2016 spring Cronkite convocation program

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

The Cronkite School is widely recognized as one of the nation’s premier professional journalism programs. Rooted in the timehonored values — accuracy, responsibility, objectivity, integrity — that characterize its namesake, the school fosters journalistic excellence and ethics among students as they master the practical professional skills they need to succeed in the digital journalism world of today and tomorrow.

The Cronkite School’s 1,700 students consistently lead the country in national competitions. Over the past decade, Cronkite has been No. 1 in the nation in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence competition and the Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts awards and has finished in the top 10 in the Hearst Journalism Awards each year. Cronkite students annually win more than 100 journalism and public relations awards.

Students are guided by a faculty that is made up of both award-winning professional journalists and world-class media scholars. Cronkite professors include Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, digital media thought leaders, top TV producers and correspondents, major metropolitan newspaper editors and strategic communications experts. They are master teachers, writers and scholars who

often speak around the globe on the most important topics facing journalism today.

The Cronkite School continues to lead the field of journalism education with its innovative use of the “teaching hospital” method, providing both unparalleled learning opportunities for students and important news content to the community, state, region and nation. Arizona PBS, one of the nation’s largest public television stations, is now part of Cronkite, making it the largest media outlet operated by a journalism school in the world. Arizona PBS serves as a hub for the Cronkite School’s full-immersion professional programs and a testing ground for new approaches in journalism.

Cronkite students participate in a dozen professional immersion programs, applying what they have learned in the classroom in real-world learning environments. Students cover the most important issues of the day from public affairs news bureaus in Phoenix and Washington. For Arizona PBS, they produce a nightly newscast that reaches 1.9 million households as well as a robust multimedia news website featuring in-depth regional stories. Students also report on sports from bureaus in Los Angles and Phoenix.

Students in the Public Relations Lab develop campaigns for client companies,

while Carnegie-Knight News21 multimedia journalists conduct national data-driven investigations into issues critical to Americans. In the Public Insight Network Bureau, students work with professional news organizations to deepen their connections to audiences, and in the New Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab, they use digital technologies to forge the future of journalism.

More than 70 students in many of these professional immersion programs collaborated to create a statewide TV special on the deadly problem of heroin use that reached over 1 million viewers in January 2015. “Hooked: Tracking Heroin’s Hold on Arizona,” produced by the Cronkite School in partnership with the Arizona Broadcasters Association, recently received an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award, which has recognized the very best in broadcast journalism for more than 70 years.

The win marked just the third time in the history of the contest that a Phoenix-based news operation received the honor. The documentary also received two of the region’s top professional honors at the Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards and took first place in video storytelling at the Arizona Press Club Awards.

Elsewhere at the school, the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism provides education and training to professional journalists and Cronkite Global Initiatives brings international journalists to the school for study and training.

All of these initiatives take place in a state-ofthe-art building that is unparalleled in journalism education. ASU’s investment in the school has generated national and international attention from educators and media professionals who place the school in the top tier of all U.S. journalism schools. The Times of London, The New York Times and USA Today have pointed to the Cronkite School as a leading example of changes taking place at journalism schools across the country. These prestigious publications called the Cronkite School a pioneer, kindling a notion of new media that will shape how news is delivered and how people will stay informed in the future.

About Our Graduates

The Cronkite School has more than 10,000 alumni throughout the Valley, across the country and around the world. Many are leaders in television, digital media, newspapers, radio, magazines and public relations.

In 1993, the Cronkite School inducted its first class into the Cronkite Alumni Hall of Fame. The charter inductees were Al Michaels (’66), an Emmy Award-winning sports broadcaster best known for anchoring “Monday Night Football,” and Bill Redeker (’71), an ABC News correspondent who covered the Middle East and the Far East during his 30 years with the network.

Other notable Cronkite Alumni Hall of Fame inductees include Becky Anderson (’94), CNN International anchor; Julie Cart (’98), Pulitzer Prizewinning Los Angeles Times reporter; Derrick Hall (’91), president of the Arizona Diamondbacks; Christine Devine (’87), news anchor at FOX 11 in Los Angeles; Mary Kim Titla (’85), founder of Native Youth Magazine; Ray Artigue (’76), president of The Artigue Agency; and Chip Dean (’77), director of ESPN’s “Monday Night Football.”

