Columbia University School of Journalism and the Columbia Department of Computer Science are offering a unique educational opportunity this summer for students who want to build up their understanding of
Bushwig at PCA/ACA
Adam and Jessa from the Bushwig Magic Grant will present their work at the Pop Culture Association/American Culture Association National Meeting in Chicago this week. They will speak on identity curation, or rather,
A Second Hard Hat Dinner
Last night, the Institute hosted its second Hard Hat Dinner. We invited 19 media scholars, educators, journalists, entrepreneurs, and friends for the second in a series of events to celebrate
CityBeat: Real-time Social Media Visualization of Hyper-local City Data
Authors Xia C., Schwartz, R., Xie K., Krebs A., Langdon A., Ting J. and Naaman M. Abstract With the increasing volume of location-annotated content from various social media platforms like
Ethics of Data Conference Announced!
The recent influx of big data has surfaced a multitude of ethical questions centered around the use of digital data for social good. The first Ethics of DataConference, which will bring
CityBeat Demo
CityBeat, a social media mining news project, will be featured at the Hacks/Hackers NYC Demo Day on Monday, March 17. Raz Schwartz of Cornell Tech and Alyssa Katz of The New York
NICAR 2014
Networks, science, and shoe-leather reporting – The Brown Institute sent six students from Columbia’s Journalism School to this year’s edition of NICAR, an annual conference in computer-assisted reporting. This year’s conference was
Left brain, right brain
Ellen Weinstein and the New York Public Library Labs recall their process for “bit by bit” in this lovely blog post. Here’s a taste: Although I use paper and pixels