walter cronkite school of journalism and mass communication

eyyjordan · 05-02-2009, 01:59 AM

opinions? how is the downtown campus?

eyyjordan · 07-29-2009, 06:01 PM

anyone?

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christalena2 · 07-30-2009, 02:51 AM

I have a few friends in the program.

It's tough because you have to balance regular schoolwork, journalism assignments, and the strive to complete internships or jobs within the field, which can be very competitive. But if you're good, you will do well, and the school has great resources and connections.

Downtown Campus isn't all it's cracked up to be, but it's growing both thanks to the ASU presence and the fact that the metro light rail runs right through it, connecting Phoenix and Tempe. Downtown Phoenix has its pluses with cultural centers, museums, sports arenas, theatre venues, galleries, etc. However, A couple friends who lived there (Taylor Place) said that it's pretty dead at night on weekdays, especially when you're under 21, but now that you can hop on the light rail, and with its new extended hours, it should get easier to get around. We'll just have to see.

KansasGirl · 08-08-2009, 06:04 PM

It's a great program, it's just not on the main campus. It's near the newspaper, tv stations, etc - but it's hard to have a real ASU experience, because you are downtown. LIght rail is one thing - but don't even try to drive to the main campus - the traffic in Phoenix is terrible. All the frats and sorrorities are on the main campus - so it would be hard to pledge and be in the program. Not impossible - but hard.

myu821 · 09-01-2009, 11:19 PM

compared to mizzou's journalism school, how is it? and is it at all competitive to get into cronkite?

eyyjordan · 09-09-2009, 04:17 AM

as of now, if you are a decent student, you're in. I think that the cronkite school is going to be harder to get into a couple of years down the road because it is so new and innovative. The facilities say it all. No journalism school i visited compared to the facilities that we have in phoenix.