News from the Cronkite School

Six college journalism students from around the country will enhance their digital media skills at ASU this summer in the Village Voice Digital Media Fellowship Program.

Thirty high school journalism teachers from around the country will grow their skills at ASU this summer in a training program funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation and operated by the American Society of News Editors.

Three May graduates of the Cronkite School received honors in the national championships of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.

Thirty-eight high school students will learn digital and broadcast journalism skills this summer at the Cronkite School.

Gangplank, an Arizona nonprofit that fosters creative, collaborative and entrepreneurial working environments, has partnered with Arizona State University to provide a popup workspace on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus.

Fifteen business journalism students from the Cronkite School will intern this summer at major news organizations around the country.

Cronkite graduate Dustin Volz has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Indonesia through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

For the third time in four years, Cronkite students have won the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.

Journalism programs at Central Michigan University, Elon University and Louisiana State University will receive visiting business journalism professors next spring under a $1.67 million grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.

A major investigation of food safety conducted by the Carnegie-Knight News21 digital news team from five universities is being recognized nationally in journalism competitions.

The president of CBS News encouraged the newest graduates of the Cronkite School to stay true to the values embodied by the school’s namesake as they embark on their journalism careers.

Ben Silver, an award-winning correspondent for CBS News who later taught broadcast journalism at ASU for nearly 20 years, died Wednesday from complications of Parkinson’s disease at his home in St. Louis Park, Minn. He was 85.

Emmy Award-winning sportscaster Bob Costas will be the 2012 recipient of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism, ASU announced today.

Cronkite students have won seven awards in the Society of Professional Journalists’ prestigious national Mark of Excellence competition, including best student newscast and best online in-depth report.

The international program headquarters at the Cronkite School was named today in honor of alumna Adelaida Severson and her husband, Barry.

CBS News President David Rhodes will deliver the keynote graduation address next month at the Cronkite School.

For the 12th consecutive year, Cronkite students took first place in the regional Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence competition.

The Society of Professional Journalists is honoring two watchdog projects by student journalists at the Cronkite School with First Amendment Awards.

The national political editor of The Washington Post discussed how the new media landscape is changing the coverage of the 2012 presidential election Thursday night at Arizona State University.

Cronkite student Jack Highberger is one of nine journalism students from across the country to win the 2012 Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition.