Alumni
In the course, students learn the core principles of narrative journalism and apply them to nonfiction.
The journalism program blends multimedia storytelling fundamentals with data reporting techniques.
Dozens of alumni have launched into newsrooms worldwide
Stanford Journalism alums are at the forefront of efforts to define and implement best uses of AI technologies in newsrooms.
Alums are providing essential coverage from Washington D.C.
Stanford’s specialized focus on data journalism provides students a competitive advantage
Stanford Journalism alumni are telling stories at newsrooms across the world, from The New York Times to The Washington Post to The San Francisco Chronicle.
Alumni Highlights
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Data journalist Kenzie Possee (MA 2026) joins Big Local News team
Possee will focus on the business and regulation of gambling -
Sasha Tuddenham (MA 2025) garners 2 California Journalism Awards
Tuddenham wins in Technology Reporting and Religion and Faith Writing categories -
2025-26 Stanford Global Health Media Fellow Michal Ruprecht joins mental health journalism fellowship
Ruprecht is a recipient of the 2026-2027 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism
Hannah Woodworth, 2025, Brown Institute for Media Innovation
"[Stanford Journalism] is equipping journalists with the confidence that you can do technical things. I don't know how to do something, but I know I'll be able to figure it out."
Abigail Van Neely, 2024, SF Chronicle
“Exposure to a range of journalism classes — data, multimedia, narrative, etc. — allows me to think about each story as a full package.”
Phoebe Quinton, 2023, Houston Chronicle
"In the data journalism classes, [faculty] went through how to clean data, how to make sure there aren’t ... things that are going to throw off your end result numbers, because sometimes a small mistake can just really grow."
Elena Shao, 2022, The New York Times
“I started to understand that the problems that I was trying to solve in journalism were not deeply complex logical problems, but were more creative problems.”
Danielle Echeverria, 2021, SF Chronicle
“It’s where I learned how to be a journalist … really understanding how to report and how to do it with a lot of thoughtfulness and empathy.”
McArdle Hankin, 2020, Back Pocket Media
“It really made the barrier to entry for me into the journalism world a lot lower, and it helped me accelerate the growth of our company.”
Gillian Brassil, 2019, Bloomberg Law
“They really made me a well-rounded journalist. Professors are a call away if we need anything. Their insight is always tremendous, and I still rely on their expertise.”
Jackie Botts, 2018, Freelance
“I feel like the program opened my eyes to what’s possible. It gave me this larger curiosity that you could do a lot more if you have the data for a story.”
