The Reynolds Journalism Institute Innovation team is partnering with Open Vallejo and its nonprofit parent, Informed California, to build the Public Safety Scanner Tool, or PSST, in collaboration with @biglocalnews.bsky.social at Stanford. rjionline.org/news/we-are-...

We are building a tool to help newsrooms listen to emergency scanners

The Public Safety Scanner Tool, or PSST, sends automated alerts of urgent scanner traffic in real time and will be free for newsrooms.

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From Janine Zacharia’s Foreign Correspondence class: George Porteous reports on how two exiled Russian journalists are continuing their investigative reporting in the Bay Area while taking part in @jskstanford.bsky.social. Published by @kqednews.kqed.org: www.kqed.org/news/1208992...

How 2 Exiled Russian Journalists Took Refuge in the Bay Area | KQED

A fellowship at Stanford University allowed them to continue their investigative reporting.

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2025-2026 Stanford Global Health Media Fellow Michal Ruprecht has been selected as one of nine recipients of the 2026-2027 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. @stanfordcigh.bsky.social Congratulations! www.cartercenter.org/news/carter-...

Carter Center Announces the 30th Cohort of Rosalynn Carter Fellows for Mental Health Journalism

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There's an updated Data Talk, @biglocalnews.bsky.social's research tool that lets reporters use natural language to search campaign-finance data. Take a look: datatalk.biglocalnews.org

DataTalk

A campaign finance agent by Big Local News. Asks the FEC bulk data in plain English, shows its work.

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Gilare Zada (MA 2023) examines the impacts of the federal government cutting a program that offers a lifeline to California small farms: A Lifeline for California’s Small Farms Just Expired. What Comes Next? www.kqed.org/news/1208897...

A Lifeline for California’s Small Farms Just Expired. What Comes Next? | KQED

A popular federal program turned local produce into food bank boxes and gave small farms a stable buyer. Then it was slashed.

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From insideclimatenews.org: Claire Barber (MA 2026) covers the debate around potential changes to California’s Marine Protected Areas. The Future of Duxbury Reef insideclimatenews.org/news/2706202...

Home - Inside Climate News

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Three distinguished journalists will join the Stanford Journalism Program, bringing with them decades of experience from some of the world’s leading newsrooms. journalism.stanford.edu/news/award-w...

Award-winning journalists join Stanford Journalism Program faculty

The three distinguished journalists bring with them decades of experience from some of the world’s leading newsrooms.

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🤝 From a broken scraper on election night to a stronger pipeline—and a room full of folks who’ve been there. At Story Discovery at Scale, journalists talked about projects that solve data problems and make collaboration easier for local newsrooms:

‘Journalism isn’t a competition’: Story Discovery 2026 talks collaboration and opportunity in emerging tech

Getting breaking news election results out in local counties has become what feels like Bay City News reporter Ciara Zavala’s “life’s work.” The work has had its ups and downs—in 2024, her pipeline…

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Instead of creating a new problem for local journalism, what if AI merely exposes an old one? buff.ly/2FxFjU7

Local journalism’s AI problem is that we never solved its consumer problem

If our goal is impact, we are unlikely to achieve it with paraphrased snippets in an AI Overview. Only deep, hard-earned relationships with…

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Congratulations to the new class of Local Investigations Fellows! Can't wait to work with this group on projects that will have real community impact.

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We are thrilled to announce the 2026-27 class of the Local Investigations Fellowship. The journalists, who hail from six states, will produce signature investigative work in their communities. www.nytco.com/press/introd...

@rcfp.org argues that the Trump administration violated FOIA by unlawfully withholding a wide range of documents related to the arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Shane Bollman following their coverage of a Minnesota anti-ICE protest earlier this year.

RCFP FOIA lawsuit seeks records related to arrests of independent journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Shane Bollman

The lawsuit is RCFP’s latest effort to bring transparency to cases in which the Trump administration appears to have ignored press freedom guardrails.

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It’s always bittersweet to say goodbye to our students but we are so excited to see what they accomplish next. Students from this year’s class are off to newsrooms including Bloomberg News, The Los Angeles Times, Thomson Reuters, KQED and more! Congratulations, Class of 2026!

Congratulations to Itzel Luna (MA 2025) for being selected for the 2026–2027 Chips Quinn Reporter Fellowship! lnkd.in/giPjCu3A

Chips Quinn Reporter Fellowship Announces 2026-2027 Class — Journalism Funding Partners

Chips Quinn Reporter Fellowship Announces 2026-2027 Class

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Technologies for delivering news have evolved since that time, but the values of truth and accuracy and the importance of watchdog storytelling persist, according to Jay Hamilton, director of the Stanford Journalism program. journalism.stanford.edu/news/mcclatc...

