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55-483: The history of The State Press goes back to ASU's establishment as a "Normal School" during Arizona's territorial period. The university's first student newspaper, The Normal Echo , made its debut on October 18, 1890. Back then, it was a one-page supplement to the local newspaper now called the East Valley Tribune . The existence of The State Press as an independent entity began in 1906, when it became

110-554: A LEED Silver complex built in 2012, offers traditional dormitory-style accommodations in which students are arranged based on their academic area of study. Las Casas, built in 2002, offers apartment-style units for upper-division and graduate students. A new residential building named Casa Del Valle is also being constructed as part of the West Valley Forward Campaign. Construction started in Fall of 2023, and

165-537: A quad , with a secondary quad surrounded by the campus's dormitories, dining hall, and recreation center. In 2011, the Gary K. Herberger Young Scholars Academy, a private school for gifted children, opened on the east side of the campus. In August 2017 the school moved into a new 19,500 sq foot building near the secondary quad. The school currently uses the Cambridge Learning Curriculum and

220-628: A Board of Student Media. The first board resigned within a month because of a disagreement with the Arizona Board of Regents regarding its role in the newspaper's affairs. The department is now under the Office of Vice President for University Student Initiatives and maintains a significant amount of independence from the school; although ASU provides equipment and offices on campus, The State Press pays production costs and salaries through advertising revenue. Decisions on editorial content are left to

275-545: A departmental umbrella of ASU Student Media, which also features a multimedia department (statepress.com) and a magazine ( State Press Magazine ). Student Media organizations operate from a newsroom in the Memorial Union at ASU's Tempe campus and a newsroom in the Cronkite building at ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus that was opened in fall 2008. A student radio station ( KASC ) runs independently of Student Media through

330-460: A grade of XE (failure through academic dishonesty), and expelled from the School, without the possibility of reinstatement. Searches on The State Press ' s website reveal that Velasco contributed seven articles to the paper, of which four have been retracted by the paper itself. On April 22, 2024, the paper's editorial board issued a statement confirming that they had retracted 24 stories from

385-478: A move on when ready program. The six levels range from Middle Years 1 to A-Level years. The two levels of Middle Years houses students from 10 to 14 years old. The IGSCE year houses students from 12 to 15 years old. A-Level years usually host students 15–18 years old. The Herberger Young Scholars Academy shares facilities with the rest of the ASU West Valley campus. There are two main classroom buildings on

440-529: A part of the new College of Public Programs in 1979. Stauffer Hall would serve as the school's home until August 2008, when the school moved to its current location in downtown Phoenix. In 1981, the Cronkite School began to offer master's degrees. A year later, the school established a student radio station, Blaze Radio, as a place for prospective students to mature their skills. (The State Press used to fulfill that role, but it became independent in

495-409: A sister station of the local Univision station. When the school moved into its new downtown facility, Cronkite News began broadcasting the nightly news program entirely in high definition and moved into a new studio on the sixth floor of the building — housing a new set and control room designed for high definition. A traditional three-camera format is used at the anchor desk, weather center, and one of

550-465: A stand-alone print issue once per semester, in addition to its daily online publication. Starting in fall of 2012, it began releasing two issues a semester. SPM continued releasing print issues with a smaller circulation as The State Press went entirely online. In December 2021, State Press Magazine published its first Spanish issue under the leadership of magazine editor-in-chief Itzia Crespo. "La Edición de Etimología" featured stories centered on

605-626: Is located at the downtown Phoenix campus , offers several undergraduate and graduate programs in journalism, and in fall 2011, launched its first doctoral program in journalism and mass communication. The Cronkite School began as the Division of Journalism under the ASU's English Department in 1949, 18 years after ASU began to offer journalism courses to its students, in 1931. The school began to expand in 1954, when radio and television journalism courses were made available. The entire Division of Journalism

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660-720: Is rumored to have been fired for reasons unknown. Cartoonist Tony Carrillo began drawing his F Minus comic strip for The State Press while he was a student at ASU. The single-panel comic initially ran in The State Press for four semesters and is now syndicated, appearing in more than 100 newspapers – including The State Press . Carrillo also painted the city skyline mural in the underground window well in The State Press' Tempe newsroom. Other notable State Pressers include: From January 2013 until August 2014, The State Press published newspapers every Thursday of

715-543: The Arizona State Press in 1936, and the name was shortened to State Press the next year. (The word "The" was added to the masthead in the early 2000s.) In the 1970s, The State Press regained its independence from what is now the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication . Initially, the president of ASU at the time, John Schwada, placed the paper under the authority of