Stay connected to fellow #CronkiteNation alumni on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Keynote Speaker

Tim McGuire, the former editor and senior vice president of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, is the Frank Russell Chair for the Business of Journalism at the Cronkite School. He is retiring this semester after 10 years at Cronkite, where he pioneered courses on ethics and the business and future of journalism.

Over his academic career, McGuire taught and mentored thousands of students, establishing a national model for teaching the intersection of the business and editorial sides of journalism. He also regularly spoke and wrote about the subject for national and international media outlets. In 2012, he was the Distinguished Nominee for ASU Professor of the Year.

From 1992-2002, McGuire worked as the top editor at the Star Tribune, leading the news organization into the digital era. Before that, he was the paper’s managing editor when it won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1990.

Prior to joining the Star Tribune in 1979, McGuire worked as a journalist

for newspapers in Florida, Michigan and Texas. He has been a Pulitzer jurist six times and was a past president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors from 2001-2002.

McGuire earned his Juris Doctor from William Mitchell College of Law and a bachelor’s degree from Aquinas College. He is the author of “Some People Even Take Them Home,” a memoir on living with a physical disability and raising a child with Down syndrome.

Photo by Ryan Santistevan

Student Speaker

Erica Lang is graduating summa cum laude with bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Cronkite School. A member of ASU’s Barrett Honors College, Lang also completed the Latino specialization at the Cronkite School with a minor from the School of Transborder Studies. She is graduating Kappa Tau Alpha and Phi Kappa Phi.

In her four years at the Cronkite School, Lang developed a range of skills in both visual and written storytelling.

She was one of the first students in the new Cronkite News – Borderlands Bureau this past fall, traveling to Nogales and reporting on a variety of border issues. She also spent a week in Nicaragua last year as part of a Cronkite depth reporting class that explored the economic and environmental impact of a proposed cross-continental canal.

Lang was a fixture in the Cronkite News studio, anchoring the nightly newscast on Arizona PBS as well as writing in-depth stories for the Cronkite News investigative team. She also held internships at The Arizona Republic and KTAR News in Phoenix.

After graduation, Lang plans to spend a year abroad in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico in order to become fully bilingual. She plans to take classes at Universidad De La Salle Bajio and have an immersive experience so that she can fully report on Latino issues in her career.

Photo by Alicia Clark, Cronkite News

Walter Cronkite (1916-2009)

ASU’s journalism program was named in honor of former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite in 1984.

The relationship started when Tom Chauncey, longtime owner of the CBS affiliate in Phoenix and a leading supporter of journalism education at ASU, contacted his old friend in an effort to advance the program. An endowment on behalf of the program was soon established and the school was named after “the most trusted man in America.”

Over the next quarter of a century, Cronkite lent much more than his name to the school. He was closely involved — advising leadership, guiding students and faculty and traveling to Arizona each year to personally give the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism to one of the nation’s top journalists. The most special relationship, though, was with “our students,” as Cronkite would always call them. Young women and men, some with parents barely old enough to remember Cronkite lit up when he walked into a classroom. Students hung on his every word as he thoughtfully answered their questions about the profession he so loved. They lined up just to shake his hand, and he loved every minute of it.

In what turned out to be Cronkite’s last visit to ASU in 2007 before declining health prevented him from traveling, a group of 100 students gathered with just a few minutes of notice that Cronkite was in the building. He held them spellbound as he spoke about covering World War II, Vietnam, Apollo, Watergate and presidents from Truman

to Reagan — and of how important “our school” was to him.

Although Cronkite died on July 17, 2009, before he was able to visit the new building, he remains an ever-present part of the school’s heartbeat and direction. His legacy lives on in the spirit and passion with which the school teaches both the skills to do journalism in today’s media environment and the time-honored ethics and news values necessary to do it in the manner that would make him proud. The Cronkite School has established a special memorial fund in Cronkite’s name.

For more information on the fund and to learn more about Cronkite’s legacy and career, visit cronkite.asu.edu/ rememberingcronkite.

Special Awards Presented Tonight

Outstanding Graduate Student

This award is given to a graduate student who is nominated by Cronkite faculty for academic excellence and professional experiences.

ASU Alumni Association Outstanding Graduate

This award is presented to one outstanding undergraduate in each college at ASU who exhibits exceptional academic performance, involvement in extracurricular activities and service to his or her school.

Outstanding Undergraduate Students

This award goes to undergraduate students nominated by Cronkite faculty for excellence in academics, internships, professional experiences and extracurricular activities.

