Bob Schieffer to Receive Cronkite Award
Bob Schieffer, award-winning CBS News correspondent and longtime anchor of “Face the Nation,” is the 2013 recipient of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.
News21 Voting Rights Project Wins SPJ Award
SPJ presented a First Amendment Award to the Cronkite School for a national multimedia investigative reporting project on voter rights and voting fraud.
Radio Host to Join Cronkite School
National media personality and noted author Ian Punnett will join the Cronkite School this fall as a doctoral student and conduct research in mass communication.
Cronkite Grads Urged to 'Pay It Forward'
The national director of the Carnegie-Knight News21 program urged Cronkite grads to "pay it forward," giving back to their professions as they embark on their careers.
Journalism Major to Research in Kuwait
Brittany Morris, a Cronkite junior, has been awarded a research scholarship from the Center for Religion and Conflict to travel to Kuwait to study Muslim women in civil society.