Lisa Diethelm

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Lisa Diethelm is the Politics editor for the Downtown Devil while she studies at The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in downtown Phoenix. She grew up in California and started her journalism career in high school.

Articles by this author

Election results: Prop 207 and Prop 208

Propositions 207 and 208 both drew praise and criticism during the 2020 election, and have potential for causing change in downtown Phoenix. Prop 207 Proposition 207 has passed, meaning recreational use of marijuana is legal and that marijuana-related crimes...

Devils’ Advocate: Cancellations, Zoom calls and more stress – oh my!

This is a year of firsts for me. At the beginning of 2020 I had never been to the Grand Canyon, I had never hiked ‘A’ Mountain, I had never been to a spring training game and...

Associate Dean Mark Lodato to leave cronkite school

Weeks after announcing that the Walter Cronkite School Dean Christopher Callahan was moving to the University of the Pacific this summer, Cronkite announced Monday that Associate Dean Mark Lodato was named dean of the S.I. Newhouse School...

PHOTO: Deserted Downtown

After everything that has happened with COVID-19, downtown Phoenix is quiet this spring. Contact the reporter at ldiethel@asu.edu.

New dean of the Cronkite school to start in July

ASU announced Friday that Sonya Forte Duhé, who serves as director and professor in the School of Communication and Design at Loyola, will be the new dean of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication....

Phoenix becomes first city in US to install Spin Hubs in public right-of way

Spin announced Friday morning that they have installed Spin Hubs, e-scooter charging stations, in downtown Phoenix. Phoenix is the first city in the U.S. to install these Spin Hubs in the public right-of-way. In light of approving the...