770-808: The Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship , the National Center on Disability and Journalism and the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism . The Cronkite School recently made its programs available to online students. News Co/Lab is an initiative to elevate news literacy and awareness, providing resources for verifying Reliable Sources . Dan Gillmor is director. Cronkite Students have traditionally served as primary members of each of Arizona State University's student media divisions, particularly State Press and Blaze Radio ASU. Cronkite Students also serve as reporters for

825-532: The Tempe Normal Student , a four-page tabloid distributed on campus each Friday for five cents per copy. The paper changed its name to Tempe Collegian in 1925 when the school's name changed to Tempe College in the same year. The name was eventually shortened to the Collegian in 1930 and fell under the control of the newly created Faculty of Journalism two years later. The newspaper was renamed

880-485: The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication but is affiliated with ASU Student Media by name. Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication (often abbreviated to The Cronkite School by its students and faculty), is one of the 24 independent schools at Arizona State University and is named in honor of veteran broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite . The school, which

935-443: The liberal arts and sciences , education, and business, leading to bachelor's , master's and doctoral degrees . The West Valley campus is the headquarters of ASU's New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences and Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College , and offers additional programs from the W. P. Carey School of Business . ASU's Graduate College, Honors College and University College also have an administrative presence on

990-483: The 1970s.) In 1984, the school was renamed Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication in honor of the veteran news reporter. At the same time, the Walter Cronkite Award for Journalism Excellence was established. In 1989, a professional news program produced by the school's students began production, and later evolved into the well-known Cronkite NewsWatch TV news program. In 2001,

1045-685: The Cronkite School's umbrella. In 2010, the Cronkite Building won an International Architecture Award. The award was presented and exhibited at 'The City and The World conference' in Spain, from November 4–7, 2010. In May 2021, the School announced that Dr. Battinto Batts Jr. was selected to replace Callahan as dean. A ground-breaking ceremony was held in early 2007, with construction being completed in mid-2008. The school moved into its facility in downtown Phoenix in August 2008, then dedicated

1100-537: The FTE enrollment for the campus is 6,173. Since Fall 2018, on campus enrollment has been about 5,000 on ground students every year. In 2008, the West Valley campus was designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride , and in 2011, construction concluded on a large solar array that powers nearly the entire campus with solar power . Arizona state legislator, Anne Lindeman , located three hundred acres of state land that

1155-473: The Hispanic American community of ASU. SPM now publishes one Spanish issue at the end of each semester, for a total of four print issues a semester. The paper's most famous ex-employee is former Monday Night Football sportscaster and ASU alumnus Al Michaels , who covered football and basketball as the paper's assistant sports editor in the fall of 1963 and became sports editor in 1964. Michaels

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1210-532: The Phoenix area as adjuncts who teach many of its courses. Cronkite News is the nightly thirty-minute news program produced entirely by students at the Cronkite School and began in 1989. The program airs five nights a week on the local PBS affiliate KAET at 5 pm. Cronkite News en Español is the Spanish-language edition of the program which airs Sunday mornings on the local Telefutura affiliate KFPH-CA,

1265-495: The West Valley Campus: Sands and Classroom/Lab/Computer Classroom (CLCC). These buildings house a majority of the classrooms on campus. Sands is mainly standard lecture rooms with the average capacity of about 36 students. CLCC has standard classrooms with a wide range of capacities, but is mostly home to the laboratories of the West Valley campus. CLCC houses all of the teaching laboratory classrooms as well as

1320-465: The West Valley Forward Campaign launched in March of 2023. Construction started in Fall of 2023, and the building is expected to be finished Spring 2025. The new building will house additional classrooms, computer classrooms, faculty offices, research labs, and additional growth space as more programs move to West Valley campus. Two residential complexes are located on the West Valley campus: Casa De Oro,

1375-484: The West Valley Forward campaign announced the development of three new schools that will be housed in the new academic building being built. This is bringing Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering to the West Valley campus. The West Valley campus is the smallest of ASU's campuses in terms of facility space (square footage of buildings). The campus primarily consists of five academic buildings arranged around

1430-535: The West Valley campus currently occupies in 1982. She also drafted the 1984 legislation that created the ASU West Valley campus. Lindeman also created the legislation for the lease-purchase agreement that allowed for $ 48 million for additional campus construction in 1988. Established as the second ASU campus in 1984, construction of the West Valley Campus began in February 1986. Prior to the opening of

1485-437: The arrival of current ASU president Michael Crow in 2002, the academic structure of ASU was reorganized to integrate the West Valley campus into the university as a whole. Today, the West Valley campus shares faculty, students, accreditation, and administration with the other ASU campuses. In March 2023, the university announced it would be expanding its West Valley campus adding two new buildings in order to add more programs to

1540-532: The campus, among these was a second residence hall. It also announced that it would begin more classes in business, forensics, and engineering starting that fall semester. The University hopes that with this new expansion is can add roughly ten thousand new students to its West Valley campus, helping those in the West Valley , more easily access ASU programs. The programs offered on the West Valley campus focus on interdisciplinary and collaborative programs in

