Cronkite News Lab

Cronkite News Lab Hello! We’re Cronkite News Lab, a local TV news innovation hub based out of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

We're gearing up for our debut session on Strategic Communication for Uncertain Times hosted at Thunderbird School of Gl...
08/23/2022

We're gearing up for our debut session on Strategic Communication for Uncertain Times hosted at Thunderbird School of Global Management! Have you registered?

This program will provide professionals with the tools to examine how brands can respond in a dynamic environment, leveraging the last several years while looking into the future of strategic communication

Gain new skills and stay up to date on the latest industry trends through our events and programs. Listen to one of our ...
08/18/2022

Gain new skills and stay up to date on the latest industry trends through our events and programs. Listen to one of our instructors Fernanda Santos talk about .

CronkitePro allows professionals in media and communications to accelerate their careers and grow their skill sets. Through events and programs, you can gain...

Is it time to reconsider how open we should be with our staff bios and contact information?
07/08/2022

Is it time to reconsider how open we should be with our staff bios and contact information?

Sharing contact information helps reporters gain followers and receive story tips. It also opens them up to online harassment.

Have you heard? Votebeat is launching as a permanent newsroom.
07/01/2022

Have you heard? Votebeat is launching as a permanent newsroom.

"How do you produce journalism that strengthens elections? That’s the question that runs through my mind every day."

The series"Crime Without Punishment" is a collaboration between the CBS News Investigative Unit and the CBS Local News I...
06/30/2022

The series"Crime Without Punishment" is a collaboration between the CBS News Investigative Unit and the CBS Local News Innovation Lab launched in January.

‘Crime Without Punishment’ series looks at the steady decline in solved homicides

This free online group seminar will help at any stage in their career develop story ideas to better cover gun violence...
06/29/2022

This free online group seminar will help at any stage in their career develop story ideas to better cover gun violence and the gun debate in their communities.

This free online group seminar will help journalists develop story ideas to better cover gun violence and the gun debate in their communities.

No surprise here! About 7 in 10 journalists in the U.S. (69%) say Twitter is the social media site they use most or seco...
06/29/2022

No surprise here! About 7 in 10 journalists in the U.S. (69%) say Twitter is the social media site they use most or second most for their job.

The social media sites that journalists use most frequently for their jobs differ from those that the public turns to for news.

If we want to preserve public trust, the best thing we can do is tell the truth.
06/28/2022

If we want to preserve public trust, the best thing we can do is tell the truth.

The pursuit of the appearance of objectivity (as opposed to focusing on truthful and contextual reporting of the news) has always been a cynical public relations tactic, one that came to prominence at a time when the industry — and who works in it — looked very different than it does today. Perf...

Doing this story justice requires empathy, nuance and sustained, long-term attention.
06/27/2022

Doing this story justice requires empathy, nuance and sustained, long-term attention.

It’s tempting to focus on the political battles. But at heart, the new reality of abortion access is about medical care and health equity.

Young people don’t just have different news behaviors than older groups. They also have different *attitudes* toward the...
06/24/2022

Young people don’t just have different news behaviors than older groups. They also have different *attitudes* toward the news and how it’s practiced.

Social natives ≠ digital natives.

While many of these kinds of initiatives will sound familiar to educators, this is the first effort of its kind to lis...
06/23/2022

While many of these kinds of initiatives will sound familiar to educators, this is the first effort of its kind to list them all in one place.

For the first time, an organization is tracking local news/student journalism partnerships in an effort to catalog and analyze them.

Fewer journalists in a community also means there are fewer people to fact-check those who are trying to promote a parti...
06/17/2022

Fewer journalists in a community also means there are fewer people to fact-check those who are trying to promote a particular message.

Why a portion of all internet ad sales should go to journalists’ salaries

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Discovering Innovation in TV News

Our mission at the Knight-Cronkite News Lab is to discover and share experiments from local TV newsrooms around the country, as well as to conduct some of our own.

We’re based at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University and supported by the Knight Foundation.

The Cronkite News Lab is focused on local TV news because it’s the most popular and most trusted source of news for Americans.