Highest Grade Point Average

Cronkite presents highest GPA awards to the top graduates in the Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication program and the Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication and Media Studies who have the highest cumulative GPA in their respective programs.

Top Innovator Award

This award honors Cronkite undergraduate students who champion engaging and cutting-edge ways to do great journalism.

Cronkite Spirit Award

This honor is presented to Cronkite undergraduate students who best represent Sun Devil spirit, pride and tradition.

Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society

This national college honor society recognizes academic excellence and promotes scholarship in journalism. Only the top 10 percent of the graduating class is inducted at convocation each semester.

Moeur Award

This award is named for Dr. B.B. Moeur, who was a physician and businessman in Tempe in the early 1900s. The ASU Alumni Association presents the award at the university commencement ceremony to undergraduates with a cumulative grade point average of 4.0 achieved during eightconsecutive fall and spring semesters.

Student Speaker

This privilege is bestowed upon a student who represents the very best of the Cronkite School — a well-rounded individual who exhibits academic excellence and has participated in many activities outside of regular course work.

Photo illustration by Linda Davis

Convocation Program

Processional

Welcome

Dean Christopher Callahan

Special Video

“Walter Cronkite: Legend and Legacy”

Keynote Speaker

Tim McGuire, Frank Russell Chair for the Business of Journalism and professor

Presentation of Degrees

Ph.D. Degree Candidate

Doctoral Director Craig M. Allen, assisted by Associate Professor B. William Silcock

Master’s Degree Candidates

Dean Christopher Callahan, assisted by Senior Associate Dean Marianne Barrett

Dual Master’s and Bachelor’s Degree Candidates

Dean Christopher Callahan, assisted by Senior Associate Dean Marianne Barrett

Bachelor’s Degree Candidates

Dean Christopher Callahan, assisted by Assistant Dean Mark Lodato

Platform Guests

Tim McGuire, Frank Russell Chair for the Business of Journalism and professor Keynote speaker

Susan Bitter Smith, executive director, Southwest Cable Communications Association, Cronkite Endowment Board member

Denise McManus, vice president and general manager, KASW Phoenix CW6 Cronkite Endowment Board member

Iris Hermosillo ’07, meteorologist, ABC15 Alumni representative

Erica Lang Student speaker

Special Awards

Outstanding Graduate Student

Theresa Poulson

ASU Alumni Association Outstanding Graduate

Miguel Otárola Outstanding Undergraduate Students

Nicole Fox Jacob Garcia Taylor Holmes Samantha Incorvaia

Kimberly Koerth Benjamin Margiott Brooke Stobbe

Highest Grade Point Average in Journalism

Molly Bilker

Highest Grade Point Average in Media Studies

Karyn Alexander

Top Innovator Award

Carolina Marquez Cronkite Spirit Award

Kerry Crowley Sydney Glenn

Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society Molly Bilker Skylar Clark

Alexandria Coleman Carolyn Corcoran Nicole Fox

Jacob Garcia Kristen Gioscia

Kimberly Koerth Tamara Kraus Erica Lang Emily Lierle

Moeur Award

Alexandria Coleman

Jacob Garcia

Emily Mahoney

Student Speaker

Erica Lang

Recessional

Cattarina Lovins

Emily Mahoney

Miguel Otárola Theresa Poulson Morgan Rath Alexa Salari Jessica Schultz Katherine Sitter Shelby Slade Emma Totten Kristina Vicario

Miguel Otárola Morgan Rath

Cronkite School Graduates

Doctor of Philosophy in Journalism and Mass Communication

Steven Garry

“Weathercasters in Local Television News: A Qualitative Case Study of Culture and Technology in a Large U.S. Broadcasting Market During the Monsoon”

Master of Journalism and Mass Communication

Elizabeth Blackburn Rian Bosse Hillary Davis Theresa Poulson

Sara Weber

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication and Master of Mass Communication

Stacia Affelt *** ^ Amanda Ames ** ^ Travis Arbon *** ^ Alejandra Armstrong ** ^ Molly Bilker *** ^ Benjamin Brown ** ^ Mauricio Casillas ** ^ Jayson Chesler ** ^ Lauren Clark * ^ Alexandria Coleman *** ^ Clarissa Cooper ** ^ Kerry Crowley *** ^ Justin Emerson * ^ Danielle Eurich ** ^ Nicole Fox *** ^ Jacob Garcia *** ^ Taylor Holmes *** ^ Connor Johnson ** ^

