News from the Cronkite School

Arizona PBS and The Heard Museum are collaborating to bring Molly Mabray, the title character from the popular PBS Kids series, “Molly of Denali,” to the museum for a free event on Aug. 27.

The Cronkite School will join three other leading journalism schools to become inaugural solutions journalism hubs.

ASU’s Cronkite School placed third overall in the prestigious Hearst Journalism Awards program and scored in the top five in writing, photojournalism and television categories.

The non-profit NIL Education and Information Center, headed by sports industry veterans Oliver Luck and Bill Squadron, will partner with the Cronkite School to study the emerging NIL marketplace.

Malcolm Holmes, an accomplished marketing and public affairs professional, will join the Cronkite School to serve as its executive director of strategic initiatives and diversity.

CronkitePro will host “Strategic Communication for Uncertain Times” on Sept. 15-16 at the Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Arizona PBS today will host “Month of the Desert” – a series of community engagement opportunities planned around three new programs featuring local ties.

The Cronkite School captured three awards — including two first place prizes — at the 64th annual SoCal Journalism Awards hosted by the Los Angeles Press Club.

The Cronkite School and The State Press, ASU’s independent student news outlet, won the most first place awards, and most awards overall, taking top honors in seven categories.

Alex Gould took home first place in the 2022 Greg Crowder Memorial Photojournalism Award contest.

Cronkite School alumna and Hall of Fame inductee Christine Devine received the 2022 President’s Award for Impact on Media from the Los Angeles Press Club.

Dr. Sharon Bramlett-Solomon was honored as the 2022 recipient of the Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Award for Distinguished Achievement in Diversity Research and Education.

The station also received a grant award to support future community engagement efforts related to the youth mental health crisis.

Cronkite students Madison Thomas, Andrea Villalobos and recent alumna Marcella Baietto sat down with U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken at the Media Summit of the Americas.

The Reynolds Center has revived its annual salary survey of business journalists, last published in 2012, and expanded the survey this year to include demographic data.

Two Cronkite graduates were selected to participate in the yearlong Roy W. Howard fellowship for emerging investigative journalists.

Journalists and civil society leaders from across the Americas gathered at the ASU California Center to participate in the first-ever Media Summit of the Americas.

The Cronkite School will serve as an academic partner for the event, collaborating with The 19th* to produce content about the 50th anniversary of Title IX.

The scholars will participate in the Journalism, Technology and Democracy program, part of the Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI).

The redesigned website launches the start of “Your Arizona Connection Starts Here” Arizona PBS brand elevation campaign.