Speakers Series to feature Pulitzer Prize winners, news anchors

August 30, 2009

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, a National Public Radio correspondent, three TV news anchors, the former editor of The Washington Post and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will headline a Monday night speakers series this fall at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.<separator></separator>The Must See Monday series will be held at 7 p.m. in the First Amendment Forum of the Cronkite building on the Downtown Phoenix campus of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Arizona</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>. <separator></separator>The school also announced its movie schedule for Cronkite Night at the Movies, which features journalism-themed films in the forum starting at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays. The events are free and open to the public. Leonard Downie Jr., former executive editor of The Washington Post, will kick off the speakers series on Sept. 14 with a discussion on investigative reporting and the role of accountability journalism in today’s media world.<separator></separator>Downie, who led his newspaper to more Pulitzer Prizes than any editor in history, is joining the faculty of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Cronkite</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> as the Weil Family Professor of Journalism.<separator></separator>The fall speakers series will wrap up on Nov. 30 with a “Meet the Press”-style interview of Arpaio. That session will focus on the sheriff’s relationship with the Valley and national news media. He will be interviewed by three Cronkite faculty members.<separator></separator>The full fall Must See Monday lineup includes:<separator></separator>• Sept. 21: Katie Raml and Steve Irvin, ABC 15 evening news anchors<separator></separator>• Sept. 28: Julie Cart, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, Los Angeles Times<separator></separator>• Oct. 5: Kathleen Bade, Fox 5 anchor, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San Diego</st1:place></st1:city><separator></separator>• Oct. 12: James Gregg, photojournalist, Arizona Daily Star<separator></separator>• Oct. 19: Diana B. Henriques, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, The New York Times and Andrew Leckey, Donald W. Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism, on covering financial scandals<separator></separator>• Oct. 26: A panel discussion on social media featuring Jody Brannon, national director of the Carnegie-Knight News21 Journalism Initiative; Retha Hill, director of the New Media Innovation Lab; Dan Gillmor, director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship; and assistant professor Dawn Gilpin<separator></separator>• Nov. 2: Mei-Ling Hopgood, journalist and author of the memoir “Lucky Girl”<separator></separator>• Nov. 9: Susan Feeney, senior editor, National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered”<separator></separator>• Nov. 16: Jason Manning, managing editor, Carnegie-Knight News21 Journalism Initiative, with News21 students, on digital news innovation<separator></separator>• Nov. 23: Aaron Brown, Cronkite Professor of Journalism, host of PBS “Wide Angle” and former CNN anchor, on international reporting<separator></separator>• Nov. 30: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on his relationship with the news media, interviewed by Rick Rodriguez, Carnegie Professor of Journalism and former Sacramento Bee executive editor; Susan Green, broadcast director of Cronkite News Service and former ABC 15 managing editor; and Steve Elliott, digital news director of Cronkite News Service and former AP Phoenix bureau chief.<separator></separator>The Cronkite Night at the Movies schedule is:<separator></separator>• Sept. 9: "A Mighty Heart," introduced by Jody Brannon, national director of the Carnegie-Knight News21 Journalism Initiative<separator></separator>• Sept. 16: "All the President's Men," introduced by Leonard Downie Jr., former executive editor of the Washington Post and Weil Family Professor of Journalism<separator></separator>• Sept. 23: "Veronica Guerin," introduced by associate professor Bill Silcock<separator></separator>• Oct. 7: "Shattered Glass," introduced by Steve Elliott, digital director of Cronkite News Service<separator></separator>• Oct. 14: "Broadcast News" with Cronkite NewsWatch News Director Mark Lodato<separator></separator>• Oct. 20: "The Insider" with associate professor Joseph Russomanno<separator></separator>• Oct. 28: "Frost/Nixon" with lecturer Amanda Crawford<separator></separator>• Nov. 4: "Live from <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Baghdad</st1:place></st1:city>" with assistant dean Kristin Gilger<separator></separator>• Nov. 18: "Good Night, and Good Luck" with professor John Craft, curator of the Marguerite and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Jack</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Clifford</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Gallery</st1:placename></st1:place><separator></separator>• Dec. 2: "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" with Cronkite News Service Broadcast Director Sue Green

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