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How Stanford students helped with a Pulitzer Prize-winning project
When then-Stanford student Jackie Botts got to help Reuters staff as part of her Stanford journalism class, little did she know it would lead to Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage.
June 15, 2021
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The Brown Institute announces its 2021-2022 Magic Grants
2021-2022 Magic Grant recipients.
June 10, 2021
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Marion Lewenstein, Stanford professor of communication (teaching), emerita, has died at 93
Marion Lewenstein was awarded a Dinkelspiel Award for Outstanding Service to Undergraduate Education and served as academic secretary of the Faculty Senate.
March 09, 2021
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JSK and Big Local News award $191,500 worldwide to data journalism projects
$191,500 awarded in funding to 11 projects worldwide that will report data-driven stories related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 03, 2020
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A new global COVID-19 map for journalists
Stanford University’s Big Local News and Pitch Interactive—with support from the Google News Initiative— have launched the COVID-19 Global Case Mapper.
August 10, 2020
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Journalism professor Janine Zacharia reviews ‘Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth’
One of the most consequential unknowns is whether future presidents will believe they can lie with impunity, or if Donald Trump’s relentless mendacity will be an anomaly.
July 09, 2020
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Big Local News, Pitch Interactive Launch COVID-19 Case Mapper
COVID-19 Case Mapper makes it possible for local journalists and others to easily embed up-to-date coronavirus map visualizations on their websites.
April 06, 2020
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Journalists must understand provenance, motivation when reporting disinformation, Stanford researchers urge
Two Stanford scholars discuss strategies for reporters and editors to write about disinformation, leaked material and propaganda in a responsible and timely way.
March 30, 2020
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March 10, 2020
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Stanford researchers discuss journalism and democracy in lead up to Super Tuesday
In a complex news environment, Stanford professors urge voters to be careful consumers of political information and to think hard about where information comes from and how it reac
February 27, 2020
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A Conversation about the New York Times 1619 Project
Michael Bolden, Managing Director of the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford moderated a discussion with the writers of the New York Times' 1619 Project.
February 13, 2020
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Shorenstein Journalism Award Winner Maria Ressa Describes Philippine Broken Information Ecosystem, Democratic Recession
“Our dystopian present is your dystopian future if nothing significant is done,” said Ressa, urging the Stanford community to pressure technology platforms & social media [...]
October 25, 2019
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AP’s DataKit: Helping teams collaborate efficiently
Data projects have many moving parts, and coordinating all the pieces can be challenging even for one enterprising journalist [...]
October 01, 2019
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July 15, 2019
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Data driven journalism for local newsrooms: it’s possible!
As local American newsrooms go through difficult times, plagued both by reduced staff and lower budgets, The Big Local News, an initiative launched by the Stanford Journalism [...]
March 07, 2019
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Stanford Open Policing Project analyzed data from nearly 100 million traffic stops in the US
A study of nearly 100 million traffic stops across the United States reveals that black drivers were about 20% more likely to be stopped than white drivers.
March 01, 2019
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Investigating Tech: The Making of The Facebook Dilemma
Frontline Producers Anya Bourg & James Jacoby along with Washington Post Investigative Reporter Dana Priest discuss the processes and obstacles in examining Facebook
January 15, 2019
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Stanford scholar draws historical parallels between the press and presidencies
Stanford communication scholar James Hamilton looks at how presidents – past and present – have navigated relationships with the White House press corps.
November 13, 2018
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Big Local News harnesses investigative journalists’ expertise to empower local newsrooms
Stanford’s Big Local News program is expanding with the addition of two investigative journalists — Pulitzer Prize winner Justin Mayo and data reporter Bethney Bonilla.
November 06, 2018
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Stanford Journalism launches data-driven initiative to help journalists hold powerful individuals, institutions accountable
With media outlets losing advertising revenues to digital platforms, some newsrooms no longer have the resources for investigative and public service reporting.
October 15, 2018
