your time Professional Experiences Education at the Cronkite School begins in the classroom, but it doesn’t end there. As part of the school’s “teaching hospital” model of education, students get hands-on experience in fullimmersion professional programs, reporting and producing news content and creating digital products and services for the news and communications industries. The Cronkite School’s professional programs give students the kind of professional experience most journalism students don’t gain until their first, second or even third jobs. Students are encouraged to choose multiple programs from among the 15 different professional opportunities. Cronkite News – Phoenix students report and produce daily stories from the Statehouse to the Mexico border for the Cronkite News nightly newscast, Cronkite News website and dozens of professional news outlets. Cronkite News – Washington is a full-service newsroom located in the heart of the nation’s capital. Students cover Congress, the White House and the U.S. Supreme Court, reporting on pressing national topics for Arizona audiences. Cronkite News – LA is a semester-long experience in news or sports journalism in Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest media market. Cronkite News – Phoenix Sports students cover Major League Baseball, the Pac-12 and other major sports for local, regional and national media outlets. Cronkite News – Borderlands is an immersive reporting program in which students cover stories related to immigration and border topics as well as Latino and Native American issues. Cronkite Noticias is a program fully taught in Spanish, offering a professional experience for students pursuing careers in Spanishlanguage media and those interested in covering Latino and borderland communities.
Carnegie-Knight News21 allows Cronkite students to work with other top journalism students from across the country to produce a data-rich, in-depth multimedia reporting project on a major national issues, working with top journalism students from across the country. Publication partners include The Washington Post, NBC News and other major national news organizations. Digital Audiences Lab students get hands-on experience working with real media clients to meaningfully grow, engage and measure their audiences. Howard Center for Investigative Journalism students work on major regional and national investigations, developing their investigative reporting skills. The center partners with major national news organizations to publish projects. New Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab students work in teams with computer engineering, design and business students to create new products and tell stories in new ways, using augmented reality and other cutting-edge tools. Public Relations Lab is a strategic communications agency that gives students experience developing campaigns and strategies for Fortune 500 companies, nonprofit organizations and other clients. RWJF Health Reporting Initiative students report on healthrelated topics, with a focus on Latino, Native American and Spanish-speaking border communities in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Southern California and Texas. Sports Knowledge Lab, part of ASU’s Global Sport Institute, gives students the opportunity to connect people to the power of sport by translating and amplifying complex sports research for global audiences. TV Production and Graphics Lab students work with Cronkite News and Arizona PBS to bring productions to life, learning all facets of control room production and what it takes to turn reporter content into vibrant productions. TV Science Magazine produces the Arizona PBS program “Catalyst.” The 30-minute magazine program that features science research at ASU and is hosted by Cronkite professor Vanessa Ruiz.