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Top editor sharpens focus on Latino news coverage
Rick Rodriguez, former executive editor of the Sacramento Bee and the first Latino president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, is joining the faculty of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Rodriguez, 53, will be the school’s Southwest Borderlands Initiative Professor and hold the faculty rank of professor of practice. He joins the faculty March 3.
“Rick Rodriguez is one of the leading editors of his generation, a national voice who has always championed great journalism and in-depth, investigative news reporting,” said Cronkite Dean Christopher Callahan. “He has been a teacher in the newsroom for more than 30 years, and now our students will benefit enormously from his passion, values and integrity.”
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United Way campaign edges nearer to goal
The ASU United Way campaign for 2007 is almost history – but not quite yet. Funds are still dribbling in, and the goal of $775,000 is still within reach.
The campaign total as of Jan. 3 is $772,000, says Wilma Mathews, ASU’s campaign manager.
Even though the ASU community is $3,000 short of its goal, $772,000 is nothing to be ashamed of, Mathews says. In fact, it’s something for the ASU community to be proud of: In comparison, last year’s total was $714,927.
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