Alumni news

Tag Lee wears a blue blazer and sits in front of a newsroom computer

Journalist, lecturer and Humphrey fellow Tag Lee returned to Cronkite for a mid-career master's degree.

Headshot of Alexis Hermosillo in a green blazer.

Alexis Hermosillo shares what it’s like to lead El Mirage, Ariz., as mayor, and how her Cronkite experience helps her thrive.

Kayla Christenson in ASU graduation regalia.

Meet Kayla, a two-time Cronkite School student and award-winning Air Force photographer.

Baseball player in catcher's gear, preparing to throw.

Undergraduate sports journalism student Reece Andrews won first prize with a portfolio of sports and news photos.

Adrienne Washington

Cronkite alumna Adrienne Washington will spend the yearlong fellowship working at The Maine Monitor, a nonprofit news organization.

Madison Young

Madison Young graduated from the Cronkite School in spring 2023 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication.

Linda Williams

Linda Williams is retiring after a 42-year career at Fox 10 Phoenix where she worked as a reporter and anchor.

Ana Aragon Sierra

Ana Aragon Sierra enrolled in the MD/MMC program, a partnership between the Cronkite School and the Mayo Clinic’s Alix School of Medicine.

Al Macias

Cronkite School alum and faculty associate Al Macias will be honored for his five decades in journalism.

Fall convocation

Louis Carr, president of media sales at Black Entertainment Television (BET), served as the keynote speaker for the ceremony. 

Colton Cagle holding an award

Colton Cagle graduated from the Cronkite School through the Starbucks College Achievement Plan.

Rebecca Striffler

Rebecca Striffler will serve as the student convocation speaker at the Cronkite School’s fall 2023 convocation ceremony.

Albert Serna

Albert Serna Jr. graduated with his Master of Arts in investigative journalism from ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Justin Hodges

Justin Hodge is the co-founder and president of Muscular Moving Men & Storage, one of the fastest growing companies in the Valley that is owned by a Sun Devil.

Arizona Flag

Four Cronkite alumni have leveraged their journalism experience into political careers.

Mike Wong

The director of alumni services at the Cronkite School marked the end of an era by announcing his retirement last month.

Cronkite alumna Andrea Aker

Andrea Aker owes a lot of her entrepreneurial success to the connections and training she received at the Cronkite School.

Fall 2022 Cronkite Convocation

The Cronkite School celebrated the accomplishments of almost 340 graduates while serving as a homecoming for one of its most supportive and successful alumni.

Cronkite alumnus Justin Karp

Although Justin Karp graduated from ASU’s Cronkite School about 15 years ago, the lessons he learned as a student have remained with him as he’s progressed through his career.

Cronkite alumnus Wyatt Myskow

Wyatt Myskow was named an Outstanding Undergraduate Student for the fall 2022 convocation.