Cronkite grad returns to her ‘frontier’ home to tell stories of local communities (opens in new tab)

More than 3,600 miles separate Anchorage, Alaska, from Phoenix. That may seem daunting, but it’s a trip Madison Knutson was willing to make for an education at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.“I chose Cronkite because I knew the experiences would prepare me for my future career,” she said. “While working on my creative thesis for Barrett, The Honors College as an undergraduate, I created a podcast on missing and murdered Indigenous people. At that moment, I kne...