Cronkite News delivers important, impactful Arizona news on its own platforms and through news and sports organizations across the region. We have reporting bureaus in Phoenix, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.
Cronkite News is a product of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. The program has full-time editors/professionals who work closely with student journalists to produce daily and enterprise news and sports content on TV, digital and social media platforms for Southwest audiences. They pitch story ideas, get assignments and report and produce multimedia stories on deadline under the direction of professional editors for Cronkite News and sports – all while meeting the expectations of this professional news organization.
Locations
Phoenix bureau 555 N. Central Ave., Suite 302 Phoenix, AZ 85004-1248 (602) 496-5050 [email protected]
Washington, D.C., bureau 1800 I Street NW Washington, D.C., 20006 (202) 684-2400 [email protected]
Phoenix Sports bureau 555 N. Central Ave., Suite 302 Phoenix, AZ 85004-1248 (602) 496-5020 [email protected]
Los Angeles bureau 1111 S. Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90015 (424) 238-0272 [email protected]
Matthew Badger expects to graduate in August 2026 with a master’s degree in sports journalism. Badger also has a bachelor’s degree in sports management and minors in sport science and coaching education. More by Matthew Badger
Tanner Buck expects to graduate in August with a bachelor’s degree in sports journalism. Buck interned as a sports reporter at Benedictine University and reported for Inferno Intel covering Arizona State sports. More by Tanner Buck
Tony Carter expects to graduate in August 2026 with a master’s degree in journalism. Carter has years of professional freelance work with Cleveland.com, Delaware Gazette, KeeOnSports and AZPreps365. More by Tony Carter
Cheyla Daverman expects to graduate with her BA in Journalism in December 2025 in journalism and mass communication. Daverman has worked for ASU’s College of Health Solutions as a social media content creator. More by Cheyla Daverman
Diego Esquivel expects to graduate in December 2026 with a Bachelors degree in sports journalism. Esquivel has specialized in covering boxing and mixed martial arts, interviewing fighters from across the Valley. More by Diego Esquivel
Shelby Evans expects to graduate in August 2026 with a master’s degree in sports journalism. She has worked as reporter in Madison, Wisconsin, and won a Emmy as a morning news producer with WISC-TV. More by Shelby Evans
Daniel Felipe Duque Cabrera expects to graduate in Summer 2026 with a Master’s degree in Sports Journalism. Cabrera was born in Bogotá, Colombia, and moved to the U.S. to become a sports broadcast reporter. He has a bachelor’s degree from California State Polytechnic University Pomona. More by Daniel Felipe Duque Cabrera
Hope Frost expects to graduate in June 2026 with a master’s degree in sports journalism. Frost earned an economics degree and competed as a Division I distance runner at Duke University. She has worked in sports analytics and content production with Sun Devils baseball. More by Hope Frost
Andrew George expects to graduate in August 2026 with a master’s degree in mass communication. George has produced digital content on the intersection of sports and social impact with the NBA and nonprofit organizations. More by Andrew George
Elijah Grayson Murray expects to graduate in August 2026 with a master’s degree in sports journalism. Murray has experience as a sports writer for The Daily Utah Chronicle, Sports Illustrated, Athlon Sports, AZPreps365 and Roundtable. More by Elijah Grayson Murray
Hayli Griffin expects to graduate in December 2026 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in French. Griffin expects to continue her education with the Cronkite School in January 2027 with a master’s degree in sports journalism. More by Hayli Griffin
Jake Iovine expects to graduate in December 2026 with a BA degree in sports journalism. Iovine has experience in sports writing, photography and videography. More by Jake Iovine
Frozan Kamalzada expects to graduate in December 2026 with a Bachelors degree in journalism and mass communication and a certificate of data analytics. Kamalzada focuses on storytelling through multimedia reporting, covering business, culture and immigrant communities across Arizona. More by Frozan Kamalzada
Madison Kaminski expects to graduate in December 2026 with degrees in journalism and geography with a subfocus on meteorology and climatology. Kaminski has interned with ABC15 Arizona, Salt River Project, and the City of Phoenix’s Water Services Department. More by Madison Kaminski
Harry Kaseff expects to graduate in August 2026 with a master’s degree in sports journalism. Kaseff has interned as a sports reporter at KCRA 3 in Sacramento as well as for the UC San Diego Athletics Department. More by Harry Kaseff
Samad Khan expects to graduate in August 2026 with a Master’s degree in journalism and mass communication. Khan, who is from Pakistan, is a photojournalist interested in arts and culture storytelling. More by Samad Khan
DJ King expects to graduate in December 2026 with a Bachelors degree in journalism. He has experience reporting on a range of topics from national sports leagues to local space observatories, and loves telling stories. More by DJ King
Zoë Lam expects to graduate in July 2026 with a master’s degree in sports journalism. Lam is a former Division I soccer athlete at Tarleton State University and has worked in different levels of media from high school athletics to professional environments. More by Zoë Lam
Addison Lenhart expects to graduate in August 2026 with a master’s degree in sports journalism. Lenhart was previously an intern at ICT (Indian Country Today). More by Addison Lenhart
Will Mahan expects to graduate in xx with a master’s degree in mass communication. He founded American History Geek, a YouTube platform with 1 million+ views, and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Togo, West Africa, from 2023 to 2025. More by Will Mahan
Juan Manosalva expects to graduate in Summer 2026 with a master’s degree in sports journalism. He has worked as a collegiate athletics sports anchor and reporter and interned in a local news station’s sports department. Manosalva is a bilingual journalist. More by Juan Manosalva
Richie Meno expects to graduate in December 2026 with a Bachelors degree in sports journalism. Meno has photographed Division I athletics, including ASU tennis, women’s basketball, and softball. Meno also worked as a social media production Intern for PHNX Sports. More by Richie Meno