1595-580: The campus, some classes were held at five other locations in the area including Metrocenter Mall . The Fletcher Library was the first building completed, dedicated in 1988 to honor Robert L. Fletcher and his family, whose gift of property resulted in an endowment for the perpetual support of the library. More buildings were completed like the Sands Classroom Building and the Administration Offices Building,

1650-546: The campus. In 2015, the Thunderbird School of Global Management , which had recently become part of ASU , began offering an undergraduate program at ASU's West Valley campus. Thunderbird's headquarters and its graduate programs, previously based in Glendale, Arizona, are now located at and integrated into ASU’s downtown Phoenix campus , while the undergraduate programs remain in the West Valley. In 2023,

1705-475: The chance to pick up The State Press on campus. That’s why we created a product that speaks more to the college experience – a product that ties traditional print news to new forms of digital media." The paper's staff uses Macintosh computers. When the publication put out a paper product, pages were laid out in Adobe InDesign. Today The State Press uses Gryphon as its content management system. From

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1760-523: The downtown newsroom, while the balance of the newsroom staff – as well as the advertising, production and administrative staffs – work from ASU Student Media's headquarters in Matthews Center on the Tempe campus . In the spring semester of 2013, The State Press went from being a five-day-a-week publication to a weekly, ending a 28-year run as a student daily. This came alongside an effort to boost

1815-430: The fall of 2008 but suspended in February 2009 due to both the cost of the endeavor and uncertainty about the future of both outlying campuses in light of state budget cuts. In November 2011, the paper moved from a traditional broadsheet format to a tabloid/compact format. Design editor Taylor Lineberger led the redesign, along with editor-in-chief Nathan Meacham. A majority of the paper is now printed in color. "We decided

1870-517: The following year, in 1989. The second main classroom building, Classroom/Lab/Computer Classroom Building, was constructed in 2 phases, with Phase 1 opening in Spring 1991 and Phase 2 opening Spring 2002. Originally known as "ASU West," this campus operated quasi-independently of the Tempe campus and had its own administration, faculty, and student admissions process. At the time, the West Valley campus

1925-576: The largest green screens — all of which back onto a working newsroom, assignment desk, and an outdoor terrace for live reports. The program airs stories from the school's Cronkite News Service — a broadcast wire service that provides its content to local print, online, and broadcast news outlets across Arizona. The Cronkite School houses the national headquarters of the News21 Initiative , the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism,

1980-569: The late 1990s through May 2009, the online edition of the newspaper was the ASU Web Devil , which served as a portal to all Student Media Web sites. By June 2009, the other Student Media properties – Sun Devil Television and State Press Magazine – had launched their own Web sites hosted separately from the Web Devil, so the site was rebranded as StatePress.com, returning to the URL used for

2035-512: The new building in November of that year. The six-story, 225,000 sqft, 110-foot tall, LEED Silver building has become an integral part of the fabric of ASU's downtown campus. Delivered in a design-build , fast-track method, work began on design in October 2006 and the school opened its doors in August 2008, only 22 months later. The new building was designed by HDR, Inc. Sundt Construction

2090-444: The paper needed a more visually striking design – one that would be more appealing to our readership. The front page will now grab your attention in a way it never has before. The paper will be easier to flip through, read and digest between classes, or on your lunch break," the editorial board wrote in a Nov. 20 editorial. "The news cycle has changed and so have your reading habits. News hits your cellphone or laptop long before you have

2145-408: The paper's editorial board; the full-time director of ASU Student Media plays a purely advisory role. On September 10, 1984, the paper added a Monday edition and began to operate as a five-days-a-week daily publication. In 2008, the newspaper opened a second newsroom on ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus , in the newly constructed Cronkite/Eight Building. Many reporters and a handful of editors work from

2200-558: The paper's online presence. The paper was also delivered to dorms each Thursday. In fall 2014, The State Press became the first major student university newspaper to go all-digital. A separate staff produces State Press Magazine , which had been printed on the backside of the daily newspaper until August 2007, when it became a separate publication. In 2009, SPM became an online-only magazine, publishing daily stories and blogs that examined university issues such as current events, arts and entertainment. In spring 2011, SPM began releasing

2255-451: The photo to The State Press editorial board. In spring 2004, an article about alleged mistreatment of employees at ASU's Department of Residential Life was criticized as one-sided by the department. State Press Magazine created a stir in fall 2004 by publishing a full-page cover photo of a woman's naked, pierced breast on its cover; the publication drew criticism from prominent conservatives and ASU boosters such as Ira Fulton , who felt

