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Rebele Symposium 2025: The New(s) Influencers
What can legacy media and online news content creators can learn from each other"
May 09, 2025
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JSK names 16 journalism fellows for 2025-26
Journalism leaders and innovators will pursue individual projects as well as opportunities for collective action that responds to accelerating threats to independent media.
May 09, 2025
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Collaborative project with Baltimore Banner, New York Times and Big Local News wins Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting
The project examined Baltimore’s fentanyl crisis and how it has disproportionately affected black men in their mid-50s to early 70s.
May 09, 2025
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Big Local News Receives $3.9 Million From Knight Foundation to Strengthen Local Data Journalism Infrastructure
Stanford University’s Big Local News has been awarded a $3.9 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
April 12, 2025
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Alum Xavier Martinez receives National Ruben Salazar Award for Print
Martinez's piece for the Los Angeles Times retells family's migration story.
April 11, 2025
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Cheryl Phillips recorgnized as Beverly Kees Educator Award recipient by SPJ Norcal
Phillips supports and inspires the next generation of data and investigative journalists.
March 01, 2025
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The Banner wins Polk Award for coverage of Baltimore’s overdose crisis
The Banner's project was in collaboration with Big Local News and The New York Times Local Investigations Fellowship.
March 01, 2025
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58th Carlos Kelly McClatchy Symposium: Lawsuits, Licenses and Subpoenas: Who Will Protect the Free Press?
Former Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron in conversation with Stanford Carlos Kelly McClatchy Lecturer Janine Zacharia.
February 11, 2025
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Journalism grad school at Stanford? These data journalist alums explain how it helped their careers.
The university’s graduate journalism program blends multimedia storytelling fundamentals with the latest data reporting techniques that give alums a professional edge.
December 05, 2024
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Stanford Journalism grads make their mark in politics, policy and breaking news reporting
Alums are providing essential coverage from Washington D.C.
October 11, 2024
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Stanford alums translate journalism skills to book publishing
Stanford Journalism Program alums are transforming their reporting and writing prowess into books.
September 18, 2024
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How Stanford Journalism alums launch careers in reporting
Storytelling skills from the master’s journalism program continue to translate to careers in news
September 10, 2024
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Building a support system for local news is focus of 2nd Annual Story Discovery at Scale conference
The Story Discovery at Scale conferenc gathered journalists, researchers and technologists to foster collaboration.
April 26, 2024
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Welcome to Agenda Watch
A platform to help journalists keep watch on local government
June 23, 2023
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Students build augmented reality experiences with devices from iPads for Learning program
The program explores how iPads can impact teaching, learning, and research and allowed journalism students to explore the intersection of extended reality and journalism.
June 12, 2023
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Collaboration is key in harnessing the power of technology and data for better story discovery
At a conference hosted in late March at Stanford University by Big Local News, journalists, researchers and technologists converged to discuss these efforts and more, all aimed at
May 05, 2023
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A Conversation with Jann Wenner
Jann Wenner, the founder, co-editor, and publisher of Rolling Stone helped define and chronicle epochs of change in music, politics, and journalism.
February 21, 2023
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Stanford journalists use data to understand racial bias in policing
The interdisciplinary Stanford Open Policing Project has found Black and Hispanic drivers are stopped and searched at higher rates across the U.S.
November 07, 2022
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Computational journalism course inspires projects with real-world newsroom applications
The project-based Exploring Computational Journalism course applies data, machine learning and emerging technologies to create newsroom innovations.
October 26, 2022
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Stanford playbook outlines how journalists can avoid spreading disinformation
Janine Zacharia is leading initiatives to help tackle false information as it becomes more prevalent, sophisticated and threatening for American newsrooms.
August 04, 2022
