Class of 2006

Hubert Huang

Huang graduated from the University of California-Berkeley in 1999 with a degree in computer science and spent several years working as an engineer before deciding to make the career change to journalism. Before beginning the Master's Program in Journalism at Stanford, he worked as the sports editor for the newspaper at the City College of San Francisco and as a freelance movie critic for the San Franciso-based arts and entertainment website SF Station. After completing his degree, he plans to write on issues regarding the health care and public school education systems.

Jenny Lim

Jenny has spent four and a half years reporting on the Roman Catholic Church.   She covered social policy and Catholic Church laws and leaders for the Texas Catholic Herald, a biweekly newspaper in Houston.   She has also written for a Catholic education quarterly in Houston, interned with The Catholic Spirit in Austin and contributed articles to Catholic News Service. Jenny earned a Bachelor's in Social Work from the University of Texas in 1997. After graduation, she worked in social service ministries in Virginia and Indiana before starting her journalism career in Texas.   She looks forward to reporting on religion and public policy after earning her Master's in Journalism from Stanford in June 2006.

Ying Shi

Ying was born and grew up in Hangzhou, China. Before coming to Stanford, she was a research assistant for The New York Times Shanghai Bureau and a Cover Story Editor for a Shanghai-based business weekly. She graduated from Fudan University in 2004 with BA in English language and literature.

John B. Stafford

John is a master's student in the Graduate Program in Journalism at Stanford University. John was born in San Francisco and grew up in Larkspur, California. John attended the University of San Francisco, graduating in 2000 with a degree in United States history. While at USF, John served for four years on the student-run newspaper, The San Francisco Foghorn, becoming editor-in-chief in 1999. His principal interests lie in science and technology reporting.

Francesca Wodtke

Francesca was born in Singapore in 1976 and lived in Switzerland, New York and Connecticut all before the age of 5. In the early '80s, she moved to London where she grew up. At 18, she crossed the Atlantic to attend Brown University from which she graduated with a BA in English and American Literature. Upon graduation, Francesca moved to Paris where she worked in the press department of Lalique, a luxury crystal company. The following year found her back in the States beginning her career in publishing at the Condé Nast Publications. Francesca worked for GQ Magazine for almost three years, before moving out to the Bay Area in 2004. In San Francisco, she freelanced for several online media companies as a writer and editor. Francesca has written for GQ, CITY, Glamour, Modern Bride, Time Out New York, the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Jose Mercury News. Now a candidate for MA at Stanford University, Francesca regularly contributes to the Cardinal Inquirer, a publication of Stanford's Graduate Program in Journalism.