The 1960s: Fellowship program launches
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Forming Fellowships
Mid-career journalists come to Stanford.
Featured Milestones
New Fellowship Program for Professional Journalists
The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships program was founded in 1966, as the Stanford Professional Journalism Fellowships program. After initial funding from the Ford Foundation, news organizations and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the program was put on a permanent, self-sustaining basis beginning in 1984 with a $4 million grant from the Knight Foundation.
Highlights from the Stanford Daily Archive
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Teaching
Faculty who taught in the 1960s:
- William B. Blankenburg, 1966-1967, Advertising
- Bruce Bliven, 1957-1960
- Henry S. Breitrose, 1963-1965, 1966-2015, Experiment in Broadcasting and Film; History of Film; Seminar in Broadcasting and Film
- James Everett Brinton, 1953-1965, Advertising and Media Research; Media and Opinion Management; Legal Aspects of Journalism
- Herbert Brucker, 1966-1969
- Richard F. Carter, 1958-1965, 1985-1986, Content Analysis; Attitude Measurement
- Godwin C. Chu, 1966-1968, Survey of Communication Research Methods; International Communication; Processes and Effects of Communication
- David G. Clark, 1966-1967, Editorial Techniques; Legal Aspects of Journalism; Reporting of Public Affairs
- Don H. Coombs, 1968-1973
- Paul John Deutschmann, 1954-1955, 1959-1960, Reporting of Public Affairs; Media of Mass Communication; Theory of Communication
- Stanley T. Donner, 1963-1966, Communication and Society; History of Broadcasting, Broadcasting and Film Criticism; Behavioral Science in Broadcasting and Film
- Jules Dundes, 1968-1992, The Broadcast Editorial; Broadcast Communication; Seminar in Government, Industry, and Consumer Relations in Broadcasting
- Julius C. Duscha, 1967-1968
- Alex Edelstein, 1959-1960, History of Anglo-American Journalism; International Communication
- Richard Rees Fagen, 1962-1965, Legal Aspects of Journalism; International Communication
- Grant Fairbanks, 1963-1965, Seminar in Speech Communication
- Daniel E. Garvey, Jr, 1966-1967
- David L. Grey, 1968-1973, Economics of Mass Media; Analysis of Documentary Evidence; Reporting of Public Affairs
- Aimee D. Leifer, 1968-1971, Developmental Communication
- John David Lewis, 1963-1965, Theory of Broadcasting and Film; Practice in Broadcasting and Film; Experiment in Broadcasting and Film
- Nathan Maccoby, 1960-1965, 1966-1992, Theory of Communication; Behavioral Science in Broadcasting and Film; Intro to Survey Research
- Lyle M. Nelson, 1963-1985, 1986-1998, Problems of the Mass Media; Issues in Public Broadcasting
- William J. Paisley, 1966-1985, Social Effects of Computer Communication; Advanced Data Analysis; Communication in Science and Technology
- Edwin B. Parker, 1963-1969, 1970-1980, 1981-1990, Introduction to Information Science; Telecommunications Systems and Public Policy; Communication Research Methods
- Templeton Peck, 1963-1975
- Harry N. Press, 1968-1989, Editorial Techniques
- William L. Rivers, 1963-1968, 1969-1996, Humor as Communication; Magazine Editorial Techniques; Reporting of Public Affairs
- Merrill Ernest Samuelson, 1959-1963, Editorial Techniques; Mechanics of Publishing; Introduction to Media Research
- Wilbur Schramm, 1955-1959, 1960-1969, 1970-1988, Communication and Persuasion; Theory of Communication; International Communication
- Kenneth N. Stewart, 1932-1934, 1968-1969, 1974-1978, News Writing; Copy Reading; American Journalism
- George C. Stoney, 1966-1967
- Janet K. Voelker, 1966-1970, Writing for Broadcasting and Film; Broadcast Communication
- Eugene J. Webb, 1968-1994
In Memoriam:
Course offerings in the 1960s:
Research
Books by faculty in the 1960s:
PhD Research:
| Class Year | PhD Graduate | Dissertation Topic |
| 1960 | Jonathan Page Lane | Smokers’ reactions to a television program about lung cancer: a study of dissonance |
| 1960 | Edwin Burke Parker | The functions of television for children |
| 1960 | Robert Mandell Pockrass | Effects on learning of continuous and interrupted exhibition of educational television programs |
| 1960 | Merrill Ernest Samuelson | Some news-seeking behavior in a newspaper strike |
| 1961 | Lauren Edgar Crane | A comparison of the immunization effects of implicit and explicit presentation of counter-arguments |
