Graduate Program in Journalism
The Graduate Program in Journalism has a rich, century-long history and is actively engaged with next-generation media technologies. Located in the technological heart of Silicon Valley, the program provides immediate proximity to leading technology professionals and some of the most accomplished journalists and media scholars in the nation. Students are quickly immersed in the world of multimedia journalism, where they will securely log into an array of new and original courses: Digital Journalism, New Media Entrepreneurship, Magazine Writing, Foreign Correspondence, Environmental Reporting, Media Ethics, Journalism Law, Business Reporting, and Human Rights Reporting. Public Affairs Journalism remains an absolute centerpiece of the curriculum.
Among the core faculty are former writers and editors for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal - including two winners of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting - several published authors and a nationally syndicated columnist. Prospective journalists on and offline will acquire the latest cutting-edge skills in contemporary journalism while gaining an in-depth understanding of the profession and its full scope of practice.
Journalism at Stanford is a small-scale program and deliberately so. This assures that every student has a uniquely individualized learning experience, working closely and directly with faculty on research initiatives and career specialization. Students will be encouraged to sample courses offered across the university by one of the finest and most eminent faculties in academia. After successful completion of an intensive nine-month degree program, graduating students are routinely placed in actual newsroom jobs and internships. Most recently, the Graduate Program in Journalism has achieved a near-100 percent placement rate, and graduates have gone on to work for such notable publications as The Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, ABC News, NBC News, Google, and many other prominent newspapers and Internet ventures.
