The 1970s: Press freedoms tested
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Police Search Stanford Daily Offices
Armed with a search warrant, Palo Alto police searched photographic files, desks, and stacks of old newspapers at The Stanford Daily for photographic evidence of a April 9, 1971 hospital sit-in.
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Teaching
Faculty who taught in the 1970s:
- Elie Abel, 1979-1986, 1987-2004, International Communication: Structures and Issues; Specialized Workshops–Analyzing the News; Reporting of Public Affairs
- Ronald Alexander, 1971-2008, Visual and Aural Communication Techniques; Film Production; American Experimental Film
- John Austin, 1978-1979, Reporting of Public Affairs
- Julian Blaustein, 1973-1995, Writing for Film and Broadcasting; Visual and Aural Communication Techniques; Writing for the Visual Media
- Richard C. Block, 1971-1972, 1974-1983, Seminar in Broadcast Management
- Chilton Rowlette Bush, 1933-1972, Practical Reporting; Practical Editing; Reporting of Public Affairs
- Matilda Butler-Paisley, 1974-1976, Images, Media, and the Construction of Reality
- Douglass Cater Jr, 1972-1979, Public Policy toward the Mass Media
- Cedric C. Clark, 1970-1975, Social Psychology of Race and Communication; Race, Communication, and Behavior; Research in Race and Communication
- Don H. Coombs, 1968-1973,
- Patrick Crowley, 1976-1978, Film Production; Writing for Film; Seminar in Film and Broadcasting
- Ricardo Diaz, 1971-1972, Writing for Film and Broadcasting
- Don C. Dodson, 1971-1978, Grassroots Reporting; Mass Communication in Developing Nations; The New Journalism
- Dan G. Drew, 1973-1975, Broadcast News; Reporting of Public Affairs; Processes and Effects of Communication
- Jon Else, 1976-1978, 1993-2000, Visual and Aural Communication Techniques; Writing for Film, Seminar in Film and Broadcasting
- Dennis Foote, 1979-1983, Evaluation Research Methods for Development Communication Projects; Intro to Communication Research Methods
- G. Ray Funkhouser, 1970-1971,
- David L. Grey, 1968-1973, Economics of Mass Media; Analysis of Documentary Evidence; Reporting of Public Affairs
- Robert C. Hornik, 1974-1978, Intro to Communication Research Methods; Social Effects of the Mass Media Among Adults; Evaluative Research Methods for Mass Media Projects in Developing Countries
- John Hulteng, 1977-1986, Editorial Techniques; Media Ethics and Responsibilities
- David B. Jones, 1975-1976, Film Production; Writing for Film
- Leonard Koppett, 1979-1983, Sports Culture
- Steven Kovacs, 1973-1977, American Screenwriting; Russian Revolutionary Cinema; Third World Cinema
- Aimee D. Leifer, 1968-1971, Developmental Communication
- Marion Lewenstein, 1975-1981, 1982-2016, Literature of the Press; Magazine Writing; Reporting Public Affairs
- Thomas Martin, 1972-1974, Introduction to Information Science
- Arthur C. Mayer, 1974-1980, History of Film
- John Mayo, 1972-1978, Communication Theory and Social Change; Communication Media and Social Change
- Emile McAnany, 1972-1978, Educational Technology in Developing Countries; Evaluative Research Methods for Mass Media Project in Developing Countries; Communication Media and Social Change
- Colin Mick, 1972-1975, Computer Analysis of Communication Research Data
- Bella Mody, 1979-1984, Communication Theory and Social Change; Evaluation Research Methods for Development Communication Projects; Underdevelopment, Media and Culture
- Edwin B. Parker, 1963-1969, 1970-1980, 1981-1990, Introduction to Information Science; Telecommunications Systems and Public Policy; Communication Research Methods
- Templeton Peck, 1963-1975,
- Michael L. Ray, 1971-1994, Application of Communication Theory and Research to Persuasive Campaign Strategies; Marketing and the Public Sector; Management of Advertising Communications
- Donald F. Roberts, 1970-1997, 1998-2016, Developmental Communication; Theory of Communication; Communication and Children
