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Christopher Callahan

Christopher Callahan, founding dean of the Cronkite School, is named the Scripps Howard Foundation Journalism Administrator of the Year.

Cronkite photojournalism students are documenting immigration and poverty in Arizona and along the U.S.-Mexico border under a grant from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation.

Two leading institutions in their respective fields – Mayo Clinic and the Cronkite School – are joining forces to give future physicians journalism training.

Professor Steve Doig, Knight Chair in Journalism

Cronkite Professor Steve Doig will teach precision journalism and computer assisted reporting in Portugal this fall as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair.

The Cronkite School’s Knight Chair in Journalism and IRE announce the Philip Meyer Journalism Award for investigative reporting that uses social science research

Cronkite NewsWatch now airs live on Eight World, a digital channel of Eight-Arizona PBS that reaches more than 1 million homes across Arizona.

The Washington Post reporter who uncovered mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed will be the featured speaker at this year’s Paul J. Schatt Lecture.

Two Cronkite students take first and third places in the Hearst competition for editorial writing while six others are honored for their feature writing.

The co-founder of Politico, a TV news anchor, a Google marketing expert and student digital inventors will headline the Must See Monday speaker series this semester.

News21, a national initiative to educate the next generation of journalists, is showcasing the best work produced by student journalists at 12 leading universities.

Award-winning New York Times business writer Leslie Wayne is the first Donald W. Reynolds Visiting Professor, thanks to a new grant from the Reynolds Foundation.

The Cronkite School will help train high school journalism teachers from around the country for the next five years through a new grant by the Reynolds Foundation.

Registration is open for the third Cronkite New Media Academy, offering 10 Saturday sessions to develop multimedia Web skills.

Longtime Washington Post editor Leonard Downie Jr. delivers the keynote address at the Cronkite School’s December 2009 convocation. Ninety-six students received degrees.

Dean Christopher Callahan writes about the Cronkite School’s interview with controversial Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in The Arizona Republic.

Andrew Leckey, the Donald W. Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism at the Cronkite School, discusses Comcast’s purchase of NBC on the PBS “NewsHour.”

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism awards a total of 23 fellowships to journalists for seminars to be held at Cronkite next year.

Perk Rankin, professor emeritus, founding member of the Cronkite Endowment Board and former Newsweek executive, died at his Tempe home. He was 92.

Three Cronkite professors interviewing Sheriff Joe Arpaio will air live on a big video screen outside the school and on the Internet to accommodate heavy public interest.

Read the coverage of Brian Williams receiving the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism, and watch the NBC News anchor’s acceptance speech and a special video tribute.