| 1961 | John Luther Hayman, Jr. | A comparison of three presentation methods in educational television instruction |
| 1961 | David Lawrence Sanders | the intensity of newspaper content preferences |
| 1963 | Godwin C. Chu | Culture, personality, and persuasibility |
| 1964 | Ernest Daniel Rose | Attitude as a function of discrepancy resolution in multiple channel communication |
| 1964 | Ray L. Sweigert | Information seeking as a function of cognitive imbalance in a decision situation |
| 1965 | Henry S. Breitrose | The effect of distraction in attenuating counterargument |
| 1965 | Steven H. Chaffee | Two sources of value change: salience and pertinence |
| 1965 | Alan Elsas Mayers | The effects of student location and teacher role on learning from instructional television |
| 1965 | William J. Paisley | Extent of information-seeking as a function of subjective certainty and the utility of the information |
| 1965 | W. Lee Ruggles | The effects of order and structure when two competing persuasive messages are presented together |
| 1965 | Phillip J. Tichenor | Communication and knowledge of science in the adult population in the US |
| 1966 | Maxwell E. McCombs | Role of television in the acquisition of language |
| 1966 | Eugene F. Shaw | An intra-India analysis of selected communication-development variables |
| 1966 | Serena Eble Wade | An exploration into the media behavior of the creative adolescent |
| 1967 | George A. Comstock | Gaining compliance for educational change from teachers in a developing country |
| 1967 | Thomas D. Cook | Attitude change as a function of the interaction of reception and source competence |
| 1967 | G. Ray Funkhouser | Effects of differential encoding on recall |
| 1968 | William Burl Blankenburg | Community press councils |
| 1968 | Cedric Coles Clark | Dispute settlement in Tanzania: a model of system support through the communication of legitimacy |
| 1968 | Don Henry Coombs | Individual cognitive structuring and information assimilation |
| 1968 | Roger Lee Garrett | Developmental changes in the effects of communicator position on attitude change |
| 1968 | Donald Frank Roberts | A developmental study of opinion change: source-orientation versus content-orientation at three age levels |
| 1968 | Peter Nathaniel Sherrill | Information acquisition in scientific specialties differing in age, size and theoretical status |
| 1969 | David Alfred Lingwood | Interpersonal communication, research productivity, and invisible colleges |
| 1969 | Richard Harald Orth | The acquisition of attitudes as an instrumental conditioned response with consideration of the developmental aspects of the effects of delayed reinforcement |
| 1969 | James W. Tankard | The connotative meaning of the eye contact cue to a perceiver |
Embedded Journalists
Professional Journalism Fellows
1967
- Paul Beers
Columnist, editorial writer, Patriot-News, Pennsylvania - Donald Bishoff
General assignment reporter, Eugene (OR) Register-Guard - William Brown
South Suncoast bureau chief, St. Petersburg (FL) Times - Charlotte Buchen
General assignment reporter, Arizona Republic - Jerry Carroll
Education writer, general assignment reporter, Evening Outlook, Santa Monica, CA - James Cattey
Copy editor, telegraph desk, The Milwaukee Journal - Christopher Dafoe
Editorial writer, drama critic, Winnipeg Free Press, Vancouver, BC, Canada - Robert DeWall
Newsman, AM/TV, Duhamel Broadcasting, Rapid City, SD - Paul Emerson
Arts editor, Palo Alto (CA) Times - Myron Feinsilber
Newsfeature writer, United Press International, New York - Gene Gisley
Editorial page writer, Ventura County (CA) Star-Free Press - Soma Golden
Assistant economics editor, Business Week, New York - Ronald Haggart
Columnist, Toronto Daily Star, Toronto, Canada
- Lisa Hobbs
Special assignments writer, San Francisco Examiner - Thomas Hodson
Writer, reporter, producer, ABC News (WBKB), Chicago - Dwight Jensen
Assistant news director, KBOI AM-FM-TV, Boise, ID - Laurence Jolidon
General assignment reporter, Rochester (NY) Democrat & Chronicle - Noel Lieberman
General assignment reporter, The Oakland Tribune - Richard Lyneis
Business and financial editor, The Post-Crescent, Appleton, WI - Wayne MacDonald
Reporter/assistant city editor, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC, Canada - Robert Marshall
County news editor, Riverside (CA) Press & Enterprise - Arthur McAloon
Day news editor, UPI Radio, New York - Ted Natt