- Everett M. Rogers, 1975-1985, Diffusion of Innovations in Developing Countries; Communication Network Analysis; Intercultural Communication
- Kris Samuelson, 1976-1978, Visual and Aural Communication Techniques; Writing for Film; Seminar in Film and Broadcasting
- Wilbur Schramm, 1955-1959, 1960-1969, 1970-1988, Communication and Persuasion; Theory of Communication; International Communication
- Jean Louis Servan-Schreiber, 1971-1972, Emerging Problems in Publishing
- Jack Silvey, 1978-1979, Editorial Techniques
- Steven Simmons, 1976-1977, Film Aesthetics
- Douglas S. Solomon, 1979-1983, Message Design
- Edward J. Sondik, 1973-1976, Applications of Information Science in Health
- Rosalie Stemer, 1979-1980,
- Kenneth N. Stewart, 1932-1934, 1968-1969, 1974-1978, News Writing; Copy Reading; American Journalism
- Jay Thorwaldson, 1979-1980,
- Diana Tillinghast, 1975-1983, Communication Law; Precision Journalism; Reporting of Public Affairs
- Janet K. Voelker, 1966-1970, Writing for Broadcasting and Film; Broadcast Communication
- Clifford Francis Weigle, 1934-1949, 1950-1970, 1971-1981, News Writing; Practical Editing; Feature Article
- Charles D. Whitney, 1975-1976, Reporting of Public Affairs
In Memoriam:
Course offerings in the 1970s:
Research
Books by faculty in the 1970s:
PhD Research:
| Class Year | PhD Graduate | Dissertation Topic |
| 1970 | Natan Katzman | The effects of uncertainty and choice points on cognitive processing |
| 1970 | Emile G. McAnany | Cross-cultural cognitive development: two experiments in stimulus mode presentation |
| 1971 | W. Andrew Collins | Effects of temporal spacing on children’s comprehension and behavior following exposure to media violence |
| 1971 | Daniel Edward Garvey, Jr. | Social control in the television newsroom |
| 1971 | Junichi Kawashima | Television viewing and occupational knowledge among Japanese children |
| 1971 | John K. Mayo | Educational reform and the dilemma of student aspirations: the case of El Salvador |
| 1971 | Drury Ridgway Sherrod | Attribution of causal responsibility for behavior in actors and observers |
| 1971 | Peter M. Sandman | Eco-pornography: environmental advertising and advertising acceptance in the San Francisco Bay area |
| 1972 | Elizabeth Root Blackmer | Skill in language: a study of information processing in the production of speech |
| 1972 | Gary Caldwell Lawrence | Media effects in congressional election campaigns |
| 1972 | Douglas Clovis Hall | The effect of eye movements on the recall of information with visual imagery |
| 1972 | Colin K. Mick | Information seeking style in medicine |
| 1972 | Bernadette Anita Nelson Shapiro | Effects of race and sex role stereotyping on acceptance of and learning from occupational role models |
| 1972 | Frank Allen Philpot | The San Francisco broadcasting market: an examination of the problem of “quality” in broadcasting |
| 1972 | David M. Rubin | Reporting the corporate state: adversarity, freedom of information, public utilities, and the press |
| 1972 | Peter David Shapiro | Networking in cable television: analysis of present practices and future alternatives |
| 1972 | Linda Anne Sikorski | Information seeking strategies for decision-making in a particular kind of choice situation |
| 1973 | Robert C. Hornik | Mass media participation and modernization: a causal analysis |
| 1973 | David B. Sachsman | Public relations influence on environmental coverage in the San Francisco Bay area |
| 1973 | Peter L. Spain | A report on the system of Radioprimaria in the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico |
| 1974 | Trevor R. Brown | The financing of public television, 1966-1972 |
| 1974 | Thomas Hughes Martin | A proposed ideology and methodology for the critical information scientist |
| 1975 | Mary Margaret Connors | Video technology in the courts: the effects on jurors |
| 1975 | Osvaldo Nestor Kreimer | Telecommunications in medicine: interactive satellite radio for health care in village Alaska |
