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Brian Williams hosts the “NBC Nightly News” live from the rooftop of the Cronkite School Tuesday. Williams is the recipient of this year’s Walter Cronkite Award of Excellence in Journalism.

Chip Dean

Chip Dean, award-winning director of ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” and a 1977 ASU graduate, is the newest member of the Cronkite Alumni Hall of Fame.

A new book by Cronkite Professor Ed Sylvester argues that government biodefense policies are really making Americans more vulnerable to terrorism.

Leonard Downie Jr., the former Washington Post editor and newest Cronkite professor, writes about the future of journalism in a powerful new study.

LEED Certification

The Cronkite School’s new downtown Phoenix building earns a silver certification for sustainability citation from the U.S. Green Building Council. The award will be given during the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Phoenix.

Cronkite students are honored in the 2009 Emmy Awards given by the Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Five Cronkite School productions are nominated in the Student Production category and one in a professional category.

Broadcast students are producing a new magazine-style show about ASU sports, “Sun Devils 101,” that will air on FOX Sports Arizona. The show is believed to be the first produced by journalism students for a commercial sports network.

The Cronkite School hosts a discussion on "Extreme Speech and Democracy" Oct. 22 as part of National Freedom of Speech Week. The event is hosted by Cronkite School Associate Professor Joseph Russomanno.

The Cronkite School is the new home for the National Center on Disability & Journalism, providing resources for journalists and a forum for journalists and people with disabilities to share and comment on news coverage.

Cronkite Tribute

Walter Cronkite’s life, work and dedication to journalism are remembered during a daylong tribute at the school that bears his name. A satellite interview with renowned journalists and a special video tribute are part of the event.

Edith Kinney Gaylord Visiting Professor in Journalism Ethics, Sharon Rosenhause

Sharon Rosenhause, a longtime newspaper editor who has been a champion of newsroom diversity, is the new Edith Kinney Gaylord Visiting Professor in Journalism Ethics at the Cronkite School.

Cronkite students are producing news and weather reports for “The Pat McMahon Show” on AZTV7/Cable13. Their pieces will open the popular morning talk show four days a week beginning Oct. 5.

News21, a national investigative reporting project with the nation’s top journalism schools, is making available a record amount of content to Web sites, broadcasters and newspapers around the country.

ASU students produce multimedia reports on “Latino America” that demonstrate how journalism can be done in innovative and in-depth ways on the Web. The projects look at the social, economic, cultural and political impact of the surging Latino population in the United States.

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, a National Public Radio correspondent, three TV news anchors, the former editor of The Washington Post and Sheriff Joe Arpaio will headline a Monday night speakers series this fall at the Cronkite School.

The Cronkite School’s second New Media Academy is offering 10-day, five-day and one-day registrations for an innovative training program in digital media this fall.

The Cronkite School is welcoming the strongest freshman class in the school’s history. This year’s incoming class of 264 is 45 percent larger than last year’s cohort.

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication is planning a daylong tribute next month to honor the late CBS News anchor.

A group of supporters of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University is creating a fund to honor the school’s namesake and educate future generations about the importance of the journalistic values his work embodied.

Robin J. Phillips, a journalist with a rich background in business news and online journalism, joins the Cronkite School’s Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism as Web managing editor.