News from the Cronkite School

The former executive editor of the Detroit Free Press urges the newest graduates to take charge of their careers and create their own roles as they enter fast-changing media industries.

A Cronkite student is the recipient of this year’s Alistair Cooke Award in Journalism to the United Kingdom.

For an unprecedented sixth consecutive year, Cronkite students outperform all other schools in the Society of Professional Journalists’ prestigious Mark of Excellence national awards competition.

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

For the 11th consecutive year, students of the Cronkite School take first place in the regional Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence awards.

The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication voted unanimously Friday to grant full re-accreditation to the Cronkite School.

A new podcast series produced by the Cronkite School is the most popular selection of Apple’s iTunesU.

Cronkite School Dean Christopher Callahan becomes the first dean named to the Board of Directors of the American Society of News Editors.

A Cronkite professor who transformed from a veteran newspaper editor to a national leader in digital media education wins an Educator of the Year Award from the nation’s premier journalism education association.

Seven Cronkite students spent the spring semester covering the Milwaukee Brewers’ spring training for JSOnline, the website of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Three of the nation’s top television station groups produce a new interactive daily news show from the state-of-the-art media complex at the Cronkite School.

The Society of Professional Journalists honors two watchdog projects by Cronkite News Service, a professional program operated by the Cronkite School.

Two recent graduates of the Cronkite School win national business reporting awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

Seventeen students from the Cronkite School spend their spring break in the Dominican Republic reporting on immigration issues.

Visiting Professor in Journalism Ethics Caesar Andrews receives the 2011 Robert G. McGruder Award for fostering diversity in the field of journalism.

The Cronkite School hosts a national panel on ethical considerations for journalists who cover violence and tragedies in communities.

The Cronkite School won more Broadcast Education Association student journalism awards this year than any other school in the country.

The Cronkite School dedicates its sixth-floor broadcast center in honor of the late Stanley and Erika Tobin, longtime supporters of public-service journalism.

A multimedia project by new graduate students of the Cronkite School wins the highest honors in the interactive multimedia competition of the Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts.

Cronkite graduate Ian Lee reports from Cairo on the protests, working for The Daily News Egypt and Reuters and contributing to CNN reports.