| 1975 | Susan Krieger | Cooptation: a history of a radio station |
| 1975 | David G. Markle | The development of a methology of formative evaluation |
| 1976 | Pasqual Dean Chavers | Social structure and the diffusion of innovations: a network analysis |
| 1976 | Emmett Coleridge Lampkin | Adolescent television use as a possible socialization agent: a cross-cultural comparison |
| 1976 | Dennis R. Foote | A case study evaluation of a satellite video telemedicine project in rural Alaska |
| 1976 | Oscar H. Gandy | Instructional technology: the reselling of the Pentagon: an examination of a subsidy for the capitalization of education |
| 1976 | Félix Gutiérrez | Spanish-language radio and Chicano internal colonialism |
| 1976 | D. B. Jones | The national film board of Canada: the development of its documentary achievement |
| 1976 | R. Bruce McKay | The CBC and the public: management decision making in the English television service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1970-1974 |
| 1976 | Susan Heilmann Miller | Congress and the news media: coverage, collaboration and agenda-setting |
| 1976 | Joyce Donovan Nash | The problem of dropout from treatment for obesity |
| 1976 | John Elliott Polich | Mass media accountability and management: how executives define decision factors in the American newsroom |
| 1976 | Marc Uri Porat | The Information Economy |
| 1976 | William D. Richards | A coherent systems methodology for the analysis of human communication systems |
| 1976 | Jorge Reina Schement | Primary Spanish language radio as a function of internal colonialism: patterns of ownership and control |
| 1976 | Leonard L. Sellers | Investigative reporting: methods and barriers |
| 1977 | Kwame Nyerere Bowmani | Black television and domestic colonialism |
| 1977 | Jesse Michael Caton | The integrated computer database as a medium for the management and access of textual information |
| 1977 | David M. Dozier | Communication networks and the role of thresholds in the adoption of innovations |
| 1977 | Jean Charles Michel Guite | Requiem for rabbit ears: cable television policy in Canada |
| 1977 | L. Theresa Silverman | The effects of Sesame Street programming on the cooperative behavior of young children |
| 1977 | Michael Esteban Soriano | Minority activism and media access: an analysis of community participation in policy, programming and production |
| 1978 | Rina Alcalay | Providers and receivers: a mutual model of communication |
| 1978 | James F. Larson | America’s window on the world: U.S. network television coverage of international affairs 1972-1976 |
| 1978 | Jeremiah O’Sullivan-Ryan | Rural development programs and the problem of marginality in the western highlands of Guatemala |
| 1978 | Michael E. Pacanowsky | Toward a communication theory of organization |
| 1978 | William Thomas Slater | The White House press corps during the Ford administration |
| 1978 | Douglas Solomon | Media sensitization: the impact of televised public service announcements about heart disease prevention on salience, uncertainty, and information seeking |
| 1978 | Armando Valdez | Socialization influences of television commercials on preschool-age children |
| 1979 | Janice Marie Bleil | A generalized computer-based audiovisual authorship system to support design, construction, and maintenance of audio-digital instructional products for interactive computing |
| 1979 | Eduardo Contreras-Budge | Communication, rural modernity and structural constraints |
| 1979 | Timothy Robinson Haight | The mass media and presidential popularity, 1961-1976 |
| 1979 | Andrew P. Hardy | The role of the telephone in economic development |
| 1979 | Dorothy Leonard-Barton | Diffusion of energy conserving practices among California homeowners |
| 1979 | Georg Lindsey | An analytic model for assessing the information orientation and behavior of scientists and engineers |
