Alumni news
![Adrienne Washington](https://cronkite.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Adrienne-Washington-large-1280x720-1-copy-800x450.jpg)
Award-winning Cronkite graduate receives prestigious Roy W. Howard fellowship
Cronkite alumna Adrienne Washington will spend the yearlong fellowship working at The Maine Monitor, a nonprofit news organization.
![Madison Young](https://cronkite.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Madison-Young-1280x720-1-800x450.jpg)
Cronkite alumna thrives in Disneyland Resort internship
Madison Young graduated from the Cronkite School in spring 2023 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication.
![Linda Williams](https://cronkite.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1280x720-Linda-Wiliams-800x450.jpg)
Cronkite Hall of Famer Linda Williams reflects on 42-year broadcast career
Linda Williams is retiring after a 42-year career at Fox 10 Phoenix where she worked as a reporter and anchor.
![Ana Aragon Sierra](https://cronkite.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ana-Aragon-Sierra-1280x720-1-800x450.jpg)
Aspiring physician uses Cronkite Mass Communication degree to advance medical career
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](https://cronkite.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Al-Macias1-1280x720-1-800x450.jpg)
A mentor for all seasons: ASU instructor inducted into Arizona Media Association Hall of Fame
Cronkite School alum and faculty associate Al Macias will be honored for his five decades in journalism.
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Cronkite School convocation recognizes accomplishments of nearly 300 graduates
Louis Carr, president of media sales at Black Entertainment Television (BET), served as the keynote speaker for the ceremony.
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ASU Online graduate set sights on media production, advocacy
Colton Cagle graduated from the Cronkite School through the Starbucks College Achievement Plan.
![Rebecca Striffler](https://cronkite.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1280x720-Rebecca-Striffler-800x450.jpg)
Cronkite grad discovers passion for public relations
Rebecca Striffler will serve as the student convocation speaker at the Cronkite School’s fall 2023 convocation ceremony.
![Albert Serna](https://cronkite.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1280x720-Albert-Serna-800x450.jpeg)
Cronkite School graduate ready to pursue investigative journalism career
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](https://cronkite.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1280x720-justin-hodges-800x450.jpg)
Alumni Highlight: Cronkite School helped prepare graduate for entrepreneurial success
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.
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Cronkite alumni find success in public service
Four Cronkite alumni have leveraged their journalism experience into political careers.
![Mike Wong](https://cronkite.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1280x720-Mike-Wong-800x450.jpg)
Mike Wong, alumni services director for the Cronkite School, retires after nearly 40 years with ASU
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](https://cronkite.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1280x720-Andrea-Aker-800x450.jpg)
Alumni Highlight: Cronkite experience motivates alumna to give back
Andrea Aker owes a lot of her entrepreneurial success to the connections and training she received at the Cronkite School.
![Fall 2022 Cronkite Convocation](https://cronkite.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1280x720-convocation-fall-2022-800x450.jpg)
Cronkite Hall of Fame inductee encourages graduates to stay connected to ASU
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](https://cronkite.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1280x720-Justin-Karp-800x450.jpg)
Alumni Highlight: Cronkite experience prepared alumnus for career success
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](https://cronkite.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1280x720-Wyatt-Myskow-800x450.jpg)
Award-winning Cronkite graduate ready to take next step in career
Wyatt Myskow was named an Outstanding Undergraduate Student for the fall 2022 convocation.
![alumna Laura Bargfeld](https://cronkite.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1280x720-Laura-Bargfeld-800x450.jpg)
Cronkite graduate finds new ways to tell stories after career change
Laura Bargfeld’s academic achievements led to them being named Outstanding Graduate Student for the fall 2022 convocation.
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Alumni Highlight: Cronkite alumna charts own path in her career
Samantha Melbourneweaver used her love of modern media to create a path for herself at the Cronkite School and in her career.
![Christine Devine](https://cronkite.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-Christine-Devine-1280x720-1-800x450.jpg)
ASU Trustee and Cronkite Alumni Hall of Fame inductee Christine Devine to give convocation speech
ASU Trustee and Cronkite Alumni Hall of Fame inductee Christine Devine will deliver the keynote address at the Cronkite School's Fall 2022 Convocation.
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Alumni Highlight: Lessons learned at Cronkite School guides alumnus through 40-year Army career
More than 60 years after Warren Field graduated from ASU’s Cronkite School, he hasn’t forgotten the lessons he learned as a student.