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Spielberg to serve on Media Innovation Institute Board
Posted by the Stanford Daily
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg and Hearst Corporation CEO Frank Bennack will serve as members of the advisory board for the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation, the institute announced recently.
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Helen Gurley Brown Gives $30 Million for Media Innovation at Columbia and Stanford
Posted by the New York Times on January 30, 2012
With the backing of a $30 million donation from Helen Gurley Brown, the former editor of Cosmopolitan, the graduate school of journalism at Columbia University and the school of engineering at Stanford University on Monday said that they would create a center for media innovation. The center, which would be housed on both campuses, represents the "increasingly important connection between journalism and technology, bringing the best from the East and West Coasts," the schools wrote in a news release.
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Media Innovation Goes Bicoastal
Posted by the Wall Street Journal on January 31, 2012
A $30 million gift from legendary editor Helen Gurley Brown will fund a joint program between Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and Stanford University's School of Engineering.
The donation, announced Monday, establishes the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation, a program with the purpose of bridging journalism and technology. Each school will receive $12 million for the program to fund professorships and fellowships for students.
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Helen Gurley Brown Gives Columbia and Stanford $30M for Media Innovation
Posted by Reuters on January 30, 2012
Long-time Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown has gifted $30 million to Columbia University's journalism school and Stanford University's school of engineering to found an institute for media innovation, named after Gurley Brown and her late husband, producer David Brown.
Each school will receive $12 million for "Institute activities" and an additional $6 million will go to Columbia to aid in the construction of a "signature space" adjacent to the current graduate school.
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Helen Gurley Brown Funds Digital Media Institute
Posted by the San Francisco Chronicle on January 31, 2012
Stanford University engineers and Columbia University journalists announced a first-of-its-kind partnership between the two schools Monday that supporters say could change the future of journalism.
A $30 million gift from longtime Cosmopolitan magazine editor Helen Gurley Brown will fund a new institute for media innovation that is split between the Stanford School of Engineering and Columbia Journalism School, the schools said.
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Stanford, Columbia to Share $30 Million Helen Gurley Brown Gift to Advance Journalism Technology
Posted by the San Jose Mercurcy on January 30, 2012
Stanford University's School of Engineering and Columbia Journalism School have received a $30 million gift to establish a New York City-based Institute for Media Innovation, which will seek new ways for technology to enhance a robust free press.
The gift, announced Monday morning, comes from Helen Gurley Brown, longtime editor of Cosmopolitan and author of the 1962 bestseller "Sex and the Single Girl," which set the stage for the women's liberation movement.
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