Cronkite alumna Adrienne Washington has been named a Roy W. Howard Fellow and will spend the next year working at The Maine Monitor, a nonprofit news organization.
The Scripps Howard Fund announced that Washington, a graduate of the Cronkite School’s Master of Arts in Investigative Journalism program, is one of five investigative journalists who were awarded fellowships this summer.
The prestigious Howard fellowships are awarded bi-annually to graduates of the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University and the University of Maryland. The fellowships allow awardees to gain experience working with nonprofit newsrooms across the country that partner with the program. The nonprofit newsrooms hosting this cohort of fellows are The Maine Monitor, Wisconsin Watch, The Baltimore Banner, Mississippi Today and Borderless Magazine.
The fellowships honor Roy W. Howard, former chairman of the Scripps Howard newspaper chain and a pioneering news reporter whose relentless pursuit of the news took him around the world, spurred innovation and helped lay the groundwork for modern journalism.
Washington joined Cronkite’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism in summer 2023 as a graduate student and worked on the “In the Sheriff We Trust” project.
That investigation was produced in collaboration with the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, and it earned first-place honors from the Editor & Publisher EPPY awards for Best Community Service Project/Reporting and Best Investigative/Enterprise Video.
Washington holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a minor in diversity studies from the University of Washington, where she was awarded the Pioneer News Group Community Journalism award for her work covering income, gender and language barriers in the Seattle area. Washington’s work has appeared in The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, Los Angeles Times, ABC News and Cronkite News, as well as in local reporting outlets in the metro Phoenix area and the Puget Sound in Washington. She started her fellowship at The Maine Monitor earlier this month.
About the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism
The Howard Centers at Arizona State University and the University of Maryland were established in 2018 under grants from the Scripps Howard Fund to advance deeply researched watchdog journalism and train the next generation of investigative reporters. The Centers honor the legacy of Roy W. Howard, former chairman of the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain and a pioneering news reporter. Learn more about the Cronkite School’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism.
About the Cronkite School’s Master of Arts in Investigative Journalism
The Cronkite School’s MAIJ is the nation’s first master’s degree in investigative journalism. This immersive, 12-month program prepares students to launch high-level investigative reporting careers at the world’s most prestigious news organizations. The program is designed for established journalists who want to develop specialization in investigative techniques as well as career switchers who bring experience from fields such as law, health, business, government and the arts. Learn more about the MAIJ.
