Distinguished filmmaker, scholar to join Cronkite School

Marcos Colón

Renowned documentary filmmaker Marcos Colón will join Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in the fall as the school’s Southwest Borderlands Initiative Professor of Media and Indigenous Communities. He starts on July 1.

The role is part of a larger programmatic strategy to elevate Indigenous issues and the role of the media in those communities, focusing on the complex intersections and relationships between media and the social, political, economic and cultural dimensions of Indigenous populations. Colón will teach documentary production, support Cronkite’s bilingual programs, conduct research and continue to produce world-class documentaries.

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