Camp Cronkite, our summer enrichment media camp, allows high schoolers to dive head-first into media right here at the Cronkite School. By day, Cronkite faculty, staff and student counselors lead campers in hands-on learning in our state-of-the-art building on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus.

Non-credit

Residential

Financial Aid

Camp Cronkite is where high school students from across the country come to grow their media skills—and get a taste of college life! Campers leave with real media skills and work to bolster (or kickstart!) their professional portfolios. Students are immersed in a variety of topics and skills within journalism and mass communication including digital journalism, broadcast journalism, sports journalism, digital marketing and so much more. At Camp Cronkite, students learn new approaches and get hands-on experience across a variety of media techniques. With tons of opportunities to grow one’s knowledge and skills, you will not want to miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime experience!

Campers report from the field, telling real stories in real time.

Camp Cronkite is where high schoolers from across the country come to grow their media skills—and get a taste of college! Students leave with real media skills and work to bolster (or kickstart!) their professional portfolios. Students choose their own Camp Cronkite adventure by selecting one of the following tracks:

1 - digital journalism (focuses on writing, photography, graphics and multimedia journalism)
2 - broadcast journalism (focuses on video, TV, audio and immersive journalism)
3 - sports media (focuses on sports journalism and team storytelling)

At Camp Cronkite, students learn approaches to reporting, pitching, storytelling and editing, and get hands-on experience across a variety of media techniques—video editing, photography, reporting and writing, script development, AR/VR media and more.

Camp session

Jun 23 - Jun 28

1 week

Residential

699 USD

The cost of Camp Cronkite includes all instruction, activities, meals, housing, camp T-shirt, technology access and supervision.

Financial Aid

Several scholarships based on financial need are available for campers. Please complete the financial need information within the camp application to be considered for a Camp Cronkite scholarship to help with the cost of the camp rate. Applicants offered a scholarship will be informed at the time of camp selection notification. If selected for a camp scholarship, the travel costs associated with getting to the camp will be the sole responsibility of the camper.