Faculty news

A portrait of Cronkite professor Alice Driver

Alice Driver's book reveals the disturbing working conditions in a meatpacking plant through the stories of its workers.

Cronkite associate professor Asheley Landrum interviews a child for a special on CNN. Photo courtesy of CNN.

As the election intensifies, Cronkite associate professor Asheley Landrum partnered with CNN to explore the impact of political polarization on kids.

Cronkite professor Nonny de la Peña co-authored a report highlighting the important roles Latinos play in the growth of artificial intelligence.

Cronkite stratcom professors

The Cronkite School welcomes three dynamic new strategic communication professors whose expertise varies from misinformation to entrepreneurship to health communication

Roddy Nikpour was recognized as one of Current’s Rising Stars in public media.

ASU Tempe Campus Students

Cronkite School instructor Crystal Alvarez is using AI technology to teach core digital marketing concepts.

Sada Reed, Fulbright Scholar

Sada Reed will work at Aarhus University in Denmark, teaching and conducting research during the 2024-25 academic year to fulfill her Fulbright opportunity. 

Chelsea Julian Reynolds

The Cronkite School has named Chelsea Reynolds as the inaugural director of the newly established Center for Culture and Inclusion in Media.

Hazel Kwon

Dr. Hazel Kwon, a distinguished scholar in the field of digital media, has been promoted to the rank of full professor. 

Spring 2024 Convocation

The Cronkite School convocation celebrated the achievements of nearly 370 graduates.

Angela Hill

Cronkite School professor Angela M. Hill was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for the Washington Post investigative series “American Icon.”

Retha Hill

Retha Hill is an award-winning journalist, entrepreneur and professor at the Cronkite School.

Marcos Colon

Renowned documentary filmmaker Marcos Colón will join the Cronkite School as the school’s Southwest Borderlands Initiative Professor of Media and Indigenous Communities

Al Macias

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

Angela Hill

Angela M. Hill, a multi award-winning investigative journalist and producer, has been named the new Ida B. Wells Professor in Journalism at the Cronkite School.

Howard Center executive director Mark Greenblatt

Mark Greenblatt’s lecture, “Disrupting Emerging Hate and Violence in 2024,” will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m in the Cronkite School’s First Amendment Forum.

John Nicoletti, Cronkite Agency

Nicoletti, executive director of the Cronkite Agency and professor of practice at the Cronkite School, worked at Disney for 11 years and witnessed what made the corporation such a strong brand.

Ashley Landrum

Asheley R. Landrum, a well-known scholar who studies how the public interacts with science communication, has joined the Cronkite School as an associate professor.

World Trade Center Cough Syndrome

Cronkite Professor Sada Reed examined the media coverage of World Trade Cough Syndrome before and after the pandemic and kept track of the number and location stories published or aired.

Rachel Kane

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University has launched a new signature professional immersion program based at ASU’s California Center in Los Angeles.