Media Party New York @ Brown - 2026

Media Party New York @ Brown - 2026

5:00pm EDT

1) Media Party Opening - Media Fair Lobby Anfibia LobbySilvina Heguy Code For Africa LobbyJacopo Ottaviani Daily Maverick LobbyKathryn Kotze Global Index of Responsible AI LobbyNicolás Grossman Google Developer Experts LobbyMadona S Wambua Infoamazonia LobbyStefano Wrobleski Redline LobbyJonathan Soma WP News: Action Journalism Ecosystem (Hispabot & Sutita Rimay) LobbyElvis Franks Herrada Erquiaga

5:50pm EDT

After the Feed: AI and the future of the information environment Brown Institute Space - Ground FloorEli Pariser

6:08pm EDT

AI Is Rewriting Media Innovation And Bringing Us Closer to Our Communities? Brown Institute Space - Ground FloorLaura Zommer

6:26pm EDT

The Rise of the 1-person Media Company Brown Institute Space - Ground FloorHope King

6:44pm EDT

AI is neither good, nor bad; nor is it neutral Brown Institute Space - Ground FloorAlexios Mantzarlis

7:01pm EDT

From a community to a global engine - Where is Media Party going? Brown Institute Space - Ground FloorMariano Blejman

7:05pm EDT

From audience engagement to community co-creation: a case study Brown Institute Space - Ground FloorLogan Williams

7:12pm EDT

The Emerging Creator News & Information Field - New Research Insights Brown Institute Space - Ground FloorAmy Mitchell

7:19pm EDT

The power of Wikipedia to highlight great news Brown Institute Space - Ground FloorMolly Stark Dean

10:00am EDT

What Is Independent Media, Anyway? How AI Is Changing Our Answer (Again). Lecture HallHarlan Mandel

10:18am EDT

Journalism First. What If AI Handled the Rest? Lecture HallKathryn Kotze

10:36am EDT

Africa Mining Watch: how to build a community around an environmental journalism tool Lecture HallJacopo Ottaviani

10:54am EDT

The Big Split: where news value lands in an agentic future Lecture HallJoanna Geary

11:30am EDT

AI Tools That Won't Get You Fired World RoomMike Reilley Creator Providers: Who are you, What do you need & How can you become one? 607B - 6th floorJustin Bank • Amy Mitchell Enigma Government Archive Brown Institute Space - Ground FloorCharles Berret How Social Media Algorithms Amplify Hate Speech: Case Study of Sudanese Refugees in Cairo 601B 6th floorEslam Hamedan Introduction to Codex for Newsroom Workflows - OpenAI Lecture HallChristina Lim • Evan Hirsch

2:00pm EDT

Beyond Search: Building BOTO, an AI News Bot for WhatsApp Lecture HallStefano Wrobleski Partnering is Not Optional. Collaboration is a critical competency. Are we really treating it that way? Lecture HallLisa Gibbs

2:45pm EDT

Build a Gemini-Powered YouTube Summarizer Pulitzer HallMadona S Wambua How to use Wiki APIs for your news publication (Wikimedia) Brown Institute Space - Ground FloorHal Triedman • Brandon Tracy • Sucheta Salgaonkar Turning the Funnel Sideways: The Modern Growth Playbook World RoomJustin Bank Using satellite imagery for journalism: From the basics to AI 601B 6th floorLogan Williams

4:30pm EDT

AI in the Newsroom: Practical Workflows for Editors World RoomNatalie Van Hoozer • Vania André Local Models to search through (Epstein) files Lecture HallTeresa Mondría Terol Making Vertical Video: A Hands-on Workshop 601B 6th floorLauren Saks • Micah Gelman Reaching the Audience That Gave Up on News: What We Learned from 200 Classrooms and 25 Campuses Brown Institute Space - Ground FloorBrijesh • Jack Brewster

6:15pm EDT

A new era of open source audience tools Lecture HallAustin Smith Build For Creators Lecture HallSirui Hua Can AI Triage a Pitch? A Case Study in Editorial Evaluation Lecture HallCaleb Okereke Global Index of Responsible AI Lecture HallNicolás Grossman Pivot to Profit: Audience-driven sustainability or expensive delusion? Lecture HallJanine Warner Spreadsheet Inference: What is it? How did it get here? Where will it go? Lecture HallAaron Brezel

9:30am EDT

Opening and reception (Breakfast included!) Lecture Hall

10:00am EDT

Hackathon - Ideas presentations (bring your project or join a team!) Lecture Hall

11:00am EDT

Hackathon (teams building) Lecture Hall

11:30am EDT

Hackathon (prototypes building process) Lunch included Lecture Hall

4:00pm EDT

Hackathon Pitch sessions Lecture Hall