Curriculum VitaeJames R. Bettinger
Director, John S. Knight Fellowships
Building 120, Room 428
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2050
650-725-1189
650-725-6154 (Fax)
jimb@stanford.edu
Biographical sketch
Jim Bettinger came to Stanford in 1989 after 20 years as a reporter and editor at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and the San Jose Mercury News. He was a Professional Journalism Fellow at Stanford in 1982-83 and became deputy director of the program -- now known as the Knight Fellowships -- in 1989. He became director of the program in 2000. He teaches a literary journalism class at Stanford and has been a writing coach at the Palo Alto Weekly, the Bakersfield Californian and Contra Costa Newspapers. He wrote a regular column on California issues and customs in the San Jose Mercury News Sunday magazine for six years. In addition to the Mercury News, his writing has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Santa Barbara News-Press, MSNBC.com and Stanford Today.
Courses
Creative Non-Fiction Writing Workshop (Continuing Studies Program/English
122)
Literary Journalism (Communication 177F/277F)
Graduate Journalism Seminar (Communication 291)
Resources
A list of books that can help the beginning and experienced writer improve every facet of his or her writing. Plus some books that are just fun to read.
