Press Past: The Life and Times of
the Stanford Daily
Moderator:
Gary Cavalli ’71,
Co-founder and Executive Director, Kraft
Fight Hunger Bowl; author, Stanford
Sports; former Stanford Daily
Sports Editor
Panelists:
Helen
Pickering
‘47, one of the
first women editors
of the Daily
and editor-in-chief
during World War II
Felicity Barringer ‘72,
New
York Times national environmental correspondent and
former United Nations Bureau Chief; Stanford Daily
editor-in-chief whose lawsuit against the Palo Alto
police went to the Supreme Court
Rich Jaroslovsky ‘75, technology
columnist at Bloomberg News/Businessweek and
former managing editor of Wall Street Journal Online;
Stanford Daily editor-in-chief after the
Daily went independent from the University
The Stanford Daily has been the voice of the student body
and a mirror of the most important moments in Stanford history. Founded
in 1892 as the Daily Palo Alto, the paper’s own story is in
many ways as exciting and memorable as the university’s itself. From a
bland mouthpiece for the administration, the Daily evolved over the
years into an influential journal and champion of freedom of the press.
Former Daily editors-in-chief,
two of whom served during the most
turbulent times in the newspaper’s history, will discuss the life and
times of the Daily, its place in university and journalistic annals,
their experience at the paper and how it helped shape their careers in
the industry.
