists and researchers meet. It is a setting where news organizations can learn about new methods to source\, produce and distribute their journalism\, and where researchers in the computational and social sciences learn about important open questions that news organizations are struggling with\, from business models to database technologies\, to new frameworks for data visualization. \nLike most meetings of its kind\, C+J has historically been an in-person affair. And the COVID-19 outbreak gives us two choices — cancel the conference or expand it in ways that were previously unthinkable. The program committee has decided on the latter. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/cj2021_data_journalism_in_an_expanded_field/
LOCATION:Online Webinar\, NY
ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210218T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210218T090000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
CREATED:20210212T144540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210212T175936Z
UID:6745-1613633400-1613638800@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Statistics Breakfast with Mark Hansen (Thursdays in February and March 2021)
DESCRIPTION:Some of the biggest stories of 2020 were statistical. We tracked exponential curves as COVID-19 spread across the country. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day\, we reassessed the pace of climate change. And after the 2020 Election\, the country debated whether any of the then-President’s claims about voter fraud could be true\, attempting to estimate the true number of missing or incorrectly counted ballots. In each story\, an increase in observation and measurement\, in data\, helped us understand little more about our current situation and predict where things might go. Statistics\, the science of data and inferences we make from data\, was and is at the center of these stories. The Brown Institute will be hosting a series of “Statistics Breakfasts” to introduce CJS students and alumni to provide a basic grounding in statistics reasoning. We assume no background whatsoever — this material is not difficult\, but is extremely important for journalists to understand. Interested? Please contact Mark Hansen\, markh@columbia.edu. Also\, if there are topics you’d like to see covered please drop me an email — if there is enough interest\, we can run the breakfasts for longer than 4 weeks. Perhaps you can be a presenter as well\, bringing your questions that the group can help to reason through.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/statistics-breakfast-with-mark-hansen/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Trainings
ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210129T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210129T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
CREATED:20210120T231025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210122T141318Z
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SUMMARY:The Brown Institute Virtual Mixer
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute offers grants\, fellowships and unique internships. Our granting program\, the so-called Magic Grants\, have supported numerous alumni from the school — read about our current cohort here.  You’ll see powerful investigative projects (one appearing on the front page of the New York Times this weekend) as well as grants that support new technologies for reporting or telling a story. We support great journalism and great tech and the mixture of the two.  Our internships are equally unique — last year three grads spent the fall looking into “participatory journalism” with Consumer Reports. Come and learn about Brown\, or programs and how we can help you during your time at Columbia and after.\nJoin us at https://ohyay.co/s/Brown-Institute-Mixer.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/spring_2021_virtual_mixer/
LOCATION:Virtual
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
CREATED:20200927T144046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200927T145000Z
UID:6398-1611324000-1611329400@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Roles for Computing in Social Justice with Rediet Abebe\, Harvard and UC Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:Each year\, the Brown Institute sponsors talks that explore the intersection between media and technology. This year we have three virtual presentations lined up\, each challenging us to think about data and computation in new ways. Each talk is by researchers outside of journalism\, and yet we have a great deal to learn from their approaches to data and computation. \nRoles for Computing in Social Justice \nRegister to attend the lecture \nRecent scholarship in AI ethics warns that computing work has treated problematic features of the status quo as fixed\,  failing to address and even exacerbate deep patterns of injustice and inequality. Acknowledging these critiques\, we ask: what roles\, if any\, can computing play to support and advance fundamental social change? We articulate four such roles — computing as a diagnostic\, formalizer\, rebuttal\, and synecdoche — through an analysis that considers the opportunities as well as the significant risks inherent in such work. We then discuss how these insights may be used to support advocacy work aimed at fostering more equitable and just systems. \n\nAbout Rediet Abebe \n \nRediet Abebe is a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and an incoming Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of California\, Berkeley. Abebe holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Cornell University and graduate degrees in mathematics from Harvard University and the University of Cambridge. Her research is in artificial intelligence and algorithms\, with a focus on equity and justice concerns. Abebe is a co-founder and co-organizer of the multi-institutional\, interdisciplinary research initiative Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG). Her dissertation received the 2020 ACM SIGKDD Dissertation Award for offering the foundations of this emerging research area. Abebe’s work has informed policy and practice at the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Ethiopian Ministry of Education. She has been honored in the MIT Technology Reviews’ 35 Innovators Under 35 and the Bloomberg 50 list as a one to watch. Abebe also co-founded Black in AI\, a non-profit organization tackling representation issues in AI. Her research is influenced by her upbringing in her hometown of Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/roles-for-computing-in-social-justice-with-rediet-abebe-harvard-and-uc-berkeley/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Conferences
