New Name
In 1948, Stanford’s Division of Journalism became renamed as the Stanford Institute for Journalistic Studies, in order to better describe the department’s activities of the time: mass communication research and the emphasis on graduate instruction.
Highlights from the Stanford Daily Archive
1940
Noted Journalist To Discuss U.S. The Stanford Daily, Volume 96, Issue 54, 12 January 1940
S.F. Club Hears Journalism Head. The Stanford Daily, Volume 96, Issue 77, 14 February 1940
In Praise of Journalism. The Stanford Daily, Volume 97, Issue 14, 8 March 1940
Hungarian journalist Covers U.S. While Enrolled at Farm. The Stanford Daily, Volume 97, Issue 30, 23 April 1940
Journalism Head Returns to Farm. The Stanford Daily, Volume 97, Issue 43, 10 May 1940
Students End Radio 'Session'. The Stanford Daily, Volume 97, Issue 55, 28 May 1940
Time to Feature Ads on Journalism. The Stanford Daily, Volume 97, Issue 8, 29 February 1940
Daily Correspondent Flies to Pullman For Color Story. The Stanford Daily, Volume 98, Issue 21, 21 October 1940
Daily Reporter Discusses Feminine Farm Fashions. The Stanford Daily, Volume 98, Issue 25, 25 October 1940
Surprise Comedy Hit Has Colbert as War Reporter. The Stanford Daily, Volume 98, Issue 45, 26 November 1940
Chinese Graduate Founds Newspaper. The Stanford Daily, Volume 98, Issue 46, 27 November 1940
1941
Women to Hear Journalism Panel. The Stanford Daily, Volume 99, Issue 1, 17 February 1941
Daily Reporter Explores Farm To See Style-Setters' Clothes. The Stanford Daily, Volume 99, Issue 10, 28 February 1941
Irwin, Encinaman '99, Returns As Noted Reporter on Series. The Stanford Daily, Volume 99, Issue 21, 8 April 1941
'Yugoslavs Are Good Soldiers,' Archduke Tells DailyReporter. The Stanford Daily, Volume 99, Issue 24, 11 April 1941
Journalism Students Profit $225 by Course Assignments. The Stanford Daily, Volume 99, Issue 3, 19 February 1941
Journalism Tips. The Stanford Daily, Volume 99, Issue 4, 20 February 1941
Women's Journalism Fraternity Pledges 8. The Stanford Daily, Volume 99, Issue 48, 15 May 1941
Papers of Late War Journalist Given Library. The Stanford Daily, Volume 99a, Issue 12, 31 July 1941
Ace Daily Reporter Finds Way Through Underpass. The Stanford Daily, Volume 99, Issue 1, 17 February 1941
Journalism Group Chooses Officers. The Stanford Daily, Volume 100, Issue 18, 15 October 1941
News Editor To Comment On History. The Stanford Daily, Volume 100, Issue 52, 18 November 1941
Journalists To Sponsor War Speech. The Stanford Daily, Volume 100, Issue 58, 28 November 1941
1942
Staff Will Publish Stanford Newspaper Tuesday to Friday. The Stanford Daily, Volume 102, Issue 04, 24 June 1942
Journalist To Talk On Life in Brazil. The Stanford Daily, Volume 102, Issue 50, 19 October 1942
1943
England Newspaper Praises Stanford's War Measures. The Stanford Daily, Volume 103, Issue 12, 20 January 1943
H. R. Knickerbocker To Talk Here. The Stanford Daily, Volume 103, Issue 35, 23 February 1943
Newspaper, Radio Men To See ASTP Program In Operation on Campus. The Stanford Daily, Volume 104, Issue 40, 19 October 1943
1944
Brazilian Newspaper Praises Work of Stanford Professor. The Stanford Daily, Volume 105, Issue 14, 28 January 1944
Prominent Journalist Initiates 'Y' Meetings. The Stanford Daily, Volume 105, Issue 21, 8 February 1944
Leary Speaks On Journalism. The Stanford Daily, Volume 105, Issue 47, 2 March 1944
Stanford Graduate Explains Life as WAC Court Reporter. The Stanford Daily, Volume 105, Issue 49, 11 April 1944
Farm Journalism Instructor Heads 'News' Foreign Desk. The Stanford Daily, Volume 105, Issue 9, 21 January 1944
Correspondent Gives Lecture. The Stanford Daily, Volume 106, Issue 36, 29 November 1944
1945
Library Exhibit Reviews Farm History Through Photographs, Publications, Newspaper Clippings. The Stanford Daily, Volume 107, Issue 23, 8 February 1945
Books Honor War Reporter. The Stanford Daily, Volume 107, Issue 46, 9 April 1945
Reporter Kept Busy Counting Quad Smokers. The Stanford Daily, Volume 107, Issue 6, 16 January 1945
1946
Newspaper Clippings Show Action Through 1936-1946. The Stanford Daily, Volume 109, Issue 25, 2 April 1946
Daily Female Correspondent Witnesses Football Practice. The Stanford Daily, Volume 109, Issue 64, 27 May 1946
Three Grads Win Journalism Award. The Stanford Daily, Volume 110, Issue 1, 24 June 1946
Journalism Class Changes Announced. The Stanford Daily, Volume 110, Issue 28, 31 October 1946