| 1979 | Jorge Schnitman | The Argentine film industry: a contextual study |
| 1979 | Russell Leon Stockard | The social construction of television in the public interest |
Embedded Journalists
Professional Journalism Fellows
1970
- Robert Anderson
Wire desk, city-state news coordinator, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY - Bernie Bookbinder
General assignment reporter, Newsday, Garden City, NY - David Fausch
Pittsburgh bureau manager, Business Week - Merrit Firmin
Managing editor, Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, MS - Stanley Friedman
Public affairs writer/producer, WOR-TV (RKO General Broadcasting), New York - David Hess
Reporter, Akron (OH) Beacon-Journal
- Howard Junker
Associate features editor, Newsweek, New York - George Kennedy
Reporter, Miami Herald - Kent MacDougall
Staff reporter, Wall Street Journal, New York - Robert Mellis
News editor, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY - Robert Mullin
Copy editor, Los Angeles Times - Robert Nemeth
Editorial writer, Worcester (MA) Telegram & The Evening Gazette
- Frank Rutter
Editorial writer, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC, Canada - Jon Senderling
Staff reporter, News-Journal, Wilmington, DE - Bill Sieverling
Reporter, Seattle Post-Intelligencer - William Wehrman
TV reporter, KMOX-TV (CBS), St. Louis, MO - June VanLeer Williams
Feature writer, Cleveland Call & Post
1971
- Jess Cook
Correspondent, Time, Inc., Washington, DC - Arthur Cooper
Associate editor, Newsweek Magazine, New York - Dong Ho Van
Publisher, Quyet Tien Daily, Saigon, Vietnam - Rush Greenlee
Reporter, KQED-TV, San Francisco - Milton Hansen
Reporter, rewrite, Chicago Today - Svennik Hoyer
Political writer, Institute for Press Research, Oslo, Norway
- Jon Kamman
Investigative reporter, Tucson (AZ) Daily Citizen - Kim Sangjin
Political desk, Hancook Ilbo, Seoul, Korea - David Kuhn
Staff writer, Minneapolis Tribune - Gerald O’Connor
Reporter, columnist, The Berkshire (MA) Eagle - Terrence Sattoria
Assistant city editor, Long Beach (CA) Independent-Press-Telegram
- Paul Schatt
City Hall reporter & columnist, Arizona Republic - Michael B. Smith
Editorial writer, Dayton (OH) Daily News - Scott B. Smith
First assistant national editor, The Washington Star - George Stroud
Assistant editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Richard Zander
Political writer, Newsday Inc., New York
1972
- Mohammad Kazem Ahang
Editor, Afganistan (magazine) - Gene Ayres
Investigative reporter, Oakland (CA) Tribune - David Dow
Capitol correspondent, McClatchy Broadcasting, Washington - Frank Emblen
Copy editor, The New York Times
- Sonny Ismail
Senior sub-editor, Hongkong Standard, Hong Kong - Inger Lise Klausen
Reporter, Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, Copenhagen, Denmark - Eduardo Rañosa
News director for radio, Radio Mindanao, Manila, Philippines - Joseph Rice
Politics writer, Akron (OH) Beacon Journal
- Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber
Former president, L’Express, Paris, France - John C. Thomas
City editor, Boston Globe - Frieda Williamson
News writer, NBC News, Chicago - Wilford Thorne
Acting Capitol correspondent, Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise
1973
- Corrie Anders
Reporter, Washington Evening Star - Gail Bensinger
Reporter, Congressional Quarterly, Washington, DC - Bruce Benson
Science writer, Honolulu Advertiser - Christopher Cory
National education correspondent, Time, New York - Wilfredo Espaldon
News supervisor, Associated Broadcasting Corp., Philippines - Alexandre Gambirasio
Deputy chief editor, Folha de S. Paulo, Brazil - William Greenburg
Environmental and science editor, Nashville Tennessean
- Charles Hammer
Reporter, Kansas City Star - Thomas Harris
Environmental writer, San Jose Mercury News - Roberta Hornig
National environmental reporter, Washington Star - Mohammad Ibrahim
Sub-editor, Kabul Times, Afganistan - Fikri Jufri
Economics editor, Tempo, Jakarta, Indonesia - Silvio Lancellotti
