Staff

Director

Elaine Ray joined the News Service as a reporter in 1996. Since then she has served as editor of Stanford Report and was named director in 2001. Elaine first came to Stanford in 1995 as a John S. Knight journalism fellow. Prior to that, she worked as an editorial writer for the Boston Globe and also as an editor and writer for Essence magazine. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Elaine earned her bachelor's degree from Chatham College and a master's degree in journalism from Kent State University. In 2004, Elaine was named a recipient of the Amy J. Blue award which honors outstanding staff.

Associate Director for Television and Radio

Jack Hubbard has been involved in print and broadcast journalism for more than four decades. He has been associate director at the Stanford News Service since 1992, and oversees news issues for broadcasters, including live television and radio feeds, coordinating live events and news conferences, and daily coverage of the university. He has worked for United Press International, CBS News, The Santa Barbara News Press , the Concord (New Hampshire) Daily Monitor, and several local television news operations around the country.

University Governance Reporter

Kathleen Sullivan covers university governance for the Stanford Report. Prior to joining the Stanford News Service, Sullivan spent five years as a metro reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, and 10 years with the San Francisco Examiner. She received bachelor's degrees in English and political science from the University of Oregon and a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

science reporter

Dan StoberDan Stober covers science for the Stanford Report, with emphasis on physics, engineering and computer science. He was a reporter and editor during a 20-year stint at the San Jose Mercury News, covering national security and science at the national laboratories in Los Alamos, N.M., and Livermore. He is the co-author of A Convenient Spy: Wen Ho Lee and the Politics of Nuclear Espionage. Earlier in his career he worked at three newspapers in Florida, the Bradenton Herald, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and the High Springs Herald. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Florida.

science reporter

Lou BergeronLou Bergeron covers biological sciences, chemistry and earth sciences for Stanford Report. Before joining the News Service he worked as a freelance science writer and editor, contributing to print and online publications such as New Scientist, ScienceNOW, Exploratorium Magazine, PC World, SWARA and Stanford Medicine. He earned a bachelor's degree in geology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master's degree in earth sciences from the University of California-Santa Cruz.

humanities and arts reporter

Cynthia HavenCynthia Haven has written for The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Times Literary Supplement, and San Francisco Magazine. Her work has also appeared in The Kenyon Review, The Georgia Review, The Cortland Review, Civilization, and others. She was a 2007/08 Milena Jesenská Journalism Fellow with the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen in Vienna. Peter Dale in Conversation with Cynthia Haven was published in London, 2005. Her Czeslaw Milosz: Conversations was published in 2006; Joseph Brodsky: Conversations in 2003. Prior to joining the News Service staff in 2007, she had been a regular contributor to Stanford Magazine for many years. As news director of Stanford’s School of Education, she coauthored two books on education. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

social sciences Reporter

Adam GorlickAdam Gorlick covers social sciences for the Stanford Report. Before joining the News Service, he worked for The Associated Press for nearly 10 years in New England and Washington, D.C., reporting on a wide range of topics including politics and public corruption, higher education and homelessness, agriculture and the arts. He began his career reporting for newspapers in North Carolina and Massachusetts and has also covered legal affairs for the San Francisco Daily Journal. He earned a bachelor's degree from Clark University.

Web Director

Scott Stocker has been leading the web team in the Office of University Communications / News Service since 2002. He is responsible for a number of university-wide websites, including the University Homepage, Events Calendar, Stanford News, Stanford on iTunes U and Stanford on YouTube.

 

Photo Editor & University Photographer

Linda Cicero has for a decade covered many distinguished visitors, such as the Dalai Lama and President Bill Clinton, while creating a body of work that illuminates the daily lives of students, faculty and staff. Her photos appear regularly in Stanford Report and Stanford Magazine, and her work has been featured in numerous off-campus publications, including the New York Times and Newsweek . Cicero won the gold medal as Photographer of the Year for 2003 and a silver medal for 2002 from the Council for the Support and Advancement of Education. Cicero holds a BFA in photography from the California College of Art and a teaching credential from San Francisco State University.

Graphic Designer, web & print

Anna Cobb designs websites for the News Service and Office of University Communications. She also is responsible for the graphic design of Stanford Report and Stanford Report Online. Anna designed the 2002-2008 main University homepage, online events calendar and free downloadable web-templates available to the Stanford community. She has worked on the University's portal, e-mail and calendar, as well as the print & web design for the Dickens Project. Anna holds a bachelor's degree in Industrial Arts with an emphasis in graphics. In addition to her half-time job at Stanford, she works as a designer for Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health and other clients.

Copyeditor

Hedi Beck is a 20-year employee of the university. As a copyeditor she is the News Service's institutional memory. She reviews every Stanford Report story and press release for proper usage, accuracy and news style. In addition to her half-time job at the News Service, Heidi is a freelance copyeditor and proofreader. She holds an undergraduate degree from Boston University and a master's degree from Stanford.

Administrative Associate

Cynthia Lindsey has worked for the Stanford News Service since 1995. Her duties include triaging media calls; maintaining media lists and other office databases; serving as an assistant editor for events, housing and job ads, and as an assistant typesetter. Prior to the News Service, she worked for 24 years as a clinical medical assistant in a variety of departments at Stanford Medical Center.

Librarian

Michelle Futornick co-manages (with Regina Kammer) the department's photo and news archive. She handles inquiries from the Stanford community, outside media, and the general public and produces the daily Stanford News Digest. Before joining the Stanford News Service in 2002, she worked in the fields of Internet search, cultural heritage, and oral history. At EoExchange, she developed industry-specific Internet search sites. As a thesaurus editor at the Getty Information Institute, Michelle worked on vocabulary databases for the cataloging and online retrieval of art, architecture, and material culture. She was the archivist at the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, whose mission is to videotape and preserve the testimonies of Holocaust survivors and witnesses. Michelle holds a Bachelor's in History from Pomona College and a Master's in Library and Information Studies from UC Berkeley.

Librarian

Regina Kammer co-manages (with Michelle Futornick) the department's photo and news archive. She handles inquiries from the Stanford community, outside media, and the general public, and produces the daily Stanford News Digest. Prior to joining the Stanford News Service in 2005, Regina worked in the library field for 24 years including 15 years as a catalog and reference librarian in special, academic, and public libraries across the San Francisco Bay Area. She concurrently works for the WorldImages database (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu) at San Jose State University as an image cataloger. Regina holds a Bachelor's in Political Science/International Relations from UC Santa Barbara, a Master's in Library and Information Science from UC Berkeley, and a Master's in Art History from San Jose State University.