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National Center on Disability and Journalism Releases New, Comprehensive Style Guide

The National Center on Disability and Journalism at ASU has released a one-of-a-kind style guide for journalists and professionals who report or write about people living with disabilities.

ProPublica Reporter Accepts Schneider Disability Journalism Award at Cronkite School

ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell accepted top honors at ASU Monday in the nation's only journalism contest dedicated to disability coverage.

Reynolds Center President Andrew Leckey Named Fulbright Specialist to Uganda

Andrew Leckey, president of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at ASU's Cronkite School, has been named a Fulbright Specialist to Uganda.

International Journalists Visit Cronkite for Edward R. Murrow Program

Nineteen international journalists are at ASU's Cronkite School examining the responsibilities of a free press as part of the U.S. State Department's Edward R. Murrow Program.

Charlie Rose Accepts Cronkite Award from ASU

Charlie Rose, the award-winning anchor of "CBS This Morning" and host of the respected late-night talk show on PBS, emphasized the power of curiosity and confrontation in storytelling as he accepted the 2015 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism Monday from ASU.

ProPublica Wins Disability Reporting Award

A ProPublica story that uncovered the shocking ways children with intellectual disabilities are physically disciplined in schools across the country has won top honors in the 2015 Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability.

Carnegie-Knight News21 Wins ONA Online Journalism Award

For the second consecutive year, a national investigation by Carnegie-Knight News21 at ASU's Cronkite School has received one of the nation's top digital journalism awards.

Cronkite School Heroin Documentary Wins Top Honors at Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards

A statewide TV special exploring the deadly rise of heroin use in Arizona, created by ASU's Cronkite School, received two of the region's top professional honors at the Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards.

Cronkite Accepting Applicants for Scripps Howard Journalism Entrepreneurship Institute

ASU's Cronkite School and the Scripps Howard Foundation are offering fellowships to journalism professors across the country to empower them to teach media entrepreneurship courses.

Watergate Whistleblower to Participate in Cronkite School Lecture

John W. Dean, the former counsel to President Richard Nixon and a key figure in the Watergate scandal, will explore the cover-up's influence on American politics and journalism during a lecture at ASU's Cronkite School.

Cronkite School Heroin Documentary Nominated for Prestigious Rocky Mountain Emmy

A statewide TV special exploring the escalating and deadly problem of heroin use in Arizona, created by ASU's Cronkite School, has been nominated for a Rocky Mountain Emmy Award – the region's premier professional television award.

Cronkite Alumni Introduce Innovations with Support of Knight Foundation Grants

ASU graduates working at The Wall Street Journal and USA Today are among five recipients of the Knight-Cronkite Alumni Innovation Grant, a special journalism innovation fund for alumni of the Cronkite School.

Award-winning Journalists Launching Bilingual Border Reporting Specialty at ASU

Two award-winning journalists specializing in coverage of Mexico, the U.S.-Mexico border and Latino issues are joining ASU to launch a new bilingual border and Latino reporting program at the Cronkite School.

Cronkite School Lecture Series to Feature Top Journalists and Media Professionals

A Pulitzer Prize-winning data journalism editor of The New York Times, the former editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News and a senior faculty member of the Poynter Institute are among the media professionals headlining a speaker series this fall at ASU's Cronkite School.

News21 Students Investigate Marijuana Legalization

The Carnegie-Knight News21 program, a national multi-university reporting initiative headquartered at ASU's Cronkite School, released a major investigation Sunday into the issues surrounding the legalization of marijuana in America.

Cronkite Welcomes International Journalists for Humphrey Fellowship Program

A multimedia journalist from Nepal, a television executive from the Philippines and a public relations expert from Russia are among the nine global journalists and communicators selected for the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program at ASU's Cronkite School.

Denver Post News Director to Lead Cronkite News at Arizona PBS

Kevin Dale, a senior editor who helped lead The Denver Post to a Pulitzer Prize and drive the newspaper's digital transformation, has been named executive editor of Cronkite News at Arizona PBS, a multiplatform daily news operation and innovation hub operated by the Cronkite School at ASU.

High School Students Experience Sports Broadcasting at Cronkite Camp

Thirty high school students from across the country are visiting the Cronkite School this week to participate in a special sports broadcasting summer camp, which includes baseball play-by-play sessions in the press box at Arizona Diamondbacks games.

Cronkite Students Win Numerous National and Industry Awards in 2014-2015

ASU students at the Cronkite School took home a diverse array of awards and recognition in reporting, photojournalism and entrepreneurship, among other areas, for work done during the 2014-2015 academic year.

Reynolds Visiting Professors to Teach Business Journalism at University of Georgia and University of North Texas

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is creating visiting business journalism professorships at the University of Georgia and the University of North Texas.

ADOT to Display Cronkite News Headlines in Motor Vehicle Division Offices

The Arizona Department of Transportation is displaying local news headlines produced by ASU students at the Cronkite School on waiting room monitors at select Motor Vehicle Division locations.