Teresa Joseph *** ^ Tamara Kraus *** ^ Meghan Kuebler ** ^ Pallavi Kunthara *** ^ Erica Lang *** ^ Alexandra Long * ^ Chandler Longbons ** ^ Alexis Macklin * ^ Emily Mahoney *** ^ Benjamin Margiott *** ^ Carolina Marquez ** ^ Kassidy Mcdonald * Cammeron Neely * ^ Taylor Nelson ** ^ Chloe Nordquist *** ^ Miguel Otárola *** ^ Asia Poole ^ Mallory Price ^

Stevi Rex ** ^ Lindsay Robinson ** ^ Andrew Romanov ** ^ Alexa Salari *** ^ Alexandra Scoville *** ^ Katryna Seki * ^ Anne Shearer * ^ Katherine Sitter *** ^ Windsor Smith *** ^ Alex Sorrell * ^ Brooke Stobbe *** ^ Lauren Thompson *** ^ Emma Totten *** ^ Miranda VanHorn * ^ Kristina Vicario *** ^ Audrey Weil *** ^ Danika Worthington *** ^

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication

Gabrielle Abbott ** Emily Achondo ** Chelsey Adams Karla Aguilar ** Mykaela Aguilar Amy Aguirre * Kaitlyn Ahrbeck Salyssa Alers Lauren Allen Elise Anaya ** James Anderson ** Sarah Anderson *** ^

Rachel Andrews

Cassandra Anfinson

Emily Antuna ** Aubrey Badger * Rashinda Bankhead Courtney Bannon * Adriana Barajas Gabriela Barge Kendall Bartley Junelle Bautista Jordan Baxter * Kathryn Beeso

Jahaziel Bernal Matthew Berner Samantha Bero Coleton Berry Ashley Bigley ** Anselm Bischoff Sydney Bowen Marcus Bowers ** Kayla Bratton Rebecca Brisley * Megan Brown Paige Brown ***

Kevin Brozek

Laura Burnett ***

Demetrius Burns

Joshua Burton ** ^

Catherine Calderon Antonio Cannavaro * Rumer Cantrell ** Nina Cardona

Kristen Carver

Carla Violeta Celaya ** Lea Cena ^

Haley Christopher Alicia Clark * Skylar Clark *** Dakota Cleland Victoria Cohen Taylor Cole Devin Conley Kelci Cooper ** Carolyn Corcoran *** Gilbert Cordova Jacqueline Cotton ** Matthew Covert * Cori Crenshaw * Erica Cron ***

Jagger Czajka *** ^ Andrea Daly * Elenee Dao ** Laura Davis ** ^ Ryan Davis

Joshua Delauder Kaitlin Dickson-Powell ** Brittany Dierken **

Alexis Dominguez

Michaela Donlan Grecia Drabos

Torrence Dunham Kaia Evans *** Ethan Fichtner * Langston Fields ** Cody Fincher Lauren Flesch

Nicholas Folkman

Jordyn Frary * James Gadon

Jordan Garberding Stephanie Garcia

Alexandra Gaspar Samantha Gauvain

Kristen Gioscia *** Sydney Glenn ** Jacob Goldstein Tommi Goodman ** Tyler Griffin Matthew Harden Elissa Harrison *** Marianna Hauglie Thomas Hawthorne ** Cydney Henderson * Brandi Henry Madalyn Higgins Jesse Hines * McCall Hoerz ** Jason Hommes Brittany Hughes Mariah Hurst * Ashley Incardone Samantha Incorvaia *** Kyley Jameison Eboni Johnson Amber Kahwaji ** Megan Kavy Aidan Khalilova Meehee Kim

Kimberly Koerth *** ^ Hunter Kossodo Nicholas Krueger ** Christina Kucera Amanda Kukkola * Kaelli-Mckenna Kutsop * Hector Lagunas Nicholas LaTona * Miranda Leo ** Austin Lewis * Lily Lieberman Emily Lierle *** Julian Lopez Soyenixe Lopez Karen Loschiavo Zuriel Loving ** Cattarina Lovins *** Shea Mahoney Riannon Maki Cuyler Meade