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201204T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201204T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T192255
CREATED:20200923T150948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201204T190854Z
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SUMMARY:Data Feminism with Catherine D'Ignazio\, MIT  and Lauren Klein\, Emory University
DESCRIPTION:Each year\, the Brown Institute sponsors talks that explore the intersection between media and technology. This year we have three virtual presentations lined up\, each challenging us to think about data and computation in new ways. Each talk is by researchers outside of journalism\, and yet we have a great deal to learn from their approaches to data and computation. \nData Feminism\n \nJoin Now! \nAs data are increasingly mobilized in the service of governments and corporations\, their unequal conditions of production\, their asymmetrical methods of application\, and their unequal effects on both individuals and groups have become increasingly difficult for data scientists–and others who rely on data in their work–to ignore. But it is precisely this power that makes it worth asking: “Data science by whom? Data science for whom? Data science with whose interests in mind? These are some of the questions that emerge from what we call data feminism\, a way of thinking about data science and its communication that is informed by the past several decades of intersectional feminist activism and critical thought. Illustrating data feminism in action\, this talk will show how challenges to the male/female binary can help to challenge other hierarchical (and empirically wrong) classification systems; it will explain how an understanding of emotion can expand our ideas about effective data visualization; how the concept of invisible labor can expose the significant human efforts required by our automated systems; and why the data never\, ever “speak for themselves.” The goal of this talk\, as with the project of data feminism\, is to model how scholarship can be transformed into action: how feminist thinking can be operationalized in order to imagine more ethical and equitable data practices. \n\nAbout Catherine D’Ignazio\n \nCatherine D’Ignazio is a scholar\, artist/designer and hacker mama who focuses on feminist technology\, data literacy and civic engagement. She has run reproductive justice hackathons\, designed global news recommendation systems\, created talking and tweeting water quality sculptures\, and led walking data visualizations to envision the future of sea level rise. With Rahul Bhargava\, she built the platform Databasic.io\, a suite of tools and activities to introduce newcomers to data science. Her 2020 book from MIT Press\, Data Feminism\, co-authored with Lauren Klein\, charts a course for more ethical and empowering data science practices. Her research at the intersection of technology\, design & social justice has been published in the Journal of Peer Production\, the Journal of Community Informatics\, and the proceedings of Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM SIGCHI). Her art and design projects have won awards from the Tanne Foundation\, Turbulence.org and the Knight Foundation and exhibited at the Venice Biennial and the ICA Boston. D’Ignazio is an Assistant Professor of Urban Science and Planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. She is also Director of the Data + Feminism Lab which uses data and computational methods to work towards gender and racial equity\, particularly in relation to space and place. \nAbout Lauren Klein\n \nLauren Klein is an associate professor in the departments of English and Quantitative Theory & Methods at Emory University\, where she also directs the Digital Humanities Lab. She works at the intersection of data science\, digital humanities\, and early American literature\, with a research focus on issues of race and gender. She has designed platforms for exploring the contents of historical newspapers\, recreated forgotten visualization schemes with fabric and addressable LEDs\, and\, with her students\, cooked meals from early American recipes—and then visualized the results. In 2017\, she was named one of the “rising stars in digital humanities” by Inside Higher Ed. She is the author of An Archive of Taste: Race and Eating in the Early United States (University of Minnesota Press\, 2020) and\, with Catherine D’Ignazio\, Data Feminism (MIT Press\, 2020). With Matthew K. Gold\, she edits Debates in the Digital Humanities\, a hybrid print-digital publication stream that explores debates in the field as they emerge. Her current project\, Data by Design: An Interactive History of Data Visualization\, 1786-1900\, was recently funded by an NEH-Mellon Fellowship for Digital Publication.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/data-feminism-with-catherine-dignazio-mit-and-lauren-klein-emory-university/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Panels & Seminars
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