Theo Baker: Difference between revisions

Baker is from the [[Washington, D.C.]] area and is the son of journalists [[Peter Baker (journalist)|Peter Baker]] and [[Susan Glasser]].{{cite news |last1=Asimov |first1=Nanette |date=17 February 2023 |title=Student paper: Scientists say study by Stanford president contained false data |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/student-paper-scientists-accuse-stanford-17791017.php |access-date=21 February 2023}} In response to criticism that he is a “[[nepo baby]]”, Baker said that he was fortunate to have good role models, but that he keeps his parents “entirely separate” from his reporting.{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Ellie |date=2023-03-09 |title=This 18-Year-Old College Journalist Could Bring Down Stanford University’s President |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/theo-baker-stanford-marc-tessier-lavigne-investigation |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}} Baker told ”[[Teen Vogue]]” that he had previously said he would never become a journalist, but changed his mind to “feel connected to [his] late grandfather, who passed just two weeks before [he] started at Stanford, and who would always sit down and talk about his time doing student journalism.”{{Cite web |last=Retta |first=Mary |date=2023-07-21 |title=This Stanford Freshman’s Reporting Brought Down the School President |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/theo-baker-stanford-president-resigns-marc-tessier-lavigne |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=[[Teen Vogue]] |language=en-US}}