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Knight Talk: Girma Fantaye
Girma Fantaye (’12) – Re-Engineering Journalism For his independent journalism, Girma Fantaye was forced out of his home country of Ethiopia into exile in Uganda, where he and colleagues resumed...
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Knight Talk: Beth Daley
Beth Daley (’12) – Re-Engineering Journalism Award winning Boston Globe reporter Beth Daley has set out to bring clarity to environmental questions that are too often answered with warring opinions...
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Knight Talk: Teresa Bouza
Teresa Bouza (’12) – Re-Engineering Journalism Teresa Bouza is on a campaign to get journalists to overcome their fear and embrace data-driven storytelling. In this talk, she shares the origin of her...
View ArticleEcuadoran journalists pushed into the political ring
The rise of state media in Ecuador is frightening enough, Jorge Imbaquigno told an audience at El Centro Chicano at Stanford. But what really scares him is the increased assault on journalists through...
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Webby awards founder predicts Internet’s impact on the brain
Neurons as web pages; synapses as links. This is your brain on the Internet. That’s not just a spoof on “This is your brain on drugs” public service ads. It’s how Tiffany Shlain sees things. Human...
View ArticleGoogle chief urges newspapers to rethink – and help themselves
The digital earthquake that’s knocking the traditional news industry off its foundations is not over, said Richard Gingras, Google’s head of news and social products. And it probably never will be....
View ArticleKnight projects address African journalists’ security needs
When journalists from Africa came to San Francisco looking for technological solutions to their security challenges, they found that many are already being worked on by John S. Knight Journalism...
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Got application questions? Check out recent Q&A session for answers.
John S. Knight Fellowships Director Jim Bettinger, along with current and past Knight Fellows, recently answered questions about the application process for the 2013-14 class during a conference call...
View ArticleSpeaking with power and learning to lead
There we were, nearly 30 fellows, spouses and partners, standing in a circle flapping our arms and blowing through our lips like so many preschoolers at a picnic. The coach at the center of the...
View Article‘Urgent future issues’ and the practice of journalism
“The NET is a waste of time, and that’s exactly what’s right about it.” — William Gibson, who in 1981 coined the term “cyberspace” in a work of science fiction. Gibson was one of the early admirers of...
View ArticleHow to secure your digital perimeter
Truism of the day: Your digital perimeter is not secure. You know that. The question for journalists is what can you do right now to strengthen it? Are your editors and managing editors doing enough to...
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Abraham Verghese: balancing passions
I loved “Cutting for Stone” at first sight, since page one, and since 2011. It kept me up many stormy nights, trapped me in its spiral of love, betrayal, despair, hope and forgiveness, and left me...
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Technology and up-close reporting help environmental stories make a difference
If journalists want their environmental stories to make a real difference, it may not be enough to just conduct research and interviews and publish. Today’s audiences need to identify with the issue –...
View ArticleCan journalism and gaming technology ever be friends?
Your average ink-stained wretch might wrinkle his ruddy nose at the idea that sometime soon, gaming — video games in particular – might be a meaningful part of journalism. And he wouldn’t be wrong to...
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Tracking down the ancestry of First Lady Michelle Obama
New York Times reporter Rachel Swarns discusses her research into First Lady Michelle Obama’s multiracial ancestry during a Knight Fellows weekly seminar. Through reporting and DNA testing, Swarns...
View ArticleVenture capitalist gives a peek into his profession
The most common question you hear in Silicon Valley is not “When is the next iPhone coming out?” or “Can I get a tour of Google?” More often than not, it is “How can I find funding for my company?”...
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Make sure your talk really motivates their walk
Nearly every day in this country, at least one talk is being given. How many are being heard is another matter. Stanford instructor Dan Klein, who teaches acting and improvisation — and how to give...
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