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Scripps Howard Institute at Cronkite Trains Professors in Journalism Entrepreneurship

Fifteen professors from across the country will study entrepreneurial journalism at the fifth annual Scripps Howard Journalism Entrepreneurship Institute at the Cronkite School.

Reynolds Business Journalism Seminar Brings Journalists, Professors to Cronkite

Journalists and professors from around the country will participate in a rigorous business journalism institute at the Cronkite School next month.

Cronkite School Announces New Sports Journalism Degrees

The Cronkite School at ASU will offer two new degrees in the fast-growing field of sports journalism beginning in fall 2015.

Emmy-winning Sports Television Producer to Lead Cronkite Sports Bureau in Phoenix

Brett Kurland, an Emmy-winning sports producer and multimedia entrepreneur, is the director of a new Phoenix sports reporting bureau at ASU's Cronkite School.

Cronkite Taps Digital Media Leader for New Digital Production Bureau

The Cronkite School has selected digital media innovator Mike Reilley to direct a new professional program in which ASU students will produce dynamic multimedia content.

Cronkite School Professor Establishes Scholarship in Memory of Wife

ASU professor Tim McGuire has established a new endowed scholarship at the Cronkite School to honor his late wife, Jean McGuire.

Carnegie-Knight News21 Wins 3rd Straight EPPY Award

For the third consecutive year, a major national investigation by Carnegie-Knight News21 at ASU has received a prestigious EPPY Award from Editor & Publisher magazine.

Cronkite Professor Edward J. Sylvester Dies

Edward J. Sylvester, an award-winning journalist who taught at ASU for more than 30 years, died Saturday from complications due to cancer. He was 72.

Cronkite Announces Inaugural Winners of Alumni Innovation Grant

Cronkite graduates working at the National Journal and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting are the first recipients of the Knight-Cronkite Alumni Innovation Grant, a special fund to support accelerating innovation in newsrooms across the country.

Cronkite Professor Creates Endowed Scholarship

ASU alumna and faculty member Jacquee Gaillard Petchel has established a new endowed scholarship at the Cronkite School.

Arizona PBS General Manager Named to Cronkite Alumni Hall of Fame

Kelly McCullough, who leads one of the nation's largest PBS stations, is this year's inductee into the Alumni Hall of Fame at ASU's Cronkite School.

Edward R. Murrow Program Journalists to Study at Cronkite

The U.S. State Department's prestigious Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists is sending a group of international media professionals to ASU's Cronkite School to witness media coverage of the American electoral process.

CNN Senior Media Correspondent to Give Schatt Memorial Lecture

CNN Senior Media Correspondent Brian Stelter is the featured speaker of the eighth annual Paul J. Schatt Memorial Lecture at ASU's Cronkite School.

Leonard Downie Remembers Ben Bradlee

Former Washington Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr., the Weil Family Professor of Journalism at the Cronkite School, recalls working for the late Ben Bradlee at the Post.

Cronkite School, Arizona PBS Shine at Rocky Mountain Emmys

ASU's Cronkite School and Arizona PBS took home a combined 10 awards at the 2014 Rocky Mountain Emmys.

Cronkite Chief Broadcast Engineer to Receive Prestigious Rocky Mountain Emmy

After leading ASU's Cronkite School to new technological heights, Jim Dove, who recently retired as the school's chief broadcast engineer, will receive the highest honor given at the Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards.

All Arizona TV Stations to Simulcast ASU-Produced Special Report on Heroin

In a highly unusual collaboration, every broadcast TV station and most radio outlets across Arizona will air simultaneously a 30-minute commercial-free investigative report produced by ASU student journalists on the growing perils of heroin and opioid use.

New York Times Wins Disability Reporting Award

A New York Times story about a group of men with intellectual disabilities who worked in servitude for decades has won top honors in the 2014 Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability.

Robin Roberts Accepts Cronkite Award

Award-winning journalist Robin Roberts of ABC's "Good Morning America" extolled the importance of living life with optimism and faith as she accepted the 2014 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism Monday from ASU.

Cronkite Day Alumni Celebration Scheduled for Oct. 31

The Cronkite School is hosting Cronkite Day, an annual large-scale alumni celebration, on Friday, Oct. 31, as part of ASU's Homecoming 2014.

Reynolds Center Announces 2014 Barlett & Steele Award Winners

ProPublica, Reuters and The Huffington Post won gold, silver and bronze awards, respectively, in the eighth annual Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism.