James Robinson, 44; Helped Lead Stanford News Service
James Robinson, 44, associate director of the Stanford News Service and editor of the university’s staff newspaper, died Tuesday at Stanford Hospital of complications from non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Under his leadership, the Stanford Report, which circulated to the university’s faculty and staff, won the Gold Medal for Excellence from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education in 2002.
A native of Newton, Mass., Robinson graduated from Wesleyan University and earned a master’s in journalism at Columbia University.
Gifted in languages, Robinson spoke French, Italian and Spanish fluently.
Robinson began his journalism career as a reporter for the Springfield, Mass., Republican before moving on to the Hartford Courant in Connecticut and later the Houston Chronicle, where he covered urban affairs. He left the Chronicle in 1995 to join Agence France-Presse in its Washington, D.C., bureau, covering Congress and serving as an editor.
In 1998, Robinson moved to Stanford to work for the news service. He quickly rose from reporter to assistant director and ultimately to associate director.
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