Cronkite Global Initiatives

Cronkite Global Initiatives

Our international programs connect Cronkite students, staff and faculty with international media professionals, scholars and citizens.

Cronkite Global Initiatives fosters meaningful connections among Cronkite students, staff and faculty and international media professionals and scholars, citizens, government and nonprofit organizations. We fulfill ASU’s charter by advancing research and discovery of public value across the world. In the past ten years, Cronkite faculty have conducted over 50 workshops in more than 35 countries.

Explore our global programs

The Cronkite School is home to the only Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship program in journalism in the United States. The State Department program, in partnership with the Institute of International Education, brings mid-career journalists and professional communicators from developing countries to the Cronkite School each year for 10 months. 

Additionally, Cronkite Global Initiatives conducts research and journalism and media training programs globally through public and private partnerships including the U.S. State Department,  American Embassies worldwide, and  USAID.  We also partner with global development and education organizations such as IREX, World Learning, Meridian House and Global Ties. 

2022-2023 Humphrey Cohort

Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship

Each year, this State Department program, in partnership with the Institute of International Education, brings mid-career journalists and professional communicators from developing countries to the Cronkite School for 10 months.

Humphrey Fellows at the Capitol

Global Outreach

See how our recent Cronkite projects impacts our society.

Cronkite students discuss school projects.

Thinking about a Global career?

The Cronkite Foreign Affairs and International Reporting Club brings together students interested in international reporting to discuss issues related to global journalism and connect with professionals who have worked internationally.

A student films films children on a professional camera.

Southwest Borderlands Initiative

Our students cover border, immigration and Indigenous issues across the Southwest and beyond.

Symbiosis

Symbiosis: Cross-border narrative journalism training

Learn more about the collaboration between Cronkite Global Initiatives and Gatopardo, an influential Mexican magazine that covers Latin America and its diasporas.

Global Study Abroad Program

Study Abroad

Cronkite Study Abroad programs enable students to experience other cultures, learn about global media practices and report on international issues while earning academic credit.

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Hubert H. Humphrey cohorts hosted by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU

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Countries and territories represented by the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows.

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Number of Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows who have studied alongside students at the Cronkite School in 12 years

Faculty and staff