News editor, editor of the editorial page, Longview Daily News, Oregon - Frank Real
Business, industry, & federal offices reporter, Springfield (MA) Daily News - William Robbins
Editorial page editor, Wisconsin State Journal
- Andy Rocchia
Art editor, Oregon Journal - Ray Rogers
Reporter, Los Angeles Times - Hy Rosen
Editorial cartoonist, Albany (NY) Times-Union - Arnold Rosenfeld
Book editor, editorial writer, The Houston Post - Frank Santiago
City Hall reporter, The Hutchinson (KS) News - Austin Scott
Reporter specializing in civil rights, Associated Press, New York - Judith Stone
Editor, Daily Datebook, San Francisco Chronicle - Thomas Teepen
Editorial writer, The Dayton (OH) Daily News - Thomas Wilkinson
Legislative correspondent, Albany (NY) Times-Union - Raymond Wong
News editor, The Independent, Pasadena, CA - Don Woodward
Business editor, Deseret News, Salt Lake City - John Yago
Education editor, The Charleston (WV) Gazette
1968
- Donald Angel
Reporter, Orange County bureau, Los Angeles Times - Bernice Buresh
Reporter, The Milwaukee Sentinel - Malcolm Cross
Reporter, editor, announcer, KGW-TV, Portland, OR - Nolan Davis
Staff correspondent, Newsweek, Los Angeles - Ron Dorfman
Reporter, Chicago’s American - Moira Farrow
Reporter, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC, Canada - Keith Felcyn
Chicago bureau manager,Business Week - Wade Greene
Associate editor, Newsweek, New York - Leonard Greenwood
General assignment reporter, Los Angeles Times
- Allan Hale
Columnist, St. Louis Globe-Democrat - Nancy Harris
Federal reporter, The Wichita (KS) Eagle - Norman Kempster
Assistant Sacramento (CA) bureau manager, United Press International - Robert King
Assistant managing editor, The Minneapolis Star - Bill Kovach
Capitol Hill reporter, The Nashville Tennessean - Theron Liddle
Managing editor, Deseret News, Salt Lake City - Ron Martin
Managing editor, Today Newspaper, Florida - Nina McCain
Education reporter, Boston Globe
- James McDaniel
Assistant managing editor, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN - Jeff Morgan
Staff writer, Oakland Tribune - Samuel Newlund
Staff writer, Minneapolis Tribune - Craig Palmer
Staff writer, Dayton (OH) Daily News - Douglas Parker
Political writer, The Salt Lake (UT) Tribune - Peter Shaw
Reporter, foreign desk, United Press International, London, England - Douglas Turner
City editor, special projects, Buffalo (NY) Courier-Express - Christopher Wren
Senior editor, Look Magazine, New York
1969
- Joseph Adcock
Writer, Sunday Magazine, Philadelphia Bulletin - Alan Anderson
Columnist, The Toronto Daily Star - Stan Atkinson
Newscaster and reporter, KTVU, Channel 2, Oakland - Gerald Bier
Reporter, Fresno (CA) Bee - Zika Bogdanovic
Editor, NIN, Belgrade, Yugoslavia - Donald Breed
Copy editor, substitute makeup editor, The Providence (RI) Journal - Van Cavett
Assistant city editor, The Louisville (KY) Times - Wayne Cowan
Editor, Christianity and Crisis, New York - Richard Coyle
Reporter, rewriteman, New York Daily News - Robert Danzig
Administrative assistant to executive editor, Capital Newspapers, Albany, NY - Patricia Doyle
Education editor, The Kansas City Star
- Denby Fawcett
General assignment reporter, Honolulu Advertiser - José Ferrer
José Ferrer - Richard Handt
Assistant city editor, Van Nuys (CA) News & Valley Green Sheet - Joseph Harper
News editor, Suffolk Sun, Long Island, NY - Paul Hertelendy
Music critic, Oakland Tribune - Ed Higgins
Editorial writer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch - W. Grier Horner
City Hall reporter, The Berkshire (MA) Eagle - Don Hudson
Columnist, feature writer, Today Newspaper, Florida - Peter Kilborn
Staff correspondent, McGraw-Hill World News, Paris Bureau - David Meissner
Copy editor, The Milwaukee Journal - Thomas Morris
Rewrite, Newsday, Garden City, NY
- Peggy Polk
Rewrite, NY National Desk, United Press International, Rome - George Ringwald
Reporter, Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise - Sharon Rosenhause
Rewrite, general assignment reporter, The Record, Hackensack, NJ - Thomas Sanford
City editor, Arizona Republic - Bill Sluis
City Hall reporter, Santa Barbara (CA) News-Press - William Smart
Executive editor, assistant general manager, Deseret News, Salt Lake City - Wendell Trogdon
City editor, The Indianapolis News - Brenton Welling
Transportation editor, Business Week, New York - Anna Lena Wik-Thorsell
Education writer, Svenska Dagbladet, Bromma, Sweden - William Workman
Staff reporter, Boston Globe