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News from the Cronkite School

Catch up on what’s (and who’s!) new at the Cronkite School.

Spring 2022 convocation. Photo by Harshith Godishala

The Cronkite School’s spring 2022 convocation ceremony featured a number of special achievements for the graduates, alumni and faculty.

Arizona PBS Educational Outreach will receive a grant from the Arizona Department of Education to fund an early literacy program based on the popular SUPER WHY television series.

Arizona PBS Educational Outreach will receive a $961,000 grant from the Arizona Department of Education to fund an early literacy program for preschool-age children.

Barlett & Steele awards

The Barlett & Steele Awards will expand recognition of investigative business journalism at regional and local news organizations, and honor outstanding young journalists.

Arizona PBS Election Debates

Arizona PBS is partnering with the Citizens Clean Elections Commission to host a series of primary debates for the 2022 election cycle. 

Battinto L. Batts Jr., Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Henry Louis Gates discussed the origins of his show and other topics during a discussion on April 30 at ASU Gammage.

Samantha Chow

Samantha Chow was named an Outstanding Undergraduate Student for the Cronkite School's spring 2022 convocation ceremony.

Human Rights winning photo from their website

The Cronkite School is proud to mark World Press Freedom Day by announcing it will take over the administration of the Human Rights Press Awards from 2023 onward.

Kino Border Initiative

Cronkite students visited a Nogales, Sonora, Mexico shelter to speak with migrants who have been unable to file for asylum due to the CDC policy that was implemented to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation renews support for health reporting and communications initiative.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded a $1.3 million, two-year grant to the Cronkite School to tackle the problems of health disparities in the Southwest.

Hearst Awards

Cronkite student Mikenzie Hammel and Cronkite alum Christopher Howley each placed among the top winners in the Explanatory Reporting Competition of the 2021-2022 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism’s investigation, “little victims everywhere,”

The Cronkite School's Howard Center for Investigative Journalism was honored as a finalist in this year’s prestigious IRE Awards and won third place in the 2022 Best of the West journalism awards.

Adelaida and Barry Severson and family

Severson, owner of satellite communications company Bushtex, Inc., is a Cronkite Hall of Fame member and has been named to the Sun Devil 100 four times.

On The Clock & In the Media: Race, Hiring and the NFL. Photos by Kiersten Moss

The panel, “On The Clock & In the Media: Race, Hiring and the NFL,” covered a variety of topics associated with the NFL’s lack of diversity within its coaching ranks.

Marc Johnson, vice president of corporate communications at Meta and digital strategy pioneer, will deliver the keynote address

Marc Johnson, vice president of corporate communications at Meta and digital strategy pioneer, will deliver the keynote address at the Cronkite School Spring 2022 convocation on May 10.

immersive Indian Country Today/NAJA graduate fellowship

The Cronkite School has launched a new graduate partnership with the Native American Journalists Association and Indian Country Today.

Arizona PBS GM Adrienne Fairwell

Arizona PBS General Manager Adrienne Fairwell has been elected to serve on the board of the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA).

Fran Mallace

Fran Mallace recently took the helm of Make-A-Wish Arizona as president and CEO after a 30-year career with Cox Media.

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Arizona PBS and the Cronkite School will host “Past Connections That Bind Us All: A Conversation with Henry Louis Gates Jr.” on April 30.

2022 BEA's recognition of excellence in media

The Cronkite School ranked as the top overall school in the Broadcast Education Association’s (BEA) first ranking of schools based on the creative achievement of their students. 

The Stanton Foundation has awarded Cronkite School a grant to research the evolving concept of journalistic objectivity in newsrooms.

The Stanton Foundation has awarded the Cronkite School a $150,000 grant to research the evolving concept of journalistic objectivity in newsrooms.