Cronkite Week starts today!

The journalism school at Arizona State University celebrates 50 years this month.

A whole range of events, here. Topics cover Free Press in the Digital Age, A First Amendment Forum, TV Journalism, Business Journalism etc.

This month, the Cronkite school will also award Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil, the PBS news anchors, the prestigious 2008 Cronkite Award. Past winners have included Tom Brokaw, Hane Pauley and Helen Thomas