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News from the Cronkite School

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

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Arizona PBS has released its three-year strategic plan, which highlights how the station will strengthen its relationship with the community and solidify its position in the Arizona market.

Alexandre Rukashaza

Rukashaza has been named the new director of digital media and broadcast operations for Arizona PBS.

Ted Simons

Arizona Horizon’s Ted Simons was recently named “Best TV Host” by the Phoenix New Times. 

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Arizona PBS and the Cronkite School have partnered to launch the first-ever class to introduce students to the state’s largest public television station. 

Allison Otu

Allison Otu has been named the first executive director of marketing and communications at the Cronkite School and Arizona PBS.

Cronkite’s News Co/Lab gets an $80,000 “solutions journalism” grant

The Arizona Community Foundation has awarded Cronkite’s News Co/Lab an $80,000 “solutions journalism” grant to explore the impact of housing on health outcomes in diverse communities.

Unmasking America

The Carnegie-Knight News21 program has released “Unmasking America,” an investigation into the long-term effects  of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Muhammad Ali

“MUHAMMAD ALI,” will air over four nights on Arizona PBS starting Sept. 19 and ending on Sept. 22.

A group of new graduates wear maroon caps and gowns while holding their ASU diplomas.

The advising team at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication is ready to help guide both new and returning students through their multi-year experience.

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The Cronkite School’s Southwest Health Reporting Initiative has launched a new monthly health newsletter that aims to start a conversation about health disparities in underserved communities.

Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sandra Day O'Connor

Arizona PBS will honor the legacy of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor with the national premiere of “Sandra Day O’Connor: The First.”

Paul B. Anderson, the principal & CEO of Workhouse Media of Seattle, Washington, has established The Shaufler Prize in Journalism, named after his late friend Ed Shaufler.

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University is now accepting entries for the 2020-2021 Shaufler Prize in Journalism.

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ASU students received more first-place prizes than any other student publication in the country. 

Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards

Arizona PBS and the Cronkite School swept up a total of 36 Emmy and Student Production Award nominations.

Cronkite student Savannah Rose Dagupion

Savannah Rose Dagupion was honored as Hawaii’s 2021 Student Journalist of the Year after coaxing some of her fellow classmates to help her revive the journalism program at Kamehameha Schools, Maui.

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The Harkavy Scholarship for Investigative Reporting was established at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 2020 to honor the memory of Valley reporter Ward Harkavy.

A girl a person who has Down syndrome with her hand out painted colorfully.

The National Center on Disability and Journalism has released an updated version of its disability language style guide.

Jeffrey Timmermans

Jeffrey Timmermans has been named Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Alice Watchman and brother Leonard Watchman at her farm near Sawmill, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation on July 8, 2021.

A new project from the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism investigates how child sexual abuse cases in Indian Country may be falling through the cracks.

The U.S. Capitol Building.

The Poynter Institute’s PolitiFact will move its offices to Arizona State University’s campus in the heart of Washington, D.C.