Awards news

Cronkite School wins top BEA Festival of Media Arts awards
Cronkite students won 31 awards, including four first place finishes and two “Best of Festival” awards.

Cronkite grad wins top Hearst Journalism Award
Andrew Lwowski has won a $3,000 first place prize for the Hearst Journalism Awards Program Sports Writing Competition.

Cronkite School announces 2022 Shaufler Prize in Journalism contest winners
The Shaufler Prize is administered by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

“CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King accepts 39th Cronkite Award
Gayle King reflected on her life, career and rise to prominence as she accepted the 39th Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Cronkite senior wins first place Hearst Award for Multimedia Narrative Storytelling
Cronkite senior Drake Presto won first place in the Multimedia Narrative Storytelling category for the 2023 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Winners announced for National Center on Disability and Journalism 2022 awards
The Schneider and Corcoran prizes are the only journalism contests devoted exclusively to the coverage of people with disabilities and disability issues.

Winners of the 16th Annual Barlett & Steele Awards announced
The Barlett & Steele Awards are administered by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at the Cronkite School.

Arizona PBS, Cronkite win Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards
Arizona PBS and the Cronkite School won a total of 10 Emmys® and Student Production Awards at the 2022 Rocky Mountain Emmy® Awards.

2022 Shaufler Prize recognizing reporting to advance understanding of underserved communities now accepting entries
Entries are now being accepted for the 2022 Shaufler Prize in Journalism administered by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

‘CBS Mornings’ anchor Gayle King to receive 39th Cronkite Award
Gayle King, the award-winning co-host of “CBS Mornings,” has been chosen to receive the 39th annual Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Cronkite News podcast wins Murrow Award
Cronkite News has won a Student Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Audio Newscast for its Cronkite News 2Go podcast.

Cronkite School wins top honors at the 2021-2022 Hearst Journalism Awards
ASU’s Cronkite School placed third overall in the prestigious Hearst Journalism Awards program and scored in the top five in writing, photojournalism and television categories.

Cronkite News students win three awards at LA Press Club contest
The Cronkite School captured three awards — including two first place prizes — at the 64th annual SoCal Journalism Awards hosted by the Los Angeles Press Club.

Cronkite students win most top honors at national SPJ collegiate awards
The Cronkite School and The State Press, ASU’s independent student news outlet, won the most first place awards, and most awards overall, taking top honors in seven categories.

Cronkite senior wins Crowder Photojournalism Award
Alex Gould took home first place in the 2022 Greg Crowder Memorial Photojournalism Award contest.

Entries now being accepted for the NCDJ 2022 Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability
The NCDJ is now accepting entries for the 2022 Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability.

Cronkite students, alumni celebrate milestones at convocation ceremony
The Cronkite School’s spring 2022 convocation ceremony featured a number of special achievements for the graduates, alumni and faculty.

Annual Barlett and Steele Awards announce 2022 categories
The Barlett & Steele Awards will expand recognition of investigative business journalism at regional and local news organizations, and honor outstanding young journalists.

Cronkite School to administer Human Rights Press Awards starting in 2023
The Cronkite School is proud to mark World Press Freedom Day by announcing it will take over the administration of the Human Rights Press Awards from 2023 onward.

Cronkite students win Hearst Awards for explanatory writing
Cronkite student Mikenzie Hammel and Cronkite alum Christopher Howley each placed among the top winners in the Explanatory Reporting Competition of the 2021-2022 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.