State Press Play

Clubs and coalitions within the Cronkite School aim to bring diversity to the forefront of students and staff's minds to change the journalism industry. Nicole Shinn, the Co-President of the Multicultural Student Journalist Coalition and Vice President of the ASU chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists shares her perspective on how the journalism industry can become more diverse.

ASU students who have not been on campus since the Spring 2020 semester are getting chosen for random COVID-19 testing.

ASU stated at the beginning of the school year that students are required to get tested if they have been randomly selected, and off-campus students are worried that coming to campus just for the sake of taking a random COVID-19 test could put them at risk. Off-campus ASU students Sukhmani Singh, TaMeia Murphy and Crystal Grassi share their perspectives of how they felt when they were selected for random COVID-19 testing.

Note: This podcast was updated on Nov. 8, 2020 with new information.

In this episode of State Press Play, podcaster Travis Roberston sits down with two ASU community members, Ross Satchell and Dr. April Miller, to find out more about their experience as people who cannot vote in the 2020 election, despite currently living in America.

For ASU Fine Arts majors, missing half of their spring semester was only the first of many cancelations that COVID-19 brought for them. Maggie Reynolds, a sophomore Music Therapy major, sits down with podcaster Autriya Maneshni to share her perspective on what's like to be Fine Arts major during a global pandemic.

The fast-paced news cycle of today can leave people overwhelmed by information. A course on media literacy is being offered worldwide through the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication to educate individuals on how to be responsible consumers of news. On this episode, podcaster Stefano Contreras sits down with mediactive course instructors and students to gain insight into the world of media literacy.

Autriya Maneshni interviews two students from the class of 2021 to find out what it is like to be a senior during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some ASU students are taking time off from school due to COVID-19. Podcast reporter Rachel Kennedy sits down with three ASU students to discuss deferring scholarships, the unintended consequences and benefits of postponing their education, and how they're feeling about their decisions.