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Former CBS Corredspondent Ben Silver Dies at 85

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Former CBS news correspondent and Arizona State University journalism professor Ben Silver has died. He was 85.

The university says he died Wednesday from complications of Parkinson’s disease at his home in St. Louis Park, Minn.

Silver was a CBS national correspondent in the 1960s and covered race riots, school integration and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s accident at Chappaquiddick.

Silver worked at WCKT-TV in Miami from 1957 to 1966, reporting from the Soviet Union and Latin America. He won a Peabody Award in 1960 for his coverage of Latin America.

He began teaching at ASU in 1972 and continued to file CBS reports for several years. He retired in 1990.

He is survived by his wife, six children and 11 grandchildren. Services will be held Sunday in Minneapolis.

Paul J. Schatt Memorial Lecture is March 29

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This year’s Paul J. Schatt Memorial Lecture featuring Steven Ginsberg, national political editor for The Washington Post will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, in the First Amendment Forum (second floor) of the Cronkite School. Ginsburg will share the stage with Leonard Downie Jr., former editor of the Washington Post who now teaches at the Cronkite School, for a conversation about the 2012 presidential election.

Please consider coming to hear this interesting presentation and to support Paul’s memory. Paul, a former Arizona Republic editorial pages editor who taught as a Cronkite adjunct professor for 30 years and was a longtime Valley of the Sun SPJ member, died in November 2005. The following spring, he posthumously received the chapter’s highest honor, the Phil Alvidrez Award for Excellence in Journalism.

‘Friend Raiser’ at Hooters supports student SPJ chapter

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The student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) housed at the Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication invites you to enjoy wings and basketball while helping out the chapter financially during a fundraiser on Tuesday, March 27 (that’s tonight).

As part of Hooters’ “Friend Rising” program, for every diner at the Arizona Center eatery who brings in this flier today, Hooters will donate $2 to the Cronkite SPJ student chapter. The flier is good all day, but several chapter members will be heading over around 7 p.m. to watch the Phoenix Suns take on the San Antonio Spurs. So stop by and show your support!

 

Cronkite School receives $150,000 grant

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Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation (EEJF) has awarded $150,000 to Arizona State University for News21, providing fellowships for advanced journalism students at the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication and ASU’s Cronkite School.

“At EEJF, our mission is to invest in the future of journalism by supporting organizations around the nation who produce principled, probing news and information,” said Bob Ross, president and CEO of Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation. “We strive to partner with organizations that are entrepreneurial in spirit, and we are proud to partner with all of our current grant recipients, each displaying this type of innovation.”

News21 is a collaborative newsroom experience under the guidance of top journalism professionals. The program is based in Tempe, Ariz.

Communities in Crisis: Ethical Considerations for Journalists

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The recent tragedy in Tucson have added to the many questions in the minds of members of the public about how journalists cover violence as well as cover communities in crisis where violence is a part. It is one of the main bases for public criticism of journalists. Meanwhile, covering violence, from war abroad to crime at home, also affects journalists in many ways most members of the media are unprepared for. Learn how to approach covering violent people and communities in a whole new way.

“Communities in Crisis: Ethical Considerations for Journalists,” sponsored by Valley of the Sun Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, is 7 p.m. Monday, March 7, in The First Amendment Forum at the Cronkite School, 555 N. Central Ave., in Phoenix.

Admission is free. Continue reading →

From the Newsroom to the Classroom

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Is it time to move from the newsroom to the classroom? The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU invites working journalists interested in moving into the field of academia to an informal reception to find out more about its new Ph.D. program, set to launch in Fall 2011.

The reception is set for 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, in the First Amendment Forum at the Cronkite School, 555 N. Central Ave. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served. For more information on the Ph.D. program, visit http://cronkite.asu.edu/phd.

Village Voice Digital Media Fellowships

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The Village Voice is looking to recruit some top candidates who are strong reporters and writers with pre-existing multimedia experience or the desire to acquire these skills (and an interest in alternative magazine journalism). Digital fellows will be immersed in blogging, photography, video, audio and social media and will produce original reported material for Village Voice online publications.

Fellows will be paid $500 per week. Housing will be provided. The program is open to students who are within one year of graduation, graduate students or post grads. Fellows may ultimately be considered for positions within the Village Voice family of publications.

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Upcoming Event: Public Records Lessons

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Please join Phoenix SPJ on Thursday, October 21 for Access Across America. Hear David Cuillier, University of Arizona journalism professor and national co-chair of SPJ’s Freedom of Information Committee, share the public-records lessons he’s learned from traveling more than 14,000 miles over 33 states and talking to more than 1,000 journalists, communicators, officials and citizens.

The event is 6 to 8 p.m. in rm. 202 of the Cronkite Theater at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Admission is free.

Phoenix SPJ Names 2010 Scholarship Recipient

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The Valley of the Sun Pro Chapter of SPJ has begun setting aside funds for an annual scholarship, to be presented each spring to a college student who is majoring in journalism. With the increase in college tuition and decrease in available government loans and grants, we know how vital every dollar can be.

This year’s $500 scholarship was presented to Leigh Anne Zinsmeister, a sophomore at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, on April 17 during the chapter’s annual Arizona Freedom of Information Awards Reception.

Zinsmeister plans to graduate in May of 2012 and hopes to work as a magazine editor.

“No matter what field I end up in, I hope to deliver the news to the people and keep them informed while building and maintaining their trust in me as a journalist,” she said.

The chapter awarded its first $500 scholarship to community college student Heather Lacey, who was enrolled in the journalism program at Phoenix College. Lacey was given her scholarship in August 2008.