Open-rank clinical professor (sports digital reporting and editing)

Description

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University seeks an experienced and innovative sports journalist to teach and lead a team of advanced undergraduate and graduate students in reporting, writing, editing and publishing digital sports content in the Cronkite News Phoenix Sports Bureau.

 The CN Phoenix Sports Bureau is a capstone course for students completing bachelor’s or master’s degrees in sports journalism. Based in the heart of downtown Phoenix, the Sports Bureau offers unparalleled access to one of the most vibrant sports markets in the country. Students cover professional, collegiate and high school athletics while producing multiplatform content—text, photo, video and social media —for Cronkite News and professional outlets nationwide. Reporters work on both daily and enterprise stories, producing deep, nuanced coverage of the defining issues of our time.

 This faculty role combines editorial leadership, mentorship and teaching, ensuring students develop professional-level skills in digital journalism while maintaining the highest standards of accuracy, fairness and thoroughness. Success in this position is measured by the success of students, who apply knowledge and skills from previous courses in this rigorous, newsroom experience, preparing to excel as leaders across sports media industries.

 The successful candidate for this position will be a sports journalist of the highest caliber with strong digital editing experience, a creative thinker who is comfortable in a highly energized news environment, and a student-first instructor inspired by the future of sports media.

 As a member of the Cronkite School faculty, the professor will have teaching and service responsibilities. In this role, there are no research or creative activity responsibilities.

 This is a full-time, benefits-eligible, 12-month (not academic year) position on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix Campus, with a faculty rank based on qualifications and experience. This position is not eligible for tenure.

  Essential Responsibilities

●      Leading, editing, teaching and mentoring a team of upper-level undergraduate and graduate journalism students in a full-time, daily news environment in the Cronkite School’s Phoenix Sports Bureau on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus

●      Coaching students through the ideation and reporting of compelling sports daily and enterprise stories

●      Guiding students in covering Arizona’s professional and collegiate teams, as well as high-profile events such as MLB Cactus League spring training, 2026 FIFA World Cup events, Olympics, WM Phoenix Open, and the 2026 NCAA Women’s Final Four, among others.

●      Providing rigorous editing and feedback on student work in preparation for publication on the Cronkite News website, as well as for distribution to more than 150 clients across the country

●      Managing daily story assignments together with fellow Cronkite News faculty, and collaboratively planning, managing and producing innovative and professional digital sports content

●      Fostering a culture of innovation

●      Collaborating with other newsroom faculty, students and staff to produce compelling storytelling across platforms

●      Performing service both internally (e.g., committee assignments, student recruitment) and externally (e.g. professional workshops, contest judging)

●      Performing other duties as assigned

About the Cronkite News Phoenix Sports Bureau

The Cronkite News Phoenix Sports Bureau is located in a state-of-the-art newsroom walking distance from stadiums that house the MLB’s Arizona Diamondbacks, the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury. Students work at least two full days a week, producing sports video, photos and text for professional media outlets and Cronkite News. Students go on to become award-winning sports journalists, broadcasters and media professionals. Inside the Cronkite News Phoenix Sports Bureau, students are not just learning about sports journalism—they’re living it.

About the Cronkite School

The Cronkite School is widely recognized as one of the nation’s premier colleges of journalism and mass communication. Rooted in the time-honored values that characterize its namesake – accuracy, responsibility, integrity – the school fosters excellence and ethics among students as they master the professional skills they need to succeed in the digital media world of today and tomorrow.

Located on ASU’s Downto