Ashton Meisner ***

Elena Mendoza * Marley Molitor Matthew Mona Erin Mondt * Zakiya Moore

Jessica Morrison Tanya Nguyen Adrien Nichols

Emily Nicholson *** Tyler Otremba

Jacqueline Padilla ** Amy Pantea ** Sidney Pearce Nicholas Pope Justin Price Mitchell Quesada ** Carissa Ramirez Morgan Rath *** ^ Alexa Renfroe ** Micaela Ricca Lucas Robbins Shay Roddy Ivan Rodriguez ^ Madison Romine * Shari Rose * Evelin Ruelas Johnathan Rugg * Celeste Ruiz

Jasmine Safaie Chris Safran * Hector Salas Almeida

Kylee Sam ** Michelle Sarantos Brittany Schmus * Tyler Scholes

Jessica Schultz *** Angela Schuster *** Sydnee Scofield * Hanna Searl

Kristen Sebestyen Jessica Seeger Katie Self Kimberly Simpson Lillian Simpson Shelby Slade *** William Slane

Jennifer Soules **

Justin Stabley ^

Jacob Stanek

Justin Steckman

Joseph Steen

Kiegan Stewart

Trenesha Striggles

America Tapiz *

Julia Thatcher

Kaitlyn Thompson Joshua Thrall Anokina Touman

Gianna Tracey James Ulrich Madeline Valencia Maria Vasquez Nicole Vitale Kristopher Vossmer Yini Wang

Kaylen Waters * Chase Watts Adam Weisman Barrett Westberg James White Jacob Withee * Sarah Yong *

Honors designations

Academic recognition is granted to undergraduate candidates only:

* Cum Laude GPA of 3.40 to 3.59

** Magna Cum Laude GPA of 3.60 to 3.79

*** Summa Cum Laude GPA of 3.80 and above

^ Graduate of Barrett, The Honors College

Bachelor of Arts in Sports Journalism

Cameron Bullock Brian Carroll Meghan McNamara

Jonathan Soto Jessica Watts Elaine Wilson **

Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication and Media Studies

John Adams * Karyn Alexander *** Brooke Allen Jon Arias ***

Jessica Banks Jessica Bermudez *** Trevor Bloom

Andres Calderon Michelle Carter Thomas Catagnus Amber Coleman

Stephanie Conley * Kendall Custer Joseph Dahlke Sean Daly Amanda Duda Matthew Elletson *** Tammy Fedrick-Sager Cecillia Fisher Anne Furlow

David Godley

Lauren Gonzales Karissa Haberkamp Myung Jin Hahn

Tatum Hathaway Patrick Hedden ** Shawn Hengst

Lindsay Herrel Lindsay Hess *** Ricklyn Hukriede Blake Katsnelson

Julia Keech

Briauna-Shaunte King

Megan Klembith * Stephanie Langlitz Lauren Lee

Lacey Levins Adriana Lopez ** Alexandria Lopez Danielle MacIsaac Anna Nebelsick *** David Niebla *** Janiessa Norice Nicole Peterson Donnell Probst Shawn Putnam Nicholas Richie Stephanie Richter * Khory Riley Lanette Rivera

Cameron Roper Matthew Saffian Jonathan Sagnep Jackson Sanders

Mario Sevilla *** Cassandra Stubbings Alicea Thomas Anthony Vallesteros * Rachel Widenhouse Jourdyn Wigg Marie Yellow Boy

Cronkite School Faculty

Craig M. Allen Ph.D., Ohio University

Melanie Asp Alvarez M.L.S., Arizona State University

Douglas A. Anderson Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

Marianne Barrett Ph.D., Michigan State University

Rebecca Blatt M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sharon Bramlett-Solomon Ph.D., Indiana University

Peter Byck B.F.A., California Institute of the Arts

Christopher Callahan M.P.A., Harvard University

Michael Casavantes Ph.D., Arizona State University

Monica Chadha Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Alfredo Corchado B.A., University of Texas at El Paso

