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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.

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at ASU launches two new blogs to help business journalists stay ahead of the news and polish their skills. The blogs are available at www.businessjournalism.org.

The Cronkite School is hosting its second Cronkite New Media Academy this fall, offering professional training for those who want to learn new media skills.

Flags at ASU are lowered in tribute to the late Walter Cronkite, and the Cronkite School offers special tributes to the school's namesake.

Cronkite students win recognition for work that includes a Webby honor, a multimedia reporting project that is being showcased by the Online News Association and a presentation that helped win Phoenix an All-American City designation.

For the third year in a row, Cronkite students top a national student magazine contest. Students won a total of seven awards in the 2009 contest sponsored by the Magazine Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Aaron Brown, the Walter Cronkite Professor of Journalism at ASU and former CNN anchor, hosts the PBS international affairs weekly magazine "Wide Angle" this summer.