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The Cronkite Nation Pro+U Summer Series features alumni who share expertise on topics such as how to start a media company, ways to improve resumes, and how to take the next steps within a company.

Juan Mundel, a researcher with deep experience in Latin America and Europe and an expansive network at universities on both sides of the Atlantic, has been named director of Global Initiatives and associate professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Juan Mundel, a researcher with deep experience in Latin America and Europe and an expansive network at universities on both sides of the Atlantic, has been named director of Global Initiatives and associate professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Cronkite graduates Ayano Nagaishi and Alison Cutler were briefly taken into custody while covering a protest for the Staunton, N.C., News Leader, a member of the USA TODAY Network.

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication joins with the larger journalism community in condemning a rising number of arrests and detentions of reporters while they attempt to cover news events.

Journalist and educator Battinto Batts Jr., who led fundraising efforts and oversaw programs for Scripps Howard Foundation,will start July 1.

Journalist and educator who led fundraising efforts and oversaw programs for Scripps Howard Foundation to start July 1.

Amanda Morris will be The New York Times’s first reporting fellow focused on disability issues.

Amanda Morris will be The New York Times’s first reporting fellow focused on disability issues. The fellowship is in partnership with the National Center on Disability and Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.

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The National Center on Disability and Journalism is now accepting entries for the 2021 Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability, the only journalism contest devoted exclusively to disability coverage.

Carnegie-Knight News21’s “Kids Imprisoned,” a project about the American juvenile criminal justice system, was awarded first place in Online Presentation for the Best of the West 2021 contest.

News21's "Kids Imprisoned" project outperformed professional journalists from established newspapers, placing above the Los Angeles Times and the Seattle Times.

Cronkite's virtual ceremony celebrated the accomplishments of nearly 500 graduates, many of whom joined the ceremony in real time on YouTube and Facebook Live with their families and friends.

Alcindor delivered her remarks Monday as the keynote speaker for Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s spring 2021 convocation. The virtual ceremony celebrated the accomplishments of nearly 500 graduates, many of whom joined the ceremony in real time on YouTube and Facebook Live with their families and friends.

Retha Hill, the director of the New Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is using a grant from the Online News Association to help Black women professors learn the benefits of immersive technology in journalism.

Retha Hill, the director of the New Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, was awarded a grant from the Online News Association to help Black women professors learn the benefits of immersive technology in journalism.

Susan Smith Richardson, a nationally recognized journalist and media industry leader, has been named the inaugural Ida B. Wells Professor in Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

Susan Smith Richardson, a nationally recognized journalist and media industry leader, has been named the inaugural Ida B. Wells Professor in Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

Caitlynn McDaniel, a recent graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications, won the top prize of “Best of Festival” in the student news category for her radio story Wildlife Trade/>Caitlynn McDaniel By Kasey Brammell Arizona State University swept up 26 awards in the national 2021 Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts contest, including seven first place prizes. This year is the 11th time in 12 years that the Cronkite School has finished ahead of other colleges around the country, winning with the most news division awards. Caitlynn McDaniel, a recent graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications, won the top prize of “Best of Festival” in the student news category for her

Arizona State University swept up 26 awards in the national 2021 Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts contest, including seven first place prizes.

A Cronkite professor teamed up with a fellow investigative journalist to report and write a book that follows the story of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s relentless immigration enforcement and its effects on Maricopa County, Arizona

Cronkite professor Terry Greene Sterling and investigative journalist Jude Joffe-Block teamed up to report and write a book that follows the story of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s relentless immigration enforcement and its effects on Maricopa County, Arizona.

A project documenting healthcare workers who died during the COVID-19 pandemic was awarded the Batten Medal for Coverage of the Coronavirus Pandemic from the News Leaders Association.

The project, titled “Lost on the Frontline,” documented healthcare workers who died during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cronkite School students dominated the national Association of Health Care Journalists Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, sweeping the top three spots in the student category.

The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and Cronkite News swept the top three spots in the student category of the the national Association of Health Care Journalists Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism.

Cronkite News has launched the experiment TikToks in 30 Days” with students leading the effort to produce TikToks that share the media outlets headlines, twists on viral trends or music videos, among other content

Cronkite News has launched the experiment “30 TikToks in 30 Days” with students leading the effort to produce TikToks that share the media outlet’s headlines, twists on viral trends or music videos, among other content.

The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism won the top collegiate award in investigative journalism

The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism won the top collegiate award in investigative journalism from Investigative Reporters & Editors for its probe of federal police shootings.

Cronkite launched Wellness Wednesdays to help students navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic

The series offers support to students in such areas as mental, emotional, physical, environmental, situational and occupational wellness.

Arizona Horizon host Ted Simons poses with the new PBS set in the background

The news division of Arizona PBS at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University has published more than 50 solutions-based stories with the Solutions Stories Tracker -- the most of any school in the country.

Studio B – the home of “Arizona Horizon,” “Break It Down” and “Catalyst” – has undergone a transformation over the past few months that includes a modern set design, new set lighting and updated monitors.

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Yamiche Alcindor, the White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour and a political contributor to NBC News and MSNBC, will give the keynote address at the Spring 2021 convocation of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.