We’re a relatively new publication, but we pride ourselves on the quality and professionalism of our content as well as the seriousness with which we take the practice of journalism.
We regularly publish news and opinion on our website, and we print a magazine with our best features three times a year. We’re called Stanford Politics, but we exclusively cover “politics” in the broadest sense of the term — really, anything that matters to people, at a university-, local-, national-, or international-level.
In 2014, Jason Willick co-founded the Stanford Political Journal. As its first editor in chief, Willick aimed to provide a non-partisan forum for students to debate, discuss, and learn about a wide variety of issues from international affairs to campus politics.
In 2015, the Stanford Political Journal was awarded the Campus Impact Award from Stanford Student Activities and Leadership.
From 2015 to 2017, under second editor in chief Truman Chen, the Stanford Political Journal built a reputation for producing thoughtful and insightful commentary and amassed an even greater following.
In 2017, under third editor in chief Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna, the Stanford Political Journal rebranded to Stanford Politics, and the first issue of Stanford Politics Magazine was printed. The publication has since grown its staff size and scope of coverage, publishing breaking news on campus and local politics, with one story even being named by Longreads as one of the best pieces of local reporting of 2017.
*Stanford Politics / Stanford Political Journal is funded by students, alumni, and readers, as well as by advertisements and sponsorships. We may have contractual relationships with university entities like the political science department, but all of our editorial content is strictly independent of our sources of funding.
For news tips, questions, comments, or concerns:
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Stanford Political Journal
520 Lasuen Mall
Stanford, CA 94305
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