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The following activities and people highlight efforts at Stanford to understand and strengthen media literacy, journalism, and freedom of the press.

Upcoming Events

Research

  • Cyber Policy Center
    Stanford University's research center for the interdisciplinary study of issues at the nexus of technology, governance and public policy focused on digital technologies impacting democracy, security, and geopolitics globally.
  • This research project aims to promote digital inclusion and empower diverse communities by conducting research, designing interventions, and building partnerships to address digital inequalities and foster digital citizenship.
  • The mission of the Global Digital Policy Incubator at the Stanford Cyber Policy Center is to inspire policy and governance innovations that reinforce Democratic values, universal human rights, and the rule of law in the digital realm.

Engagement Opportunities

  • Based at Stanford University, the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships empowers diverse journalism leaders to succeed as effective change agents, sustain Democratic communities and defend press freedom around the world.
  • The Rebele Internship Program has given hundreds of Stanford students a unique opportunity to gain journalistic work experience by providing stipends for internships with qualifying news organizations.
  • Student press: more conservative paper includes opinion, satire, and new pieces, offers different student perspectives.

Courses

Meet the Stanford Community Investigating Media & Information

  • Forest Baskett Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering
  • Economics of Technology Professor, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI and Professor, by courtesy, of Economics
  • Associate Professor of Communication, by courtesy, of Sociology and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI
  • J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Professor of German Studies and of Comparative Literature
  • Janet M. Peck Professor of International Communication, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science
  • Director of the JSK Journalism Fellowships
  • Landau Professor of Technology and the Economy and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
  • Morris M. Doyle Centennial Professor of Public Policy and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
  • Freeman-Thornton Chair for the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Hearst Professor and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
  • Harry and Norman Chandler Professor of Communication and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
  • William Robertson Coe Professor and Professor of Political Science and of Communication
  • Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Emerita