Radio Office Opens. The Stanford Daily, Volume 110, Issue 30, 4 November 1946
1947
Surprised Reporter Surprises Everyone. The Stanford Daily, Volume 111, Issue 4, 13 February 1947
Stanford Grad Gets Newspaper Position. The Stanford Daily, Volume 111, Issue 44, 5 May 1947
Journalism Fraternity To Initiate 11 Women. The Stanford Daily, Volume 111, Issue 50, 13 May 1947
Food Good, Bad, 'Okay' Reporter's Survey Shows. The Stanford Daily, Volume 111A, Issue 23, 13 August 1947
Village to Hear Talk by Danish War Reporter. The Stanford Daily, Volume 112, Issue 33, 12 November 1947
Newspaper Spreads Wings on Campus in 1891; Daily Palo Alto 'Shocking and Sensational'. The Stanford Daily, Volume 112, Issue 44, 1 December 1947
1948
Stanford Newspaper Library To Rank Highest in Country. The Stanford Daily, Volume 112, Issue 56, 14 January 1948
Journalism Fraternity Elects New President. The Stanford Daily, Volume 113, Issue 35, 20 April 1948
Journalist School Given New Name. The Stanford Daily, Volume 113, Issue 35, 20 April 1948
Stanford Graduate Wins Journalism Prize. The Stanford Daily, Volume 113, Issue 9, 19 February 1948
Stanford Press Prints Book By S.F. Reporter. The Stanford Daily, Volume 114, Issue 14, 14 October 1948
1949
Vocom Will Discuss Journalism. The Stanford Daily, Volume 114, Issue 70, 31 January 1949
Journalism Is Vocom Topic. The Stanford Daily, Volume 114, Issue 71, 1 February 1949
Vocom Discusses Jobs for Women In Journalism. The Stanford Daily, Volume 114, Issue 73, 3 February 1949
State Dept. Correspondent To Speak on Foreign Policy. The Stanford Daily, Volume 115, Issue 5, 11 February 1949
New Journalism Professor Named. The Stanford Daily, Volume 115, Issue 66, 31 May 1949
Stanford to Host Annual Conference Of California Newspaper Editors. The Stanford Daily, Volume 115, Issue 67, 1 June 1949
Grad Writes Book On News Reporting. The Stanford Daily, Volume 115A, Issue 12, 22 July 1949
Alum Head Quits Newspaper Post. The Stanford Daily, Volume 116, Issue 15, 14 October 1949
Ex-War Correspondent To Lecture on India. The Stanford Daily, Volume 116, Issue 18, 19 October 1949
Daily Reporter Sees All; Fire Alarm Routs Roble. The Stanford Daily, Volume 116, Issue 35, 11 November 1949
Teaching
Faculty who taught in the 1940s:
Berton Joseph Ballard, 1935-1939, 1943-1944, News Writing; Forms of Journalistic Writing; Principles of Advertising
Mitchell V. Charnley, 1943-1944, Public Opinion and Propaganda; History of Journalism
Edward J. Demson, 1941-1943, 1946-1947, 1948-1949, Business Management
Paul C. Edwards, 1939-1943
Robert C. Elliott, 1943-1944, Editorial Techniques
Edwin P. Gerth, 1943-1944, Procedures in Advertising
Rex Hardy Jr, 1939-1941, Pictorial Journalism
Miller Holland, 1939-1945
Robert L. Housman, 1945-1946, Editorial Techniques; Forms of Journalistic Writing
Charles Morris Hulten, 1939-1940, Editorial Techniques
Miles Whitney Kresge Jr, 1946-1947
Raymond D. Lawrence, 1936-1937, 1938-1941, 1946-1951, Seminar: Society and mass communication; Techniques in Propaganda; Investigative Methods in Journalism
Truman Robert Letts, 1941-1942, Editorial Techniques
Douglass Wood Miller, 1946-1948, Forms of Journalistic Writing; History of Journalism; Editorial Techniques
Thomas Minton Newell, 1941-1943, 1945-1948, 1949-1953, Mechanics of Publishing; Editorial Techniques; Seminar: Experimental Editorial Techniques
James Cudner Nute, 1936-1944, Typographic Design; Mechanics of Publishing; Advertising Production
Albert George Pickerell, 1946-1947, Editorial Techniques
Herbert Kittredge Reynolds, 1941-1943, National Campaigns
George R. Rinehart, 1940-1941, Editorial Techniques; History of Journalism; Sociological Aspects of Journalism
Richard Alfred Russell, 1936-1941, Principles of Advertising; National Campaigns
Darwin L. Teilhet, 1941-1942, Procedures in Advertising
George Stanley Turnbull, 1948-1949, Editorial Techniques; Mechanics of Publishing; Media of Mass Communications
Neal Van Sooy, 1935-1939, 1940-1941, Newspaper Accounting and Cost Finding; Business Management; Advanced Business Problems
Clifford Francis Weigle, 1934-1949, 1950-1970, 1971-1981, News Writing; Practical Editing; Feature Article
Course offerings in the 1940s:
Stanford President’s Annual Reports from the 1940s:
Research
Books by faculty in the 1940s:
Trouble is my master - Darwin L Teilhet
Newspaper reporting of public affairs; an advanced course in newspaper reporting and a manual for professional newspaper men - Chilton R Bush