John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists

Three members of the Pulitzer Prize winning Los Angeles Time journalism team talk about their experiences investigating the city of Bell and the opinions of journalism as an industry. (November 30, 2011)

A conversation with Jim Bettinger, Dawn Garcia and 2010 Knight Fellow, Krissy Clark, reporter, American Public Media. It's not the same old story, not in journalism and not at the Knight Fellowship Program. (July 10, 2009)

A conversation with Jim Bettinger, Dawn Garcia and 2010 Knight Fellow, Krissy Clark, reporter, American Public Media. It's not the same old story, not in journalism and not at the Knight Fellowship Program. (July 10, 2009)

Journalists discuss how they've adapted their reporting skills to experimental new enterprises. (July 10, 2009)

Journalists discuss how they've adapted their reporting skills to experimental new enterprises. (July 10, 2009)

Len Downie, Vice President at large, The Washington Post, evaluates the hurdles confronting print journalism's transition to the web - including mass layoffs and buyouts and falling advertising revenues. (July 10, 2009)

Len Downie, Vice President at Large, The Washington Post, evaluates the hurdles confronting print journalism's transition to the web - including mass layoffs and buyouts and falling advertising revenues. (July 10, 2009)

Luis Fraga, former Stanford political science professor and noted expert on Latino and racial politics, argues that Barack Obama's electoral victory and recent nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. (July 11, 2009)

Luis Fraga, former Stanford political science professor and noted expert on Lation and racial politics, argues that Barack Obama's electoral victory and recent nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. (July 11, 2009)

Baba Shiv delves into the surprising workings of the brain during his lecture. "Frinky", a combination of "freaky" and "funky" was an apt descriptor for the mental experiments he describes. (July 11, 2009)

Baba Shiv delves into the surprising workings of the brain during his lecture. "Frinky", a combination of "freaky" and "funky" was an apt descriptor for the mental experiments he describes. (July 11, 2009)

Ellen Weiss, senior vice president for news at National Public Radio, delivers the 21st Knight Lecture, focusing on the evolution of news media. (May 14, 2009)

Josh Marshall is founder of the influential blog Talking Points Memo. (May 28, 2008)

Josh Marshall is founder of the influential blog Talking Points Memo. (May 28, 2008)

Judy Pasternak, of the Los Angeles Times, won the Risser Prize for her series, "Blighted Homeland," which revealed how the U.S. government took uranium from Navajo land to build its nuclear arsenal during the Cold War. (March 13, 2008)

It's a question bedeviling everyone who cares about a well-informed citizenry: "How will we pay for the journalism we need?" And this month at Stanford, three people who have wrestled with this challenge in different ways meet and discuss. (May 21, 2007)

Kathleen Sullivan, Stanford professor of law, former dean of the Law School and Law School professor discusses the impact of the Sept. 11 attacks on Civil Liberties. (July 8, 2005)

The nation's leading African-American newspaper columnists discuss the impact of the 2006 mid-term elections. Co-sponsored by the Trotter Group. Discussion presented (Nov 13, 2006)

What happens to real events when they become the subject of Hollywood feature films? Is history served? Is the audience? The director of the movie "Seabiscuit" joined two Stanford professors, a documentary filmmaker and a historian, to discuss.

David Broder, columnist from the Washington Post, discusses the coverage of the Bush and Dukakis presidential campaigns. (Nov 15, 1988)

Taylor Branch, journalist and historian, discusses Martin Luther King and the history of race relations in the United States. (Feb 2, 1990)

Peter Arnett, CNN reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner, disusses television coverage of the Gulf War. (Apr 8, 1991)

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Anthony Lewis, journalist and authority on U. S. consitutional law, discusses restrictions on free speech. (Jan 11, 1994)

Washington journalist and auther Elizabeth Drew discusses the increasing importance of controlling the House of Representatives in American politics. Lecture presented (May 15, 1997)

Bob Woodward, editor and author from the Washington Post, discusses the coverage of politics since the Watergate scandal. Woodward discusses the widespread habit of "official denial" and press coverage of the Presidency. (Nov 4, 1997)

Steven Brill, founder and editor of "Brill's Content," a magazing to monitor the media, discusses the power of the Press and other topics. (Feb 17, 1999)

Katrina Heron, editor in chief Wired magazine, discusses how technology will impact the future of journalism. (May 15, 2001)

Paul Steiger and symposium panelists Gloria Duffy, Maud Beelman and Merrill Brown discuss challenges to journalism since the Sept. 11 attacks. (May 20, 2002)

Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Steiger, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, discusses the impact of Sept. 11 and the murder of reporter Daniel Pearl on American society and journalism. (May 20, 2002)

Gail Collins, New York Times editorial page editor, discusses the role of the editorial pages in turbulent times for the nation. (Apr 21, 2003)

David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker magazine and panellists discuss media's readiness and reactions to the Sept. 11 attacks. Remnick is joined by Joann Byrd, former ombudswoman at The Washington Post and David Talbot, founder of Salon.com.

Katrina Heron, author and former editor of Wired magazine, Tim Porter, writer of the journalism block, First Draft, and Sandra Mims Rowed, editor of the Portland Oregonian discusses the use of anonymous sources.

Olena Prytula, editor-in-chief of Ukrayinska Pravda, a web site that focuses on news and political coverage in Ukraine, discusses the challenge in providing timely information to the public in an atmosphere of upheaval and press restrictions.

2005 Risser Prize winners from the Rocky Mountain News are announced, followed by remarks by James Risser. (Nov 1, 2005)

A trio of authorities on Western water issues examines whether legal precedents dating from the 19th century are appropriate for solving 21st century water problems. (Nov 1, 2005)

Clark Hoyt, the Washington editor of Knight Ridder, is joined by Loius Fraga, associate professor political science at Stanford, and Joan Walsh, editor in chief of Salon.com, in a discuss issues raised in Mr. Hoyt's Knight Lecture.

Clark Hoyt, the Washington editor of Knight Ridder, discusses the challenges of telling news accurately in the face of government pressures and a changing media environment. (May 15, 2006)

Faced with a declining viewership due to competition from cable and Internet news outlets, the news-division presidents of ABC, CBS and NBC express their resolve to continue serving the needs of their viewers.

Stanford associate professor of communication and director of the Stanford Hip hop Archive, with Farai Chideya, 2002 Knight Fellow and co-host of NPR's "News and Notes with Ed Gordon". (Jul 8, 2005)