About Cronkite News
Cronkite News is the news division of Arizona PBS, the world’s largest media organization operated by a journalism school. With reporting bureaus in Phoenix, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, we deliver important, impactful Arizona news to more than 1.9 million homes and news organizations across the state.
Cronkite News is a product of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. The program has more than 16 full-time editors/professionals and more than 130 students who produce daily and enterprise news and sports content on TV, digital and social media platforms for Arizona 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
725 Arizona Ave,
Santa Monica, CA 90401(424) 238-0272[email protected]
Newsroom Leaders
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Pauline Arrillaga
Director for RWJF Health Initiative, Phoenix News Bureau -
Sadie Babits
Content Director for Sustainability, Phoenix News Bureau -
Paola Boivin
Director for Digital Content, Phoenix Sports Bureau -
Christy Bricks
Executive Producer for Broadcast, Phoenix News Bureau -
Julio Cisneros
Content Director for Health, Phoenix News Bureau -
Steve Crane
Director, Washington, D.C., Bureau -
Martin Dolan
Copy Editor, Phoenix News Bureau -
Heather Dunn
Content Director for Politics and Next Gen, Phoenix News Bureau -
Valeria Fernandez
Director, Noticias -
Jim Jacoby
Director of Studio Production, Cronkite News/Arizona PBS -
Venita Hawthorne James
Content Director for Money and Social Justice, Phoenix News Bureau -
Brett Kurland
Director, Phoenix Sports Bureau -
Christina Leonard
Executive Editor, Cronkite News -
Mark Lodato
Associate Dean and Associate General Manager, Arizona PBS -
Shaya Tayefe Mohajer
Director, Los Angeles Bureau -
Frank Mungeam
Director for TV News Innovation, Cronkite News -
Vanessa Ruiz
Content Director for Borderlands, Phoenix News Bureau -
Lori Todd
Director for Digital Production, Photography and Social Media, Phoenix News Bureau
Staff
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Brielle Ashford
News Broadcast Producer, Phoenix -
Madison Atkinson
Next Gen Reporter, Phoenix -
Marcella Baietto
Politics Reporter, Phoenix -
Cole Bailey
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Allison Barton
Health Reporter, Phoenix -
Stephanie Bates
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Mackenzie Belley
News Broadcast Producer, Phoenix -
Jonmaesha Beltran
Social Justice Reporter, Phoenix -
Raul Bencomo
Health Reporter, Phoenix -
Hunter Brownstein
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Jeremy Buch
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Michael Carpenter
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Cipriano Chayrez
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Alexandra Cook
Technical Producer, Phoenix -
Kerston Corns
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Miranda Cyr
Health Reporter, Phoenix -
Reno Del Toro
Sports Photographer, Phoenix -
Sarah Donahue
Health Reporter, Los Angeles -
Kelly Donohue
Borderlands Reporter, Phoenix -
Jordan Elder
Health Reporter, Phoenix -
Farah Eltohamy
Politics Reporter, Phoenix -
Lorenzino Estrada
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Jordan Evans
Sustainability Reporter, Phoenix -
Griffin Fabits
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Emma Fernandez
Sports Digital Producer, Phoenix -
Jessica Ferrigno
Technical Producer, Phoenix -
Carson Field
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Hannah Foote
Health Reporter, Los Angeles -
Alexa Fuenmayor
Borderlands Reporter, Phoenix -
Zach Galman
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Veronica Galvin
News Broadcast Producer, Phoenix -
Joshua Gerard Gargiulo
Indian Country Reporter, Washington, D.C. -
Brandon Genson
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Concettina Giuliano
Health Reporter, Phoenix -
Christopher Gleason
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Lyle Goldstein
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Valerie Gonzales
Sports Reporter, Los Angeles -
Michael Gutnick
Technical Producer, Phoenix -
Joseph Hace
Sports Digital Producer, Phoenix -
Michael Hannan
News Photographer, Phoenix -
Squire Harrington
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Kara Harris
Social Justice Reporter, Washington, D.C. -
Brian Hertzberg
Technical Producer, Phoenix -
Nathan Hiatt
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Christopher Howley
Sustainability Reporter, Phoenix -
Jonah Hrkal
Sustainability Reporter, Phoenix -
Isabella Hulsizer
Politics Reporter, Phoenix -
Kennedy Jamieson