John E. Craft Ph.D., Ohio University

Steve Crane M.B.A., University of Maryland

Kevin Dale B.S., Kansas State University

Steve Doig B.A., Dartmouth College

Leonard Downie Jr. M.A., The Ohio State University

Heather Lovett Dunn B.A., University of Mississippi

Tom Feuer B.A., University of California, Los Angeles

Kristin Gilger M.A., University of Nebraska

Dan Gillmor B.A., University of Vermont

Dawn Gilpin Ph.D., Temple University

Venita Hawthorne James B.A., Lincoln University

Retha Hill M.A., Arizona State University

Jim Jacoby B.A., Arizona State University

Angela Kocherga B.J., University of Texas at Austin

Brett Kurland M.B.A., Northwestern University

Andrew Leckey M.A., University of Missouri

Christina Leonard B.A., University of Oklahoma

Susan Lisovicz B.A., William Paterson University

Mark Lodato M.Ed., Arizona State University

Andrés Martinez J.D., Columbia University

Fran R. Matera Ph.D., University of Miami

Tim McGuire J.D., William Mitchell College of Law

Eric Newton M.A., University of Birmingham

Jacquee Petchel B.A., Arizona State University

Jessica Pucci M.A., University of Missouri

Sada J. Reed Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mike Reilley M.S.J., Northwestern University

Virgil Renzulli B.A. University of Pennsylvania Rick Rodriguez B.A., Stanford University

Dennis E. Russell Ph.D., University of Utah

Joseph Russomanno Ph.D., University of Colorado

Boulder

B. William Silcock Ph.D., University of Missouri

Leslie-Jean Thornton Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Xu Wu Ph.D., University of Florida

Affiliated Faculty

Lindsey Collom B.A., Arizona State University

Jason Manning M.A., George Mason University

Terry Greene Sterling M.F.A., Goucher College

Faculty Emeriti

Troy F. Crowder, M.A., University of Iowa

Robert Ellis, M.A., Case Western Reserve University

Mary-Lou Galician, Ph.D., Memphis State University

Donald G. Godfrey, Ph.D., University of Washington

Roy K. Halverson, Ph.D., University of Illinois

Frederic “Fritz” Leigh, Ed.D., Arizona State University

Joe W. Milner, Ed.D., University of Wyoming

George Watson, Ph.D., Duke University

In Memoriam

Bruce Merrill Professor Emeritus (1937-2016)

Cronkite School Faculty Associates

Jill Adair

Freelance journalist

Allysa Adams Freelance journalist

Jay Alabaster

Cronkite School Ph.D. program

Robert Anglen The Arizona Republic

Edward Ayala CBS 5, KPHO-TV

Tom Blodgett The Arizona Republic

Greg Boeck

Formerly with USA Today

Paola Boivin The Arizona Republic

Sonia Bovio Cronkite School Ph.D. program

Patrick Breen The Arizona Republic

Christina Caldwell Freelance journalist

Joseph Camporeale Freelance photographer

Kristina Carlberg City of Peoria

Adam Causey The Associated Press

Dave Cornelius C4 Accel

Roy Dabner

European Pressphoto Agency

Mark Dalton Arizona Cardinals

Richard de Uriarte Maricopa County Office of Communications

Elvia Diaz La Voz

John Dille

Federated Media

Nancie Dodge Media consultant

Becca Dyer The Arizona Republic

Larry Edsall Classic Car News

Gregg Elder State of Arizona

Chuck Emmert Know99 Television

Tom Fergus FOX 10, KSAZ-TV

Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig shades Magazine

Joe Fortunato ASU School of Film, Dance and Theatre

Josh Frigerio ABC15, KNXV-TV

Christia L. Gibbons Freelance journalist

Tracy Greer KJZZ-FM

Stephen Harding The Arizona Republic

Denise Hawken-Collins FOX Sports Arizona

Ceasar Hernandez CBS 5, KPHO-TV

Andrew Heyward Heyward Advisory LLC

Shanna Hogan Journalist and author

Sean Holstege The Arizona Republic

Amber Hutchins PR consultant

Betty M. van Iersel

Lecturer in communications

Nicole Koester TV news professional

Donna Krache

Formerly with CNN

John Leach Digital Strategies LLC

Kerry Lengel The Arizona Republic

Maddie Liseblad

Cronkite School Ph.D. program

Morgan Loew CBS 5, KPHO-TV

Ilana Lowery Phoenix Business Journal

Albert Macias KJZZ-FM

Peter Madrid Cushman & Wakefield Arizona

Fran Mallace Cox Communications Michael Mallace Sierra H Broadcasting

Robert McJannet CBS 5, KPHO-TV

Jorge Melchor

Freelance video journalist and producer

Richard Mendez Arizona Cardinals

Aliya Mood The Arizona Republic

Holliday Moore KTAR News, and CBS 5, KPHO-TV

Sarah Muench Gannett

Caitlin O’Hara Freelance photographer

The Cronkite Endowment

Kirstin Pellizzaro

Cronkite School Ph.D. program

Robin J. Phillips Castelazo Content

Theresa Poulson

Video journalist

Catherine Reagor

The Arizona Republic

Mark Reda

FOX Sports Arizona

Gail Rhodes

Freelance journalist

Kelly Roach Communications consultant

Richard Ruelas

The Arizona Republic

Mark Scarp Heard Museum

Celeste Sepessy

Casual Astronaut

Maren Showkeir Writer, editor and consultant

Glen Stephens City of Mesa Jason Stone Clear Channel Radio Mike Sunnucks Phoenix Business Journal

