News
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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
July 23, 2026
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Sasha Tuddenham (MA 2025) garners 2 California Journalism Awards
Tuddenham wins in Technology Reporting and Religion and Faith Writing categories
July 14, 2026
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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
July 14, 2026
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Hannah Bensen (MA 2025) wins a California Journalism Award for Coverage of Business and Economy
Bensen garnered 1st place for the Redwood City Pulse
July 14, 2026
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Award-winning journalists join Stanford Journalism Program faculty
Alice Li, Laura Holson and Connie Guglielmo bring with them decades of experience from some of the world’s leading newsrooms.
June 30, 2026
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Hannah Bensen (MA 2025) wins first place in the California Journalism Awards
Bensen received the award in the Transportation Reporting category
June 24, 2026
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Grace Doerfler (MA 2023) recognized by Utah's Society of Professional Journalists chapter
Doerfler received two first-place awards for Wasatch County stories.
June 24, 2026
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Itzel Luna (MA 2024) chosen for Chips Quinn Reporter Fellowship
Twelve early-career journalists who will receive a one-year, 1:1 mentorship from an experienced newsroom leader and Chips Quinn alumni, along with a $10,000 stipend.
June 22, 2026
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McClatchy and Rebele Symposia bring students, alumni, faculty to discuss challenges and emerging technologies in the journalism industry
Stanford Journalism faculty and students from the past through the present gathered for the 2026 McClatchy and Rebele Symposia.
June 01, 2026
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Stanford Journalism graduates recognized in local and national journalism contests
The San Francisco Press Club honored stories in the college media categories.
February 09, 2026
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Meet the Stanford Journalism alums centering audience needs in the newsroom
Through product thinking, audience engagement and visuals, Stanford alums are helping newsrooms become more connected to their communities.
November 24, 2025
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How Stanford Journalism alums are innovating — and scrutinizing AI in newsrooms
Stanford Journalism alums are at the forefront of efforts to define and implement best uses of AI technologies in newsrooms
October 30, 2025
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The Police Records Access Project launches
A new database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records
August 14, 2025
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Stanford’s Narrative Journalism course teaches aspiring writers the tools of storytelling
In the course, students learn the core principles of narrative journalism and apply them to nonfiction.
June 20, 2025
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Journalists hailing from Stanford Journalism Program recognized at the 2024 California Journalism Awards
The CJA recognizes outstanding work in “informing and enlightening readers through reporting, design, photography and multimedia in print and online."
June 06, 2025
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Stanford Journalism students, alum among the winners and finalists of SPJ’s Mark of Excellence Awards Region 11
Among the winners and finalists are Hannah Bensen (MA 2025), Arundathi Nair (MA 2025), Erin Edwards (MA 2024), and Itzel Luna (MA 2025).
May 16, 2025
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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