Editor of science, environment, cities, behavior section, VEJA (magazine), São Paulo, Brazil - Kurt Luedtke
Assistant executive editor, Detroit Free Press
- Edwin Mauel
Night editor, San Bernadino (CA) Sun - Michael Morrison
Washington correspondent, McGraw-Hill Publications - David Nathan
City Hall reporter, St. Louis Globe-Democrat - John Oravets
Wire editor, Minneapolis Star - Eliot Porter
Environmental reporter, St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Yoshida Toshitaka
Foreign affairs reporter, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Tokyo, Japan
1974
- Thomas Brown
Associate editor, Anchorage Daily News - John Cashman
Day city editor, Newsday, New York - John Dart
Religion writer, Los Angeles Times - John de Yonge
Environmental writer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Edward DeLong
Chief Pentagon correspondent, United Press International, Washington, DC - Kevin Hall
Education writer, The Record, Hackensack, NJ - Aristides Katoppo
Assistant publisher, Sinar Harapan, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Janerik Larsson
Deputy political editor, Sydsvenska Dagbladet Snallposten, Stockholm, Sweden - John Machacek
Environmental writer, Rochester (NY) Times-Union - Burhan Magenda
Deputy editor & chief editorial writer, Harian Kami, Jakarta, Indonesia - Garrett Ray
Editor & publisher, Littleton (CO) Independent & Arapahoe Herald - James Risser
Reporter, Des Moines (IA) Register - Donald Robinson
Associate editor, Eugene (OR) Register & Guard - Tomie Ryoji
Sub-city news editor, Chunichi Shimbun, Nagoya, Japan
- Peter Schrag
Freelance writer, California - James Shoop
Investigative reporter, Minneapolis Star - Michael Toner
Environmental writer, The Miami Herald - Daniel Van Atta
Environmental writer, The Courier-News, New Jersey - James Wargo
Detroit bureau chief, McGraw-Hill News - Shirley Williams
Book editor, Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal & Times
1975
- Dave Bonner
Editor & publisher, Powell (WY) Tribune - George Goodman
Reporter, New York Times - John Hollahan
Public affairs director, WWVT Public TV, West Virginia - Joseph Karimi
Editor, reporter, Daily Nation, Nyeri, Kenya - Howard Lett
News & public affairs director, WJDX-FM, Jackson, MS - William MacKaye
Religion editor, Washington Post - Fred McCormack
Environment editor, Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune
- Lynne Millar
Editor, Houston Post - Susan Nelson
Articles editor & writer, Chicago Tribune Magazine - Robert Olmos
Reporter, Portland Oregonian - Wiktor Osiatynski
Deputy chief of science & culture section, Kultura, Warsaw, Poland - Achmad Zen Purba
Editor, Tempo, Jakarta, Indonesia - James Savage
Investigative reporter, Miami Herald - Richard Schneider
Environment/energy writer, Rocky Mountain (CO) News
- Eric Tait
Foreign assignment editor, ABC News, New York - Robert Trounson
Managing editor, Los Angeles Times - George Wells
Special assignment reporter, The Commercial, Arkansas - James Willse
News editor, Associated Press, New York - Steven Wynkoop
Staff writer, The Denver Post - Arthur Zich
Associate editor for national affairs, Newsweek Magazine, New York
1976
- Sybil Baker
Reporter, New York Daily News - Stephen Bouser
Associate editor, News Herald, North Carolina - Tony Barnard
Photographer, Los Angeles Times - Sig Gissler
Editorial writer, Milwaukee Journal - John Haile
Political reporter, The Tennessean - Barbara Hastings
Reporter, Trenton (NJ) Times Newspapers - Deeptha Leelarathna
Foreign news editor, Times of Ceylon, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- William Mansfield
Capitol bureau chief, Miami Herald - Daryl McKee
Energy editor, Amarillo (TX) Globe-News - Maryanne McNellis
Correspondent, Business Week Magazine, Los Angeles - Sharon Dirlam
County government reporter, News-Press, Santa Barbara, CA - Grayson Mitchell
Associate editor, Ebony & Jet Magazines, Washington, DC - Charles Mitchelmore