Andrew George expects to graduate in August 2026 with a master’s degree in mass communication. George has produced digital content on the intersection of sports and social impact with the NBA and nonprofit organizations. More by Andrew Montana
Emily Montano expects to graduate in August 2026 with a master’s degree in sports journalism. Montano specializes in broadcast reporting and has experience in on-camera reporting, live production and digital sports storytelling. More by Emily Montano
Eleri Mosier expects to graduate in December 2026 with a master’s degree in mass communication. She received her bachelor’s in English and Sociology in May 2025. She has experience at Arizona State Press, Arizona Republic, PHOENIX Magazine and Glide Magazine. More by Eleri Mosier
Jayden Nance expects to graduate in August 2026 with a bachelor’s degree in sports journalism and a minor in business. Nance has interned as a student coordinator/producer at Arizona PBS. More by Jayden Nance
Katie O’Shaughnessy expects to graduate in October 2026 with a first class honors bachelor’s degree in journalism from Dublin City University. O’Shaughnessy has served as editor-in-chief of DCU’s student paper “The College View” and founded “The Bulletin.” More by Katie O’Shaughnessy
Ryan Orsini graduated in May 2026 with a bachelor’s degree in sports journalism. He previously attended a community college in Southern California. Orsini interned with Arizona’s Family for sports. More by Ryan Orsini
Carsten Oyer expects to graduate in May 2028 with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science. Oyer has previously worked as a reporter and editor for The State Press at ASU. More by Carsten Oyer
Carlos Palomera expects to graduate in December 2026 with bachelor’s degrees in sports journalism and parks, recreation and sports management and a minor in Spanish. Palomera has worked for the Arizona Diamondbacks since 2023. More by Carlos Palomera
Tomasa Perez expects to graduate in May 2027 with a bachelor’s degree in sports journalism. Perez has interned for three years with the Varsity Sports Show as a sideline reporter and camera operator. More by Tomasa Perez
Tyler Piester expects to graduate in August 2026 with a master’s degree in sports journalism. Piester has previously interned with the Peoria Rivermen hockey club and has written several articles for AZPreps 365. More by Tyler Piester
Noah Podolsky expects to graduate in August 2026 with a master’s degree in sports journalism. Podolsky has worked as a beat reporter for AZ Preps 365 in Phoenix. More by Noah Podolsky
Paloma Rachel expects to graduate in August 2026 with a master’s degree in mass communication. Spanish is her first language; she is proficient in both Spanish and English and wants to use her voice and knowledge to help people who cannot use theirs. More by Paloma Rachel
Marcus Reichley expects to graduate with Bachelors degree in December 2026. Reichley is based in Phoenix and has reported on various beats in Arizona for The Arizona Republic, Arizona Contractor & Community and more. Reichley is originally from Sacramento, California. More by Marcus Reichley
Janes Reyes expects to graduate in December 2026 with a bachelor’s degree in sports journalism. Reyes was a photographer for the inaugural Phoenix Marathon and is a photographer at Grads Photography. More by Janes Reyes
Caroline Rowland expects to graduate in June 2026 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in communications. Rowland has experience reporting, producing and creating digital content for Cronkite News and Arizona School Board Association. More by Caroline Rowland
Seth Schwartzberg expects to graduate in July with a master’s degree in Sports Journalism. Schwartzberg graduated with a BA in Journalism from the University of Missouri and has covered everything from high school to the pros for AZPrep, The Crawfish Boxes and Truman’s Tales. More by Seth Schwartzberg
Kyle Sekenski is pursuing a master’s degree in mass communication, and is a native of Mesa. He holds a bachelor’s degree in linguistics from ASU. Kyle expects to graduate in summer 2026 after completing a capstone program at the Cronkite News Washington, D.C., Bureau, for which he is a Thomson Reuters Truth in Reporting scholar. He intends to pursue a career in investigative journalism and photojournalism, with an eye on foreign correspondence work. More by Kyle Sekenski
Jordan Talley expects to graduate in August 2026 with a bachelor’s degree in sports journalism. Talley has interned as a beat reporter and social media specialist for Come As You Are Hockey, covering the WHL and PWHL through written and digital content. More by Jordan Talley
Ashanti Thompson expects to graduate in August 2026 with a master’s degree in sports journalism. Thompson is a former collegiate softball player and currently interns with ASU’s Graduate College in Marketing and Communication. More by Ashanti Thompson
Sofia Toro is expected to graduate in August 2026 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Toro has interned on the media relations team at Chicanos Por La Causa. More by Sofia Toro
Jamal Walker expects to graduate in December with a degree in sports journalism. He expects to continue at ASU in the accelerated master degree program at ASU. Walker is the news editor for Blaze Radio and has covered ASU’s swim and dive team and lacrosse team for the Walter Cronkite Sports Network. Walker is an Army Veteran. More by Jamal Walker
Max Weiland expects to graduate in August 2026 with a bachelor’s degree in sports journalism. Weiland has interned as a technical director for Varsity Sports Show in Phoenix. More by Max Weiland
Matt Weisker expects to graduate in August 2026 with a bachelor’s degree in sports journalism. Weisker is a broadcast producer for Cronkite News and served as the inaugural newsroom assistant. More by Matt Weisker
Jadyn Wilgus expects to graduate in May 2027 with a bachelor’s degree in sports journalism and a certificate in sports culture and ethics. Wilgus is also a student-athlete on the ASU women’s volleyball team. More by Jadyn Wilgus
Health stories are supported, in part, through a generous grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation’s largest philanthropy dedicated solely to health. The funding helped establish the Southwest Health Reporting Initiative, which provides health care news and information with a focus on Latino, Native American and Spanish-speaking border communities across the Southwest.
