Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Journalism and the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. The Cronkite School recently made its programs available to online students. Cronkite Students have traditionally served as paramount members of each of Arizona State University's student media divisions, particularly State Press and KASC. Cronkite Students also serve as reports for the university independent Downtown Devil. Cronkite Students also typically participate and contributing to the Cronkite Zine, the NASA Project or other Student Organizations. Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication (often abbreviated to The Cronkite School by its students
Walter Cronkite were four Peabody awards for excellence in broadcasting. In 2003, Cronkite was honored by the Vienna Philharmonic with the Franz Schalk Gold Medal, in view of his contributions to the New Year's Concert and the cultural image of Austria. A few years after Cronkite retired, Tom Chauncey, an owner of KTSP-TV, the then-CBS affiliate in Phoenix, contacted Cronkite, an old friend, and asked him if he would be willing to have the journalism school at Arizona State University named after him. Cronkite immediately agreed. The ASU program acquired status and respect from its namesake. Cronkite was not just a namesake,