Education

ESPN staff discuss new website on race in sports

Kevin Merida, ESPN senior vice president, spoke at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism on Monday, alongside ESPN baseball reporter Pedro Gomez.

Journalists share insight into the refugee crisis in Eastern Europe

Europe has strides to make in its handling of the Syrian refugee crisis and how it is being covered by the media, according to two European journalists.

Journalists recount telling the story of marijuana in America

The use and distribution of marijuana is a divisive issue, and student journalists from across the country spent months reporting on it as part...

Activist journalists discuss LGBT issues in Moldova and Bhutan

The LGBT community is moving toward acceptance in Bhutan and Moldova with relative success, according to two journalists and activists from those countries.

USA Today columnist questions integrity of journalism in the digital age

USA Today Media Columnist Rem Rieder is confident that the future of journalism is not all gloom and doom. Hopefully.

McCain shares thoughts on the 2016 election, foreign policy in Cronkite lecture

Arizona Senator John McCain spoke his mind about the current election, ISIS, China and veterans at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism Friday.

NPR reporter discusses the line between objectivity and life experience

Diane Rehm spoke to how journalistic ethics and personal connections to a story can come into conflict at the Walter Cronkite School on Thursday.

Cronkite News crowdfunding campaign builds on industry trends

The Cronkite News borderlands desk is getting involved with a trend of journalism crowdfunding to raise $50,000 to fund reporting on borderlands issues.

Marketing specialists discuss PR in the digital age

Every person is a brand, according to PR expert Mark Hass. Hass spoke to a crowd of students gathered Monday at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism.

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist lectures on the faults of U.S. military

National security writer Thomas Ricks said he thinks the United States will lose its next war at the 10th-annual Paul J. Schatt Memorial Lecture on Monday.