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News from the Cronkite School

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

Karen Bordeleau, the director of Career and Professional Development

Cronkite School faculty member Karen Bordeleau was honored for a career that has spanned more than four decades.

Dow Jones News Fund Digital Training Program

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University's Downtown Phoenix campus will host the Dow Jones News Fund digital media residency.

Spring convocation 2023

The Cronkite School celebrated the accomplishments of nearly 390 graduates at its spring 2023 convocation ceremony.

Pauline Arrillaga has been named executive director of the National Center on Disability and Journalism. Nicole Macias will oversee the NCDJ’s international journalism awards programs.

Pauline Arrillaga has been named executive director of the National Center on Disability and Journalism at the Cronkite School.

Christine Dotts, president of the Cronkite Endowment Board

Christine "Chris" Dotts has been named the new president of the Cronkite Endowment Board of Trustees.

Andrès Martinez's advanced bilingual reporting course brings students together from ASU, Mexico to find the untold stories of the U.S.-Mexico border. photo by Charlie Leight/Arizona State University

The Advanced Bilingual Reporting class brings together students from ASU, Mexico to find the untold stories of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Human Rights Press Awards

Stories focusing on Covid and the Myanmar Military took top prizes in the 2023 Human Rights Press Awards.

Veronica Guerin Washington Scholarship. Scholarship awardees Liam Coates and Erin Murphy with 9l-r); Prof. Kevin Rafter, DCU and Prof. Daire Keogh, President, DCU. Photo by Gerry Mooney

The Cronkite School is partnering with Dublin City University (DCU) in Ireland to host two students at the Cronkite News Washington Bureau in Washington D.C., this summer.

Andrew Onodera

The Cronkite School named Andrew Onodera an Outstanding Graduate Student for this semester.

The Cronkite School partnered with Equis Institute and the U.S. Department of State for the Cities Summit of the Americas.

Joseph Russomanno

The landscape of television news changed abruptly after three of the most prominent figures in the industry were either fired or separated from their positions within a 24-hour span.

Autriya Maneshni

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

Adam Symson, spring 2023 convocation keynote speaker

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

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

BEA School Rankings 2023

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

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

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.

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

BEA Festival

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

Mike Wong

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