The Stanford Daily, Stanford’s independent student newspaper, runs online workshops for high school students, taught by its editors and tech team. Students pick one or more of three tracks: Journalism, Tech Bootcamp or Multimedia.
The winter cohort runs fully online, live and recorded, for about 15–20 hours a week. A longer summer cohort (June 22–August 14 in 2026) also runs each year.
Benefits & funding
- Fee: Journalism $595; Tech Bootcamp or Multimedia $545; any two $995; all three $1,395.
- Full and partial need-based aid for every accepted applicant, on an honor system: state your need in the application.
- One-on-one guidance from Daily editors, guest speakers, and a chance to be published on stanforddaily.com.
Eligibility
- High school students of any skill level.
- No coding experience needed for Tech; no equipment beyond a computer and phone for Multimedia.
- Online, so no nationality or residence bar is stated; past cohorts joined from several countries.
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Application process
- 1Choose one or more tracks and complete the online application (about 30 minutes).
- 2Submit by the priority deadline, October 31, 2026, 5 p.m. PT.
Program timeline
Priority deadline
October 31, 2026, 5 p.m. PT
Winter workshops start
December 14, 2026
Winter workshops end
January 8, 2027