Department of Communication

The Department of Communication engages in research in communication and offers curricula leading to the B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees. The M.A. degree prepares students for careers in journalism. The Ph.D degree leads to careers in teaching and research-related specialties.

News & Events

2010 Daniel Pearl Intern chosen

• The editor-in-chief of The Stanford Daily has been chosen as the 2010 Daniel Pearl Memorial Journalism Intern

Timothy Wu Talk, Feb 4

• Open/Closed: Long Cycles in the Communications Industries and their Implications for Speech

News and Inclusion Symposium, Mar 4

• News and Inclusion: Journalism and the Politics of Diversity

  Register now for a symposium featuring scholars from Finland, The Netherlands, Singapore, England, Canada, Australia, and the United States. Free and open to the public. Registration required.

Virtual Reality Intensive Training Seminar (VRITS), Sep 7-17

• VRITS is a two week, intensive training institute on Immersive Virtual Reality.

  Tired of Reality? Apply now for the two week class and subsequent year-long, paid position in the Virtual Human Interaction Lab.

44^th Annual Carlos Kelly McClatchy Memorial Symposium

• New Times: The Future of Journalism

  Video and audio of the event are now available. Symposium featured Philip Balboni of the GlobalPost; Alberto Ibarguen of the Knight Foundation; Paul Steiger of ProPublica and Martin Nisenholtz of the New York Times Digital Operations. Moderated by Joel Brinkley of Stanford.