Freelance writer, Vienna, Austria
- Joab Odero
Principal reporter, The Nation, Nairobi, Kenya - Marcie Rasmussen
Environmental writer, Monterey (CA) Peninsula-Herald - Bernie Shellum
Political reporter, Minneapolis Tribune - Carolyn Susman
Energy and environment reporter, New Haven (CT) Register - James Vesely
Managing editor, Paddock Publications - Krzysztof Wojna
Deputy foreign affairs editor, Polish Television, Warsaw, Poland
1977
- Paul Andrews
Energy/environment reporter, Seattle Times - Frank Ashley
Reporter, Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal - Claude-Jean Bertrand
Writer, author, Paris, France - David Corcoran
Editorial writer, Bergen Record, New Jersey - Rob Elder
Special projects writer, Miami Herald - Richard Foster
Editorial writer, Chicago Sun-Times - Lawrence Gardner
Editor, Idaho Free Press
- James Harper
Reporter, Detroit Free Press - Stan Isaacs
Columnist, Newsday, New York - Paul Jablow
Education reporter, Philadelphia Inquirer - Robert Locke
Newsman, Associated Press, New Mexico - Kay Mills
Reporter, Newhouse News Service, Washington, DC - Russell Skelton
Defense & foreign affairs reporter, The Age, North Melbourne, Australia - Nicholas Snow
General assignment reporter, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
- Jozsef Szaszi
Deputy foreign editor, Magyar Hirlap, Budapest, Hungary - Denise Tabet
Public affairs producer, WHA-TV, Madison, WI - Solveig Torvik
Consumer affairs reporter, Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Maciej Wierzynski
Deputy editor, Kultura Weekly, Warsaw, Poland - John Wolcott
Business editor, The Everett (WA) Herald - James Worsham
Education reporter, Boston Globe
1978
- Jerry Ackerman
Environmental/energy writer, Boston Globe - Gila Berkowitz
Freelance writer, New York - LaBarbara Bowman
Reporter, Washington Post - James Carnes
Columnist & editor, Charleston (WV) Gazette - Jack Cox
Assistant city editor, Denver Post - Jack Davis
Reporter, New Orleans States-Item - Warief Djajanto
Reporter, KNI News Service, Jakarta, Indonesia - Kenneth Friedlein
Capitol correspondent, Winston-Salem Journal
- Bruce Handler
Correspondent, Newsweek & The Washington Post, Niteroi, Brazil - Jack Horan
Energy/consumer reporter, Charlotte (NC) Observer - Kim Byung-Moo
Foreign news representative, Hankook Ilbo, Seoul, Korea - Steve Lovejoy
Energy/environment reporter, Wisconsin State Journal - Michael Reilly
Canadian news editor, Reuters - Joann Rhetts
Theater/film critic, Columbia (MD) Flier - William Ritz
Reporter, Associated Press, Denver, CO
- Birgit Rostrup
Journalist, Aarhus, Denmark - Guillermo Rovzar
Televisa, Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico - James Sellars
Associate editor, Tulsa (OK) Tribune - Rosalie Stemer
Assistant news editor, San Francisco Chronicle - Douglas Stone
Reporter, Minneapolis Tribune - Ewa Zadrzynska
Editor, Polityka Weekly, Warsaw, Poland - Barry Zwick
News editor, Los Angeles Times
1979
- Noah Adams
Co-host, writer, editor, National Public Radio “All Things Considered,” Washington, DC - Ricardo Ampudia
Director general, HOY, Lomas Altas, Mexico - Ross Anderson
City Hall reporter, Seattle Times - Diana Diamond
Managing editor & suburban coordinator, Lerner Newspapers, Illinois - Gregory Graze
Staff writer, Dallas Times Herald
- Ann Hayward
Associate producer & producer/director/writer, ABC TV News, Documentary Division, New York - Ronnie Hess
Executive producer, WHA Radio, Wisconsin - Susan Jetton
State Capitol correspondent, Charlotte (NC) Observer - Jacek Kalabinski
Foreign affairs commentator, Polish Radio & TV, Warsaw, Poland - Richard Knox
Medical editor, Boston Globe
- Stewart McBride
Correspondent, Christian Science Monitor, Boston - Jane Samz
Associate editor, Science World, New York (Science writing fellow) - Cary Stiff
Co-owner, editor & publisher, Clear Creek (CO) Courant - Daniel Sullivan
Theater critic, Los Angeles Times - Peter Sussman
Assistant news editor, San Francisco Chronicle