Sports Broadcast Producer, Phoenix -
Delia Johnson
News Photographer, Phoenix -
Emmie Keenan
Sports Digital Producer, Phoenix -
Gabriella Khalaj
Borderlands Reporter, Washington, D.C. -
Brady Klain
Sports Photographer, Phoenix -
Lauren Koval
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Madison LaBerge
Health Reporter, Phoenix -
Ryan Ladika
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Kylie Lamunyon
News Broadcast Producer, Phoenix -
Jamie Landers
Social Justice Reporter, Phoenix -
Cassandra Laubach
News Broadcast Producer, Phoenix -
Grace Lieberman
Health Reporter, Phoenix -
Caroline Linch
Sustainability Reporter, Phoenix -
Cole Louderman
Sports Digital Producer, Phoenix -
MacKinley Lutes-Adlhoch
Next Gen Reporter, Washington, D.C. -
Sydney Madison
Money Reporter, Phoenix -
Danielle Malkin
Politics Reporter, Phoenix -
Tyler Manion
Technical Producer, Phoenix -
TJ Mathewson
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Karli Matthias
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Caitlynn McDaniel
News Digital Producer, Phoenix -
Dylan McKim
Politics Reporter, Phoenix -
Frankie McLister
Borderlands Reporter, Phoenix -
Michelle Mehok
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Keaton Milburn
Sports Digital Producer, Phoenix -
Kelsea Miller
News Digital Producer, Phoenix -
Jesse Morrison
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Jessica Myers
Sustainability Reporter, Washington, D.C. -
Madeline Nelson
News Broadcast Producer, Phoenix -
Edith Noriega
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Jenna Ortiz
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Julian Paras
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Brie Peters
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Elizabeth Pfeiffer
News Broadcast Producer, Phoenix -
Annabella Piunti
News Photographer, Phoenix -
Melanie Porter
Health Reporter, Phoenix -
Alberto Ramirez
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Kimberly Rapanut
News Digital Producer, Phoenix -
Sean Rice
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Stephanie Rodriguez
Technical Producer, Phoenix -
McKenzie Sadeghi
Politics Reporter, Washington, D.C. -
Dzevida Sadikovic
Money Reporter, Phoenix -
Shaun Salehi
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Karisma Sandoval
News Broadcast Producer, Phoenix -
J.J. Santos
Money Reporter, Phoenix -
Sedona Saulnier
News Broadcast Producer, Phoenix -
Josh Schaefer
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Christopher Scragg
Health Reporter, Washington, D.C. -
Nicholas Sheehy
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Cristian Sida
Social Justice Reporter, Phoenix -
Dylan Simard
News Assistant -
Paul Slobodzian
Technical Producer, Phoenix -
Derrick Smith
News Digital Producer, Phoenix -
Jose Solis
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Julia Sorgie
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Madison Staten
Sustainability Reporter, Phoenix -
Spencer Stechman
News Broadcast Producer, Phoenix -
Victoria Stibrik
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Dajour Sylvester
Sports Broadcast Producer, Phoenix -
Troy Tauscher
Technical Producer, Phoenix -
Nadia Testroet
Technical Photographer, Phoenix -
Tony Thai
News Digital Producer, Phoenix -
Milard Thomas
Technical Producer, Phoenix -
Erin Thomas
Technical Producer, Phoenix -
Nicholas Tirella
Sports Reporter, Los Angeles -
Luis Torres
Social Justice Reporter, Phoenix -
Natalie Urquiza
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Brady Vernon
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Patty Vicente
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Velvet Wahl
Next Gen Reporter, Phoenix -
Alexander Weiner
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Robert Werner
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Delaney White
Politics Reporter, Phoenix -
Travis Whittaker
Sports Reporter, Phoenix -
Caroline Yu
Sustainability Reporter, Los Angeles -
Gabrielle Zabat
Health Reporter, Phoenix -
Luis Zambrano
Health Reporter, Phoenix -
Jessi Zorker
News Photographer, Phoenix
Our partners
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.
Sustainability stories are supported, in part, through a generous grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. CPB is a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967 that is the steward of the federal government’s investment in public broadcasting. The funding established Elemental: Covering Sustainability, a multimedia collaboration between Cronkite News, Arizona PBS, KJZZ, KPCC, Rocky Mountain PBS and PBS SoCal.