Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Arizona State University
Arizona State University

Join the Cronkite Legacy

ASU Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

rendering of new Cronkite Building

The Cronkite name stands for excellence, integrity and innovation.

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication embodies the values of its namesake. With the school’s historic move to the center of the Phoenix media market in fall 2008 comes your opportunity to help the Cronkite School become the country’s premier professional journalism program.

A cutting-edge media education complex

The six-story, 223,000-square-foot structure will be a centerpiece of ASU’s new downtown campus in the heart of Phoenix, the nation’s fifth largest city. Highlights include:

  • Prime Location. Closer to major media organizations than any journalism school in the nation.
  • Professional Environment. Seven dynamic newsrooms devoted to all-day learning and real-life production and innovation in print, TV, radio, public relations and new media.
  • Public Forum. A two-story public forum, the building’s activity hub and site of events for students and nationally televised forums.
  • Spacious Classrooms. Seven digital computer labs, two TV studios, a 150-seat theater and five fully wired classrooms.
  • Student Services. A glass-enclosed student library, lounge and resource center, the center of the student services wing of the building.
  • PBS Partnership. Eight/KAET-TV, the ASU-operated public broadcasting station, will join the Cronkite School in the new complex.

Named giving opportunities recognize your support

Donors and supporters create a meaningful legacy and a continuing relationship with the Cronkite School through named giving opportunities. Your gift provides the resources that allow the Cronkite School to recruit gifted faculty, expand its commitment to access by providing scholarships and financial aid to talented and deserving students and deliver the extraordinary professional education for which the school is known.

Consider supporting the Cronkite School today

Nationally known for its immersive and innovative approach, the Cronkite School boasts 1,600 students and a faculty of award-winning journalists and media scholars. In 2007 Cronkite students won first place nationally in the Hearst Awards competition, the Pulitzers of college journalism.

Naming Opportunity (Available)AmountLocation
Building (1)$15,000,000
Public Forum (1)$2,500,0002nd floor
Broadcast Center (1)$2,000,0006th floor
Theater (1)$1,000,0002nd floor
Cronkite News Service Multimedia Newsroom (1)$500,0002nd floor
Marguerite and Jack Clifford GalleryNAMED2nd floor
Library/Student Research Center (1)$500,0002nd floor
NewsWatch TV Newsroom (1)$500,0006th floor
Radio Newsroom (1)$500,0003rd floor
Sony Instructional TV StudioNAMED6th floor
Large Conference Room$400,0004th floor
The Gannett New Media Innovation Lab SuiteNAMED2nd floor
Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship Suite (1)$250,0002nd floor
Donald W. Reynolds Leadership Office SuiteNAMED3rd floor
Student Services Suite (1)$250,0002nd floor
TV Digital-Editing Complex (1)$250,0006th floor
The azcentral.com Classroom (1 large classroom remaining)NAMED2nd floor
Faculty/Staff Lounge and Terrace Suite (1)$200,0004th floor
NewsWatch TV Control Room (1)$200,0006th floor
Student Media Suite (1)$200,0004th floor
Seminar Room 1 (1)$150,0004th floor
Teaching TV Control Room (1)$150,0006th floor
Classroom (1)$100,0003rd floor
Computer News Labs (6)$100,0003rd floor
Radio Studio (1)$100,0003rd floor
Weather Central TerraceNAMED6th floor
Leadership Suite Conference Room (1)$75,0003rd floor
Radio Control Room (1)$75,0003rd floor
Seminar Room 2 (1)$75,0003rd floor
Thomson Grass Valley TV Engineering SuiteNAMED6th floor
Christine Devine Multimedia Newsroom Conference RoomNAMED2nd floor
Dean’s Office (1)$50,0003rd floor
Faculty Conference Room (1)$50,0003rd floor
Interview Conference Room (1)$50,0002nd floor
Public Relations Conference Room$50,0002nd floor
TV Conference Room (1)$50,0006th floor
Autoscript TV Equipment RoomNAMED6th floor
Green Room (1)$35,0006th floor
Administrative Deans and Directors’ Offices (7)$30,0002nd and 3rd floors
Clear-Com Communication Office (for Cronkite News Service TV Director)NAMED2nd floor
Cronkite News Service Print Director’s Office (1)$30,0002nd floor
Digital Media Entrepreneurship Director’s Office (1)$30,0002nd floor
KNXV-TV/Scripps Howard Foundation Office (for TV News Director)NAMED6th floor
New Media Innovation Lab Director’s Office (1)$30,0002nd floor
Production Manager’s Office (1)$30,000 6th floor
Public Relations Director’s Office (1)$30,0002nd floor
Radio Director’s Office (1)$30,0003rd floor
Student Media Director’s Office (1)$30,0004th floor
Faculty Offices (37)$25,0003rd and 4th floors
Advisers and Other Administrative Offices (10)$20,0002nd and 3rd floors
Faculty Adjunct Offices (6)$20,0003rd and 4th floors
Cronkite News Service Editing Bays (5) $10,0002nd floor
Radio Editing Bays (9)$10,0003rd floor
TV Editing Bays (19)$10,0006th floor

Contact Bethany Taylor for more information: 480.727.9444