McClatchy and Rebele Symposia bring students, alumni, faculty to discuss challenges and emerging technologies in the journalism industry

Marnette Federis

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Current students, faculty, alumni gathered this past weekend to reflect on how journalism education has evolved and discuss the future of reporting in the age of AI. We also celebrated R.B. Brenner and Geri Migielicz and their years of dedication and impact on student journalists at Stanford.

Singapore-based investigative journalist Shibani Mahtani has won the 2026 Shorenstein Journalism Award for Excellence in Asia-Pacific Coverage: aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/news/singapo...

Singapore-Based Investigative Journalist Shibani Mahtani Wins 2026

Sponsored by Stanford University’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, the 25th annual Shorenstein Journalism Award honors Mahtani for her exemplary investigations into the erosion of democracy ...

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Paulette Brown-Hinds, Black Voice News publisher and JSK alum, discusses how collaborative funding models strengthen access to trusted local reporting.

Q&A: Paulette Brown-Hinds on how collaborative philanthropy can power local journalism in…

Paulette Brown-Hinds, PhD, is the publisher of Black Voice News and a senior advisor for the Press Forward local chapter in Southern…

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"offering evidence alone is not enough: We must also understand fears, acknowledge contexts, and craft narratives that connect emotionally, foster conversation, and build community resilience." buff.ly/yMSiHVM

Building Trust in Times of “Crimmigration”

A Venezuelan-American Journalist’s Journey

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Yesterday’s rally at The Post drew a huge crowd to fight for journalism and to #SaveThePost. These layoffs are shameful, and we are all worse off because of them. Still, we will continue to fight for journalism and for a free press.

Jeff Bezos used to talk about The Washington Post with real curiosity, and the things he said were interesting and specific. Over time, that changed. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/some...

“Something I will be most proud of when I’m 90”: How Jeff Bezos used to talk about The Washington Post, and what’s changed

Jeff Bezos used to talk about The Washington Post with real curiosity, and the things he said were interesting and specific. Over time, that changed.

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Today's rally at The Post building was a powerful show of solidarity from fellow unions, community members, longtime Post readers, past and current Post journalists, international press, city council members, and everyone else who knows that we must #SaveThePost Thank you for your solidarity. ✊

On Friday, January 9, ICE arrested a member of our union, the Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild, as part of Operation Metro Surge. He has been transferred to a detention facility in Texas, where he is awaiting action on his petition for habeas corpus. newsguild.org/guild-member...

Guild member detained by ICE in Minnesota | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA

On Friday, January 9, ICE arrested a member of our union, the Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild, as part of Operation Metro Surge.

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Dictatorships thrive on fear but resilience thrives on community. JSK associate director Djordje Padejski shares strategies for survival from his experiences with oppressive regimes, war and political turmoil. buff.ly/bsEP3ce

A Recipe for Surviving Authoritarian Regimes

Practical strategies of resilience, humor, and unity under oppressive regimes

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Commercial abalone fishing has been illegal for decades, and recreational diving for abalone has been banned since 2018 due to significant population decline. Read this San Francisco Chronicle story from current MA students Claire Barber, Anna Hoch-Kenney: www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

California bans harvest of ocean delicacy until 2036

California wildlife officials have extended a ban on abalone harvesting in Northern California until 2036 for environmental reasons. It's a contentious issue, and divers are torn.

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Congratulations to all of our alums who were honored this past Tues. during the 2025 Journalism Awards by the San Francisco Press Club:

"Victims of domestic violence CA will soon have a legal process to revoke their abuser’s access to connected smart devices such as smart locks, home cameras and online accounts, under a new law." Story by current student Meisi Li (MA 2025): localnewsmatters.org/2025/12/04/n...

New California law empowers survivors to cut abusers off from shared online accounts - Local News Matters

VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE in California will soon have a legal process to revoke their abuser’s access to connected smart devices such as smart locks,

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Through product thinking, audience engagement and visuals, Stanford alums are helping newsrooms become more connected to their communities. journalism.stanford.edu/news/meet-st...

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.

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Our alums were among the list of finalists in the College Media category for this year's SF Press Club Awards: sfpressclub.org/2025/11/12/s...

Stanford Journalism Program graduates are experimenting, evaluating and ultimately implementing AI technologies while also confronting potential pitfalls. journalism.stanford.edu/news/how-sta...

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

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From Peninsula Press: Democratic U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) described the Trump administration as the “most corrupt administration” in U.S. history and warned that the U.S. is “clearly” sliding into autocracy. peninsulapress.com/2025/10/23/c...

California’s Lofgren Warns U.S. Sliding into Autocracy Under Trump  - Peninsula Press

In a wide-ranging interview with Stanford Journalism MA students on Oct. 23 at her district office in San Jose amid the government shutdown, Democratic U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) said Congress is d...

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