News from the Cronkite School

Cronkite students placed second and third in the nation for the broadcast and writing category – and fifth overall – in the prestigious Hearst Journalism Awards program.

Jeffrey Timmermans will lead Cronkite’s Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, which works with journalists around the world to improve the quality of coverage of business and the economy, as well as teach business journalism courses.

The three-week Mediactive course was launched last August and, since then, has immersed students in basic principles that help people take control of their digital media experience.

The Cronkite Nation Pro+U Summer Series features alumni who share expertise on topics such as how to start a media company, ways to improve resumes, and how to take the next steps within a company.

The program is designed to give emerging young journalists crucial skills training to help launch their careers and increase diversity in newsrooms throughout America.

The Cronkite Nation Pro+U Summer Series features alumni who share expertise on topics such as how to start a media company, ways to improve resumes, and how to take the next steps within a company.

The Cronkite Nation Pro+U Summer Series features alumni who share expertise on topics such as how to start a media company, ways to improve resumes, and how to take the next steps within a company.

The Carnegie-Knight journalism deans urge the trustees of the University of North Carolina to uphold the decision of the Hussman School of Journalism and Media to grant tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones.

The Cronkite Nation Pro+U Summer Series features alumni who share expertise on topics such as how to start a media company, ways to improve resumes, and how to take the next steps within a company.

Juan Mundel, a researcher with deep experience in Latin America and Europe and an expansive network at universities on both sides of the Atlantic, has been named director of Global Initiatives and associate professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication joins with the larger journalism community in condemning a rising number of arrests and detentions of reporters while they attempt to cover news events.

Journalist and educator who led fundraising efforts and oversaw programs for Scripps Howard Foundation to start July 1.

Amanda Morris will be The New York Times’s first reporting fellow focused on disability issues. The fellowship is in partnership with the National Center on Disability and Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.

The National Center on Disability and Journalism is now accepting entries for the 2021 Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability, the only journalism contest devoted exclusively to disability coverage.

News21's "Kids Imprisoned" project outperformed professional journalists from established newspapers, placing above the Los Angeles Times and the Seattle Times.

Alcindor delivered her remarks Monday as the keynote speaker for Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s spring 2021 convocation. The virtual ceremony celebrated the accomplishments of nearly 500 graduates, many of whom joined the ceremony in real time on YouTube and Facebook Live with their families and friends.

Retha Hill, the director of the New Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, was awarded a grant from the Online News Association to help Black women professors learn the benefits of immersive technology in journalism.

Susan Smith Richardson, a nationally recognized journalist and media industry leader, has been named the inaugural Ida B. Wells Professor in Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

Arizona State University swept up 26 awards in the national 2021 Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts contest, including seven first place prizes.

Cronkite professor Terry Greene Sterling and investigative journalist Jude Joffe-Block teamed up to report and write a book that follows the story of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s relentless immigration enforcement and its effects on Maricopa County, Arizona.