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2310-447: The publication's website after each had been found to be at least partially written by a form of generative artificial intelligence . The retracted articles dated back from April to last September and included 13 weekly horoscopes, nine news articles about the university’s art scene and two editorials. The editorial board declined to name the student reporter responsible, but they are no longer on staff. The State Press operates under

2365-402: The research laboratories of New College faculty, namely the wet lab laboratories of the School of Mathematical and Natural Science faculty and the School of Interdisciplinary Forensics faculty. ASU West Valley has a single standard lecture hall, Lecture Hall 110, with a capacity for 150 students. It is the largest classroom on campus. A new academic building is being constructed as part of

2420-537: The school to a newly planned campus in Downtown Phoenix . In 2008, the school moved to the new Cronkite Building on ASU's downtown campus. The building has six stories, is 110 feet (34 m) tall, and has an area of 223,000 square feet (20,700 m ). The building, which also houses the studio of the Valley's PBS member station, KAET , cost $ 71 million to build. Six years later, KAET was transferred to

2475-560: The school voted to change its name to Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication . The school received independent school status in 2004. It chose Christopher Callahan as its founding dean in 2005. A year later, the school established the Cronkite News Service , enabling advanced journalism students to distribute TV and print stories to various professional media. When the Cronkite School received independent school status in 2004, plans were made to transfer

2530-474: The semester and features student articles, world and national wire reports, editorials, opinions, and comics, both student-drawn and syndicated. On Tuesdays, a campus-specific front page had been produced and printed on the 500 copies of the newspaper delivered to ASU's West campus . A similar campus-specific edition was produced for the Polytechnic campus on Thursdays. Both zoned editions were launched in

2585-517: The site in the 1990s. In addition, a spoof edition of the daily paper, The Stale Mess , was published at the end of each semester by the State Press staff. The Stale Mess stopped when the publication ended its print run. In 2003, a memorable Stale Mess spoof cover featured a simulated photo of ASU President Michael Crow passed out in a bathtub, with vomit on his shirt and a bottle of cheap vodka cradled on his arm. Crow later complained about

2640-494: The university's administration needed to have more oversight regarding editorial decisions. The incident may have led to efforts by the administration to shut down the paper. The paper also won an award for the way it handled pressure from the administration concerning content in the wake of the SPM controversy. On September 1, 2012, the paper's editorial board printed an apology to its readers after discovering that Raquel Velasco, who

2695-556: The university-independent Downtown Devil. 33°27′13.7304″N 112°4′23.6604″W  /  33.453814000°N 112.073239000°W  / 33.453814000; -112.073239000 Arizona State University at the West campus Arizona State University at the West Valley campus is a public university in Phoenix, Arizona . It is one of five university campuses that compose Arizona State University (ASU). The West Valley campus

2750-439: Was designed to offer only upper-level undergraduate courses (with lower-level courses to be taken at nearby Glendale Community College ). In 2001, freshmen students were admitted, allowing them to complete their entire undergraduate education on the West Valley campus. The academic offerings on the West Valley campus were designed to highlight an interdisciplinary focus in the liberal arts and sciences, education, and business. With

2805-555: Was elevated to department by the university in 1957, and changed its name to Department of Mass Communication. The school moved from its original location at Old Main to what is now the Academic Services building at ASU Tempe in 1969. In 1974 the school received its national accreditation and moved into the Stauffer Hall building. The school was later renamed Department of Journalism and Telecommunication and became

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2860-484: Was established by the Arizona Legislature in 1984, and is located in northwest Phoenix , bordering the city of Glendale . For many purposes, ASU's campuses are unified as a single institution so the West Valley campus shares students, faculty, administration, and accreditation with the other campuses. As of Fall 2009, 10,380 students were enrolled in at least one course on the West Valley campus, while

2915-509: Was responsible for construction. A few notable faculty are: Walter Cronkite was not a faculty member, but visited the campus a few times a year to interact with students and present the Cronkite Award. The school has moved away from the traditional academic structure of hiring only tenured professors. In addition it hires veteran journalists like Downie and Gillmor to be professors of practice and also draws practicing journalists from

2970-477: Was terminated. Investigation to Velasco's previous articles are still under investigation. In its apology, the editorial board mentioned the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication 's efforts to teach students the virtues of ethics and aversion of plagiarism. The school itself also has a written policy that students involved in academic dishonesty, which includes plagiarism and fabrication, will, if found to have engaged in such behavior, will receive

3025-657: Was writing on issues related to Tempe (home of the ASU Tempe Campus), plagiarized and/or used facts and quotes without proper attribution, from the Phoenix Business Journal , Arizona Republic , and KNXV-TV (locally known as ABC15), among other news organizations. In addition, the paper's editorial board discovered that Velasco may have also concocted facts on at least one story. The State Press Editorial Board said Velasco's stories were retracted, and Velasco's relationship to The State Press

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