Cronkite Student Wins Reporting Prize
Deanna Dent, a senior in the Cronkite School, is one of nine journalism students from across the country to win the 2008 Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition. She will travel to Japan and South Korea for a 13-day journalism study tour in June, sponsored by the Scripps Howard Foundation.
Publisher Named President of Cronkite Board
Win Holden, publisher of Arizona Highways magazine, has been named president of the Cronkite Endowment Board for 2008, replacing Ron Bergamo, general manager of AZ-TV, who was killed in car accident in January.
Top Documentary Award Goes to Cronkite Graduate
A Cronkite graduate has won an award for best student documentary from the Broadcast Education Association. Ray Gonzales’ documentary tells the story of one Japanese-American whose family was moved to an internment camp near Phoenix during World War II.
Cronkite Students Finish First in BEA Awards
The Cronkite School won more awards than any other school in the nation in the latest Broadcast Education Association annual news reporting and interactive media contests, including two of the BEA’s top honors.
Reynolds Institute Awards Business Journalism Scholarships
Eight university students from around the country who have shown promise in the field of business journalism have been awarded $4,000 scholarships from the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism.
Cronkite School Hosts ALMA High School Workshop
The Cronkite School is hosting 90 high school students from across the state for a daylong workshop on journalism sponsored by the Arizona Latino Media Association. This year’s workshop will focus on multimedia skills.
Godfrey Receives BEA Education Service Award
Cronkite School Professor Donald Godfrey is the recipient of the Broadcast Education Association’s 2008 Distinguished Education Service Award, the group’s highest honor for an individual who has contributed to electronic media education.
Rick Rodriguez Named Southwest Borderlands Initiative Professor
Rick Rodriguez, former executive editor of the Sacramento Bee and the first Latino president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, is joining the faculty of the Cronkite School as the school’s Southwest Borderlands Initiative Professor.
High School Educator Heads Stardust Program
Dave Cornelius, a longtime Valley educator who built the state’s premier high school broadcast education program, has joined the Cronkite School as director of the Stardust High School Journalism program. Cornelius will oversee a new initiative to create multimedia newsrooms at underserved Arizona high schools.
Women News Leaders Speak at Annual Schatt Lecture
Four leading women journalists will discuss the gains women have made in journalism and the challenges they still face at the second annual Paul J. Schatt Memorial Lecture, held in memory of Paul J. Schatt, longtime editor at The Arizona Republic and instructor at the Cronkite School.
Goldwater Lecture Features Aaron Brown on Press and Politics
Aaron Brown, former CNN anchor and the Walter Cronkite Professor of Journalism at ASU, is giving this year’s Goldwater Lecture, offering his insights on press coverage and the 2008 presidential campaign
Weather Central, Cronkite School Enter Unprecedented Partnership
Weather Central Inc., a leader in state-of-the-art weather, news, traffic and sports digital broadcast technologies, announces an unprecedented partnership with the Cronkite School. Weather Central will provide the school with cutting-edge satellite, graphics and mapping technologies that will enable students to produce professional weather reports.
Cronkite Board Chairman Killed in Car Accident
Longtime media executive Ron Bergamo, chairman of the Cronkite School Endowment Board of Trustees and general manager of AZ-TV in Phoenix, was killed in a car accident Sunday.
Cronkite Institute for High School Journalism Formed
The Cronkite School has announced the creation of the Cronkite Institute for High School Journalism, a consortium of programs reaching out to high school journalism students and their teachers. The institute includes long-standing Cronkite programs as well as several new ones.
Cronkite Graduate Honored at Emmy Awards
A recent Cronkite graduate was honored for best student production in the Emmy Awards given by the Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
News Leader Gives Graduates Message of Hope
Rick Rodriguez, former executive editor of The Sacramento Bee and one of the nation’s most prominent Latino journalists, told Cronkite School graduates that massive changes in the journalism profession mean opportunity for them. Rodriguez delivered the keynote speech at the Cronkite School’s fall convocation ceremony.
TV Reports by Cronkite Students Now Air on ABC15
Cronkite students are now appearing weekly on a network television affiliate in one of the nation’s largest media markets.
Bob Petty Newest Member of Cronkite Alumni Hall of Fame
Longtime Chicago television journalist Bob Petty is the newest member of the Cronkite Alumni Hall of Fame.
Business Stories on Sustainability Up Dramatically
Business stories on environmental sustainability published in the nation’s 10 largest newspapers have increased dramatically, a new Reynolds study shows.
Walter Cronkite Presents Award to Jane Pauley
With nearly 1,100 in attendance, Walter Cronkite presented the annual award in his name to television journalist Jane Pauley.