Steven Totten

Phoenix Business Journal

Brian Turner Agua Fria High School

Kelly Vaughn

Arizona Highways Magazine

Maureen West Communications consultant

Evan Wyloge

Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting

Bob Young

The Arizona Republic

Gilbert Zermeño CBS 5, KPHO-TV

Executive Committee

David J. Bodney President Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP

John Misner

Immediate past president President and general manager, 12 News, KPNX-TV, and 12News.com

Christopher Callahan Dean, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Kristin Bloomquist Chair, Mentoring Committee

Executive vice president and general manager, Cramer-Krasselt

Tom Chauncey Chair, Nominations Committee Attorney, Gust Rosenfeld

John Hatfield Chair, Development Committee Vice president of communications, APS

Anita Helt Chair, Outreach and Diversity Committee Vice president and general manager, ABC15, KNXV-TV

Win Holden Chair, Assessment Committee Publisher, Arizona Highways Magazine

Susan Karis Co-chair, Luncheon Committee Group publisher, Cities West Publishing

Fran Mallace Co-chair, Luncheon Committee Vice president, Cox Media

Board Members Board of Trustees

Lynn Agnello

Audio sales manager, Skyview Network

Ray Artigue

Principal, The Artigue Agency

Susan Bitter Smith Executive director, Southwest Cable Communications Association

Art Brooks President and CEO, Arizona Broadcasters Association

Elizabeth Murphy Burns President and CEO, Morgan Murphy Media

Paula Casey

Executive director, Arizona Newspapers Association

Jack Clifford President, Clifford Consulting Araceli De Leon President and regional general manager, Telemundo Arizona

Michael Dee President, Arizona Foothills Magazine

David Eichler

Founder and creative director, Decibel Blue Creative Marketing & PR

Elvira Espinoza

Publisher, Mixed Voces

Kristin Gilger

Associate dean, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Derrick Hall

President and CEO, Arizona Diamondbacks

Scott Harkey President, Owens Harkey Advertising

Brian Hogan

Senior vice president and general manager, FOX Sports Arizona

Richard Howe

Executive vice president and general manager, KAZT-TV

Gordon James Owner, Gordon C. James Public Relations

Laura Jordan Owner, The Jordan Group

Linda Little President, Phoenix market, iHeartMedia

Randy Lovely

Senior vice president, news and audience development, The Arizona Republic

Michael Mallace General manager, Sierra H Broadcasting

Kelly McCullough General manager, Arizona PBS

Denise McManus

Vice president and general manager, KASW

Joe Milner

Professor emeritus Art Mobley CEO, AdviceAd

Manny Molina President, M&M Media

Mary Morrison Mary M Media

Ed Munson

Vice president and general manager, CBS 5 and 3TV, KTVK-TV

Jim Paluzzi

Vice president, division of public service, Rio Salado College, KJZZ/KBAQ

Mi-Ai Parrish

President and publisher, The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com

Tim Pohlman

Senior vice president and market manager, CBS Radio

Tim Riester

President and CEO, Riester

Jose Rodiles General manager, Riviera Broadcast Group

Mark Rodman

Vice president and general manager, FOX 10, KSAZ-TV

Jason Rowley

President, Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury

Ray Schey

Publisher, Phoenix Business Journal

Alan Silverman

Senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, Cable One

Matt Silverman

Vice president and managing director, R&R Partners

Robert Stieve Editor, Arizona Highways Magazine

Scott Sutherland Vice president and market manager, Bonneville Media

James Taszarek President, TazMedia Inc.

Diane Veres

President and general manager, Clear Channel Outdoor

Clancy Woods President, D Mobile Inc.

Roberto Yañez

Vice president and general manager, Univision 33 & Unimas

John Zidich

President, domestic publishing, Gannett