Bio
Janine Zacharia has reported on Israel, the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy for close to two decades including stints as Jerusalem Bureau Chief for the Washington Post, chief diplomatic correspondent for Bloomberg News, Washington bureau chief for the Jerusalem Post, and Jerusalem correspondent for Reuters. She appears regularly on cable news shows and radio programs as a Middle East analyst and is currently a visiting lecturer in the Department of Communication at Stanford University.
Academic Appointments
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Advanced Lecturer, Communication
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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member, Council on Foreign Relations (2013 - Present)
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
Interested in new forms of foreign correspondence, how stories go viral, the intersection between technology/social media and national security. Middle East/Israel is my main area of reporting expertise.
2024-25 Courses
- Journalism Thesis
COMM 289P (Spr) - News Reporting & Writing Fundamentals
COMM 279 (Aut) - Reporting, Writing, and Understanding the News
COMM 104W (Win) - Specialized Writing and Reporting: Foreign Correspondence
COMM 177Y, COMM 277Y (Spr) -
Independent Studies (4)
- Advanced Individual Work
COMM 399 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Individual Work
COMM 199 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Individual Work
COMM 299 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Major Capstone Research
COMM 199C (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Advanced Individual Work
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Journalism Thesis
COMM 289P (Win, Spr) - News Reporting & Writing Fundamentals
COMM 279 (Aut) - Reporting, Writing, and Understanding the News
COMM 104W (Win) - Specialized Writing and Reporting: Foreign Correspondence
COMM 177Y, COMM 277Y (Spr)
2022-23 Courses
- Journalism Thesis
COMM 289P (Win, Spr) - News Reporting & Writing Fundamentals
COMM 279 (Aut) - Reporting, Writing, and Understanding the News
COMM 104W (Win) - Specialized Writing and Reporting: Foreign Correspondence
COMM 177Y, COMM 277Y (Spr)
2021-22 Courses
- Journalism Thesis
COMM 289P (Win, Spr) - News Reporting & Writing Fundamentals
COMM 279 (Aut) - Reporting, Writing, and Understanding the News
COMM 104W (Win) - Specialized Writing and Reporting: Foreign Correspondence
COMM 177Y, COMM 277Y (Spr)
- Journalism Thesis
Stanford Advisees
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Master's Program Advisor
Hannah Bensen, Mengyu Dong