Two students deliver a newscast in Cronkite News.

News from the Cronkite School

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

Cronkite News twitch stream

Students at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University will use Twitch to show audiences how a newscast is produced, how sports teams are covered, how the weather “green screen” works and what it takes to be an anchor.

Pedro Gomez speaks to a journalism class at the Cronkite School

The Cronkite School and Gomez’s family established the Pedro Gomez Foundation Fund to honor his memory and continue his impact on sports journalism students.

News21 front page grid

The top journalism students from 15 universities across the country have been accepted into the annual Carnegie-Knight News21 program at Arizona State University.

Gaylord College and ASU logos

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University will partner with the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication to expand coverage of indigenous communities.

Fernanda Santos

Fernanda Santos, a Southwest Borderlands Initiative Professor at the Cronkite School, will write at least once a month on policies and issues in the Southwest for The Washington Post’s Opinions section.

A corkboard with handwritten notes, including a visible note saying, "you honestly saved my life tonight."

“Life Is…" was simulcast on Jan. 12 in English and Spanish on all major commercial television stations in the state, as well as on Arizona PBS and Spanish-language stations.

Jacob Nelson

“Imagined Audiences: How Journalists Perceive and Pursue the Public” examines the relationship between journalists and their audiences in a new media environment, and explores how journalists’ efforts to improve that relationship will affect the future of journalism.

William Rhoden addresses students while attending ASU's Global Sport Summit

William C. Rhoden, an award-winning national sports writer and visiting professional at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, will be inducted into the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame this summer.

Roy W. Howard fellows

The first class of fellows began their yearlong assignments at five nonprofit news organizations with strong commitments to investigative journalism.

Golden trophy cup against red fabric with text "7 Cronkite awards."

The Public Relations Lab took home three Gold awards at the 2020 NYX Marcom Awards while the Digital Audiences Lab secured three Gold awards at the Education Digital Marketing Awards and one award at the 2020 Marketing Communication (MarCom) Awards.

Dawn Gilpin

The symposium is an opportunity to showcase and award academic research by current Cronkite graduate and undergraduate students.

Dozens of TV stations across Arizona will join together in January in a rare effort to combat the growing epidemic of youth suicide.

PBS Prime Afternoons

Arizona PBS will kick off its 60-year anniversary in January with a slate of new programming and new ways to provide content.

Fernanda Santos

Fernanda Santos, a Southwest Borderlands Initiative Professor of Practice at the Cronkite School, will join a team of six instructors at Poynter that will help journalists of color find their voices in opinion writing.

Juan Arredondo and Fernando Diaz

Veteran investigative journalist Fernando Diaz and Juan Arredondo, Cronkite's first visiting professor in visual journalism, will begin teaching in January.

Al Michaels

Michaels, considered one of the top sportscasters in the industry, has called some of the notable sporting events of all time.

Jack Harris

Jack Harris, a recent graduate from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, won the General Excellence Award in the student category from the Asian American Journalists Association.

The San Diego Convention Center set up beds to serve the homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic

The investigation found many communities across the country have yet to benefit from the unprecedented aid.

Indian Country Today Editor Mark Trahant speaks to Cronkite graduates during the Fall 2020 virtual convocation

Indian Country Today Editor Mark Trahant also encouraged students to reshape journalism with their ideas.