Alexandra Glorioso from the Reframe Iran Magic Grant has just published a profile in The Guardian of Nancy Matthews. Matthews served as vice president for arts and cultural affairs at Meridian International, “a unique
Cannabis Wire wins NY Innovation Grant
The Made in NY Media Center by IFP, in partnership with Mayor De Blasio’s Office of Media & Entertainment and the New York City Economic Development Corpoation, announced the first
Want to solve a cold case? Grantee turns citizens into sleuths
Working on a Magic Grant can be a full time job, but Brown Institute grantees are also are busy with projects outside of the grant program. Before starting on her
Base Camp, Round 2!
What is Base Camp? The Brown Institute for Media Innovation at the School of Engineering at Stanford University and the Graduate School for Journalism at Columbia University invite you to
Upstairs, Downstairs
This weekend the Brown Institute at Columbia sponsored two events. In the Brown Institute space on the ground floor of Pulitzer Hall, Ellen Weinstein led a day-long workshop on illustration
Information Cartography
Former Magic Grantee Dafna Shahaf, a post-doc in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University, together with researchers from Stanford, the University of Washington, and Microsoft, has just published a paper
Base Camp 2015
This weekend, 15 students from the Graduate School of Journalism joined 15 graduate students from Stanford’s School of Engineering for a unique workshop, our second “Base Camp.” We began the
Image Truth/Story Truth
By Nina Berman When talking about photojournalism ethics the conversation tends to focus on the integrity of the digital image and the rules governing Photoshop manipulation. Photojournalists are prohibited from
Science Surveyor in the NiemanLab Blog
The goal of Science Surveyor, a flagship project sponsored by the Brown Institute, is simply stated – Produce better reporting on science. The NiemanLab Blog has just published an overview of