Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
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Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication |
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| Established | 1941 (as ASU English Department- Division of Journalism) |
| Type | Public |
| Dean | Christopher Callahan |
| Faculty | 25 |
| Students | +/- 600 |
| Location | Tempe, Arizona, United States |
| Campus | Arizona State University |
| Website | http://cronkite.asu.edu |
The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication (often abbreviated to Cronkite School by its students), is one of 12 free-standing colleges at Arizona State University. The school offers the bachelor's degree in journalism (BA) and the master's degree in mass communication (MMC). The school was named in honor of veteran broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite in 1984.
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[edit] History
Journalism has been taught at ASU for nearly 75 years and was established as the focus of a department in 1957. The department became a school named in honor of legendary CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite in 1984. On July 1, 2005, under the leadership of President Michael Crow, the Cronkite School became the 12th free-standing college on the Tempe campus. One month later, Christopher Callahan was installed as the school’s founding dean. In 2006 the school established the Cronkite News Service for advanced journalism students to distribute TV and print stories to various professional media outlets.
[edit] Future
The Cronkite School plans to move into a state-of-the-art facility in Downtown Phoenix in August of 2008. The six-story, 223,000-square-foot complex will be located on the northern end of ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus. The Cronkite School’s portion of the new building will be five times the size of its current home at the Tempe campus. The 102,000-square-foot space will be fully equipped with cutting-edge amenities and will include newsrooms, computer labs, TV studios, classrooms, offices and an auditorium.
Eight, Arizona’s PBS affiliate, also will occupy the new building. Its portion of the building, which will be 76,000 square feet, includes TV studios, production and audio control rooms, a transmission center, offices and conference rooms.
Students will be able to take all of their required classes at the new downtown campus. Those who choose electives at the main campus in Tempe will have access to light rail, which will pick them up just outside the new building and take them directly to the Tempe campus in about 15 or 20 minutes.
[edit] Programs
The Cronkite School offers the following programs
[edit] Undergraduate Program
====Bachelor of Arts
- Print/Online Journalism
- Broadcast Journalism
- Public Relations
