The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships selected and will welcome 5 journalism leaders from Asia, the Middle East and Latin America to Stanford University for the next JSK Class of 2022–23. Beginning in September, these JSK Fellows will pursue a range of innovative ideas that seek to champion press freedom…

A Russian journalist whose investigative news outlet was recently banned by the Kremlin has been named a John S. Knight Senior International Journalism Fellow. Roman Badanin will spend the next 10 months at Stanford, focusing on finding alternative ways to continue producing the sort of deep investigative reporting that led…

The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships today named 10 Community Impact Fellows for 2021–2022. The fellows are veteran and emerging journalism leaders who will work remotely in their communities on practical solutions to address the U.S. journalism industry’s long-standing neglect of communities of color. …

Alberto B. Mendoza is the new managing director for the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford. Mendoza joins the JSK program from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), where he has served as the executive director for the past five years. Under his leadership, NAHJ expanded its reach…

The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships condemns the interrogation and seizure of reporting materials of JSK alumnus Roman Anin, one of Russia’s top investigative journalists. Anin is editor of iStories, an independent online investigative newsroom, which he developed during his 2018–19 JSK Fellowship. …

The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships is expanding our support of journalism that serves local communities of color by offering remote Community Impact Fellowships for the 2021–22 academic year beginning in September. Like this year’s inaugural JSK Community Impact Fellows, the 2021–22 fellows will focus on practical solutions to address…

Working remotely, new fellows will help close information gaps for communities of color in the United States — The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships today named 11 journalists, technologists and community leaders as JSK Community Impact Fellows for 2020–2021. The fellows will work remotely on a range of projects to close information gaps affecting people of color-deficiencies that have been exposed and exacerbated by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Veteran TV and radio journalist to develop Local Audio Collaboration Initiative with California news organizations — Krista Almanzan, a veteran public media journalist, will spend 10 months as a John S. Knight Senior Journalism Fellow at Stanford University, working on collaborations to help small local newsrooms produce quality audio stories for news deserts and other underserved communities in California. Her fellowship begins Sept. 1.

Current JSK Fellows and alumni will collaborate on data, news, radio and visual initiatives — Today the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University awarded $123,000 in funding to five projects led by JSK Fellows and alumni to help provide communities with better news and information on the novel coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19. The initiative is being funded with existing support…