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Event recap: Journalism Educator’s Symposium

On Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School hosted its inaugural Educator’s Symposium. The purpose of this event was to bring together journalism instructors and practitioners to share challenges…

Tow Tea: Perspectives on International Reporting

International reporting presents constantly changing landscapes for work as stories come up in different countries and regions of the world. On Thursday, September 17th, the Tow Center hosted Buzzfeed’s Miriam Elder and VICE’s Beth Morrissey for…

Innovation Showcase 2014

The Tow Center for Digital Journalism is pleased to invite you to Columbia Journalism School’s 2014 Innovation Showcase, which will be open to the public from 6pm-8pm on May 12th & 13th.

Why Journalism Can’t Be Moneyballed

By now most everyone is familiar with Moneyball, Michael Lewis’s bestselling-book-turned-hit-movie about how the Oakland A’s, one of the poorest clubs in major league baseball, beat much richer teams using a data-driven approach to the game. Under the leadership of…

PHOTOS: Single Subject News Conferences

The Single Subject News Conference, hosted by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, is well underway today. The conversations have been great, and we thought we’d share with you a few pictures of the speakers.

A Quantitative Turn in Journalism?

Journalists are seeing an explosion of quantitative data about how readers interact with what they write. To date, much of the conversation about metrics and news has focused on the dangers of using metrics to guide news judgment or, on the other hand, the risks of…

Tow Tea “Mapping the Experience” Takeaway

Google Fusion Tables are used to gather and visualize data tables. Fusion tables are one of the simplest tools available online to create interactive maps. For our first skills session of the year, I looked at mapping school attendance in New York City by…

First Tow Tea: Entering the Digital Space

September 4th, 2013: 4:00–5:30 at 607B, Columbia Journalism School

Come learn about various ways you can get involved in the digital space in the city. We will be introducing the Tow…