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News from the Cronkite School

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

Chelsea Julian Reynolds

The Cronkite School has named Chelsea Reynolds as the inaugural director of the newly established Center for Culture and Inclusion in Media.

Hazel Kwon

Dr. Hazel Kwon, a distinguished scholar in the field of digital media, has been promoted to the rank of full professor. 

SUSI

The Cronkite School has welcomed almost 40 international media professionals, scholars and student leaders who will study media law, media literacy and journalism education.

News21 2024 Fellows

Carnegie-Knight News21 has launched a new reporting project examining the state of American democracy.

Three people smiling in a meeting

Survey of front-line business journalists – reporters, correspondents, and freelancers conducted from April 15 to May 1, 2024, reported a median salary of $75,599.

Webby Awards

News21 joins past Grand Prize honorees that include The New York Times, The Washington Post, Frontline and The Associated Press.

Dow Jones News Fund

The Cronkite School will host college students who received a summer internship through the Dow Jones News Fund.

Spring 2024 Convocation

The Cronkite School convocation celebrated the achievements of nearly 370 graduates.

Angela Hill

Cronkite School professor Angela M. Hill was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for the Washington Post investigative series “American Icon.”

Retha Hill

Retha Hill is an award-winning journalist, entrepreneur and professor at the Cronkite School.

Webby Awards

Carnegie-Knight News21 took home a “People’s Voice” Webby Award in the student video category for its national examination of the impact of the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

BEA School Rankings

The Cronkite School took the top spot in the Broadcast Education Association’s (BEA) ranking of schools based on the creative achievements of their students.

Hayden Cilley

Hayden Cilley will graduate with his master’s degree at the Cronkite School’s spring 2024 convocation.

Madison Young

Madison Young graduated from the Cronkite School in spring 2023 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication.

Donovan Johnson

Donovan Johnson will receive the Top Innovator award at the Cronkite School convocation.

Amaiyah Robinson

Amaiyah Robinson is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication and Media Studies at the Cronkite School.

Ingrid Ciprian Matthews

Ingrid Ciprián-Matthews will serve as the keynote speaker at the Cronkite School's spring convocation.

Cronkite students Final Four

Cronkite students covered the games, documented events on social media and engaged with fans during the Final Four.

Cronkite News spring training

The Cronkite News Phoenix Sports Bureau partnered with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Bay Area News Group, The Kansas City Star and The Denver Post to provide team coverage for those publications.

Marcos Colon

Renowned documentary filmmaker Marcos Colón will join the Cronkite School as the school’s Southwest Borderlands Initiative Professor of Media and Indigenous Communities