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History and AccomplishmentsMore than 700 journalists have held journalism fellowships at Stanford since the program began in 1966. Fellows have won numerous honors, including 26 Pulitzer Prizes and other major print and broadcast awards. Following their fellowship year, Stanford journalism fellows have gone on to important promotions as well — as editors, executive editors, managing editors, editorial page editors, broadcast news producers,Washington bureau chiefs, and specialized reporting jobs. Many of the 200 International Fellows who have held fellowships at Stanford have returned to positions of prestige and influence in their home countries. Journalism fellowships at Stanford began in 1966 with a three-year, $1 million grant from the Ford Foundation. They were so successful that Ford renewed the grant, matched by an equal amount raised from news organizations. From 1973 to 1984, funding shifted to the National Endowment for the Humanities, as part of its "Humanities for the Professions" program. A $4 million grant from the Knight Foundation put the fellowships on a permanent endowed basis beginning with the 1984-85 academic year. The Fellowships were renamed for John S. Knight, a distinguished American journalist whose major concern throughout a long career was the editorial quality of newspapers. Additional information about the program is contained in the article A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Journalism Fellowships at Stanford published by the Stanford Historical Society. |
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