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News from the Cronkite School

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

Autriya Maneshni

Cronkite graduate driven by passion for storytelling

Autriya Maneshni was named an Outstanding Undergraduate Student for the spring 2023 convocation.

Adam Symson, spring 2023 convocation keynote speaker

Scripps CEO to deliver Cronkite School convocation speech

Adam Symson, president and CEO of The E.W. Scripps Company, will deliver the keynote address at the Cronkite School's Spring 2023 convocation.

SXSW Jury Prize Award

New and Emerging Media student wins the Special Jury Award for VR experience at SXSW

Cameron Kostopoulos won the Special Jury Award at SXSW for his virtual reality experience documenting the lives of transgender people. 

BEA School Rankings 2023

Broadcast Education Association ranks Cronkite School first in Overall Programs

The Cronkite School is once again the top overall school in the Broadcast Education Association’s (BEA) ranking of schools.

Turkish journalists at "train the trainer" event

Cronkite School holds workshop for Turkish journalism trainers

The Cronkite School welcomed four Turkish journalist trainers from March 27-31 for a “Train the Trainers” workshop.

How to use U.S. Government economic data for your stories

The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism and the Cronkite School hosted "Under the Hood with BLS: Finding and telling stories with government data" on March 30.

Cronkite alumni find success in public service

Four Cronkite alumni have leveraged their journalism experience into political careers.

BEA Festival

Cronkite School wins top BEA Festival of Media Arts awards

Cronkite students won 31 awards, including four first place finishes and two “Best of Festival” awards.

Mike Wong

Mike Wong, alumni services director for the Cronkite School, retires after nearly 40 years with ASU

The director of alumni services at the Cronkite School marked the end of an era by announcing his retirement last month.

Andrew Lwowski, a December 2022 Cronkite graduate, won first place in the Hearst Sports Writing Competition.

Cronkite grad wins top Hearst Journalism Award

Andrew Lwowski has won a $3,000 first place prize for the Hearst Journalism Awards Program Sports Writing Competition.

020-2021 Shaufler Prize in Journalism

Cronkite School announces 2022 Shaufler Prize in Journalism contest winners

The Shaufler Prize is administered by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

Cronkite School

Cronkite School partners with Grambling State University to research emergency management resources at HBCUs

The Cronkite School, in partnership with Grambling State University, are recipients of a FEMA grant to assess emergency management resources and needs at the nation’s 103 HBCUs.

“CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King accepts 39th Cronkite Award

Gayle King reflected on her life, career and rise to prominence as she accepted the 39th Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Michael and Anthony Yero

Cronkite Contentpreneurs: Twin brothers establish popular social media brand to promote athletes

Michael and Anthony Yero manage 305 Sports and Yero Step, two popular social media imprints that offer sports news and updates.

Drake Presto, Hearts Award winner

Cronkite senior wins first place Hearst Award for Multimedia Narrative Storytelling

Cronkite senior Drake Presto won first place in the Multimedia Narrative Storytelling category for the 2023 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Olivia Eisenhauer, Super Bowl LVII, NFL

Cronkite School students will cover Super Bowl 57

The Cronkite School will send its own media contingent to cover the biggest sporting event of the year.

Trey Matthews

Cronkite graduate student makes history as hockey broadcaster

Trey Matthews just became the second African American man to serve as a play-by-play announcer in the Canadian Hockey League.

Beyond Objectivity

Can a journalist be trustworthy without being “objective?”

A new report from the Cronkite School asks news media leaders and experts — and what they say may surprise you.

Howard Fellows

Scripps Howard Foundation announces spring class of Roy W. Howard fellows

The Scripps Howard Foundation established the fellowship program in 2020 in honor of Roy W. Howard, legendary journalist and news executive of The E.W. Scripps Company.

Viva Kreis, Heisman Scholarship

Incoming Cronkite student wins Heisman High School Scholarship

The Heisman High School Scholarship program is administered by the Heisman Trophy to award the most esteemed male and female high school senior scholar-athletes.