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Dean Baquet holds a Q and A with Cronkite students

New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet Baquet participated in an hour-long question-and-answer session with students from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication on Friday, a day after he received the Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from ASU

Dean Baquet Award

Baquet received the 37th annual award during a virtual ceremony attended by hundreds of Cronkite students, supporters, faculty, staff, alumni, journalists and communications professionals.

Adrienne Fairwell

Adrienne Fairwell, a proven media leader with years of communications and public television experience, has been named general manager of Arizona PBS at Arizona State University.

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Kleine’s talk, “Creating Gender Inclusivity in Journalism,” was part of the spring 2021 “Must See Mondays” lecture series hosted by ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Career Services

COVID-19 may have forced Career Services to shift to a virtual internship mode last spring, but the new format has opened more possibilities for students to connect with employers across the country.

Bill Silcock and students

Silcock and his wife, Angela, have established the Angela and Bill Silcock Global Experience Fund for students interested in international learning experiences.

Logo for the Greater Phoenix Chamber Impact Awards with a geometric design above the text.

Arizona PBS has been selected as one of eight winners of the Greater Phoenix Chamber IMPACT Awards – the first time in the station’s history – capturing the top prize in the Arizona Advocate/Small-Medium Business category.

Big Bird with a child

Arizona PBS among 20 Stations Selected to Expand Early Childhood Efforts.

Sun Devil Giving Day

Sun Devil Giving Day is an important celebration in the ASU community, focused on gifts that have a year-long impact.

50:50Project

The project is a collective action that aims to ensure equal gender representation in sourcing for media with 50% of sources men and the other 50% women.

The415

The virtual networking series has now connected almost 30 alumni with Cronkite students and has drawn the attention of other ASU colleges looking to forge similar relationships.

BlazeRadio

Blaze Radio, ASU’s student-run radio station, took home numerous top awards at the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) Media Awards on March 6.

New York Times and NCDJ logos

The National Center on Disability and Journalism at Arizona State University is partnering with The New York Times to create a new fellowship program that will place an early-career journalist in The Times newsroom each year for the next two years to develop expertise and report on a range of disability issues.

Slađana Lučić

Slađana Lučić's documentary, "Little Star Rising," profiles the first European in a hijab to train for the Ironman Triathlon.

Spring break may be canceled because of the pandemic but the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication has figured out a way for students to still take a fun break from the mid-semester stress.

Wesley Lowery

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Wesley Lowery joined the Cronkite School for its "Must See Mondays" lecture series on Feb. 22.

Students working on laptops

The bachelor of arts in Digital Media Literacy focuses on how to combat the spread of misinformation and disinformation through critical thinking, global awareness and ethical decision-making in the context of digital media.

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The entrepreneurs advised students to find innovative ways to overcome obstacles while creating businesses and to remember that asking for help is a strength, not a weakness.

Cronkite News will host a virtual Audio Hackathon to give all Arizona State University students the opportunity to design an experience for smart devices.