Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication/ Eight Building
The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication/Eight Building is a state-of-the-art facility that is closer to more major metropolitan news operations than any other journalism school in the country. The building provides students with digital newsrooms, computer labs, TV studios and the Cronkite Theater. The university-operated public television station, Eight, Arizona PBS (KAET), is in the same complex. This sustainable building also features 322 solar panels on its roof.
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Journalism
⭐ Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication is one of the nation’s top journalism schools and is home to Arizona PBS, the largest media outlet operated by a journalism school in the world. Students receive hands-on experiences in Cronkite News, a multiplatform daily news operation with bureaus in Phoenix, Washington and Los Angeles. With professional programs in digital media, public affairs reporting, broadcast news, digital innovation, public relations, sports reporting, Spanish-language news and more, Cronkite offers a real-world education for the digital media world of today and tomorrow.
⭐ Journalism
Students with this interest are focused on learning the fundamentals and intricacies of journalistic practices.
Majors in journalism at the Downtown Phoenix campus
ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus, with its highly rated journalism school and state-of-the-art communication and news production equipment, is a medium-sized, metropolitan campus surrounded by professional and service opportunities.
Examples of majors:
Communication
Journalism and Mass Communication
Mass Communication and Media Studies
Sports Journalism
At ASU, we offer more than 350 undergraduate degrees and 450 graduate degrees. See the full list.
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication is one of the nation’s top journalism schools and is home to Arizona PBS, the largest media outlet operated by a journalism school in the world. Students receive hands-on experiences in Cronkite News, a multiplatform daily news operation with bureaus in Phoenix, Washington and Los Angeles. With professional programs in digital media, public affairs reporting, broadcast news, digital innovation, public relations, sports reporting, Spanish-language news and more, Cronkite offers a real-world education for the digital media world of today and tomorrow.
Cronkite School Facilities
The Walter Cronkite School building is a $71 million, six-story facility that is unparalleled in journalism education. Students who attend the Cronkite School receive hands-on learning experiences in broadcast journalism, print journalism, digital media, sports media, TV production and strategic communications. With over 10 professional programs including Cronkite News and the Public Relations Lab, the Cronkite School prepares students for a variety of career paths when they graduate.
The 223,000-square-foot building features four television studios and a combined 17 newsrooms and computer labs with more than 380 computers. The facilities also house Arizona PBS, which is operated by the Cronkite School and features a digital video plant with transmissions reaching 1.9 million households.
Opened in 2008, the LEED Silver-certified building features the First Amendment Forum, a large two-story public forum with balconies for formal events. The building also includes a 150-seat theater-style auditorium and the Cronkite Gallery.
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