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K. Hazel Kwon, an associate professor at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, was selected for the U.S-Korea NextGen Scholars program for 2020-2022.

Rise PR

Students in Cronkite PR Lab earned top honors in three competitions that recognize excellence in public relations.

Kristin Gilger

Kristin Gilger, who has been at the center of the 15-year transformation of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been named interim dean of the Cronkite School, effective immediately.

RFK Award

A Carnegie-Knight News21 investigative report, “State of Emergency,” won the prestigious 2020 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. It was the fifth RFK Award the Cronkite School has won – the most of any journalism school in the country.

Barlett & Steele awards

Entries are now being accepted for the 2020 Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism, the nation’s top investigative business journalism contest.

Madeline Ackley

Students at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University won 10 national Society of Professional Journalists awards – more than any other university in the nation – in a competition that honors the best in student journalism.

NCDJ 30 for 30

The National Center on Disability and Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University has launched a campaign to encourage news coverage of people with disabilities in the run-up to the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Dow Jones News Fund

The top college journalism students from across the country will participate in a week of virtual training at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication as part of a digital journalism internship program through the Dow Jones News Fund.

NCDJ logo

The National Center on Disability and Journalism is now accepting entries for the 2020 Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability, the only journalism contest devoted exclusively to disability coverage.

Carbon Cowboys

Peter Byck, filmmaker: “Coronavirus is impacting rural communities, and the US meat industry is struggling to cope. Since March, farmers in my new documentary series “Carbon Cowboys” have seen sales increase 3 to 10 times over the last year, thanks to regenerative grazing.”

The ceremony marked Cronkite’s first virtual convocation as more than 400 graduates were recognized along with their families, many of whom attended online and posted congratulatory messages on the school’s YouTube and Facebook Live feeds.

“Homeland

“Homeland Secrets: Operation Agent Touch” reveals how undercover agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) documented their sex acts in official agency reports signed by supervisors. When the federal agents’ behavior became publicly known, the multi-year investigation fell apart and charges against the suspected traffickers were dropped.

Andrew Leckey, who has built the business journalism program at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication into a national powerhouse, is retiring after 14 years at Arizona State University.

Beam telepresence robot

A five-foot tall robot is helping keep Arizona PBS on the air. For the past month, since the COVID-19 pandemic sent most Arizona State University staff home to work, the telepresence robot, nicknamed Scotty, has been key to keeping the public television station up and running.

Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication is supporting public media leaders as they navigate newsroom coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic.

First Virtual Internship Interview Day

Journalism sophomore Ellie Borst interviewed for five internships at three different companies Friday – all without leaving her bedroom. Borst was one of 56 students in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University who participated in the school’s first virtual internship day.

A new report authored by Leonard Downie, Jr., former editor of The Washington Post and a journalism professor at Arizona State University, documents the Trump administration’s attacks on U.S. news organizations and the consequences for media credibility and a free press.

Mark of Excellence Awards competition

Arizona State University journalism students once again dominated the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Awards competition, winning a total of 53 awards, more than the combined total of all other large schools in the competition.

State of Emergency

The Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative, based at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has won the top collegiate award for investigative journalism for its in-depth report on natural disaster response.

An estimated 1 million Arizonans watched a live, hour-long virtual town hall with Gov. Doug Ducey answering questions about COVID-19’s health, economic and educational impact on the state.