Young Reporters Workshop SIGN UP TODAY It’s FREE!

Saturday, January 27, 2018 • 10:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 555 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004

Kids, have your parent or teacher call 1-866-639-7543 to sign up. Space is limited. Teachers may bring up to 20 students. Teachers, advisers and parents may also sign up to tour the Cronkite School!

Cronkite School Associate Dean Mark Lodato to Give Keynote Address

Mark Lodato is associate dean of the Cronkite School and associate general manager of Arizona PBS at ASU. As associate dean, Lodato leads undergraduate recruitment and retention efforts and supervises the Cronkite School’s broadcast and sports curriculum.

Dean Lodato will give the welcome and keynote address at the Young Reporters Workshop!

Former NYTimes Bureau Chief, Author to teach Reporting Workshop

Fernanda Santos spent 12 years at The New York Times, including five as its Phoenix Bureau chief. Her first book, “The Fire Line: The Story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots,” received the Western Writers of America 2017 Spur Award for Best First Nonfiction Book.

Santos, who is now a professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, will lead the reporting workshops at the Young Reporters Workshop on Jan. 27. 

The Young Reporters Program

gives students in grades 3 through 8 the opportunity to become true reporters. We ask reporters to submit an article bi-monthly. Young Reporters write news stories that are published in Bear Essential News. Teachers can attend and serve as YR Advisers for their school. 

The Workshop Will Get You Started!

At the workshop, kids will meet with professional journalists and will receive their Young Reporters Notepad, Bear Stylebook and Press Pass