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Cronkite Sports Live

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Cronkite Sports Live hits the web every Friday at 4pm from September through May. Check out CSL for all of the latest Sun Devil sporting news as we breakdown storylines like no other in the valley.

Meet the Team

Our Team

Our team is comprised of only students of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Troy Tauscher

Executive Producer

Troy Tauscher is in his second semester as executive producer and his sixth semester of involvement with Cronkite Sports Live. He started from the very bottom of the organization and worked his way up to managing WCSN’s flagship show. Along with producing, Troy can also be found covering NBA and ASU basketball and softball, or yelling at whatever piece of technology is broken that day. Above all, Troy’s proudest accomplishment is breaking a two-year chain of executive producers whose names start with the letter “B.”

Alexandra Cook

Associate Producer

Alexandra Cook is a freshman at ASU who is double majoring in sports journalism at the Cronkite School and statistics. She has been involved with State Press as a videographer, the Walter Cronkite Sports Network as associate producer, and photographer/writer for Fashion Journalism Club. Alexandra has experience working behind the scenes in the news room and in the edit bays creating packages and graphics. She is passionate about her work, has meticulous attention to detail and is determined to put forth all her effort into producing her best work. Alexandra has aspirations of become a technical producer or director for a sports news network. Even though she is often behind the scenes, do not underestimate her knowledge of the game.

Nicholas Badders

Technical Producer & Director

Nicholas Badders is a sophomore sports journalism student at the Cronkite School with aspirations of become a professional baseball play-by-play broadcaster. He has been involved with the Walter Cronkite Sports Network since he stepped foot on campus, having served as as an associate producer for Cronkite Sports Live in the spring as a freshman and has since risen to become the club’s President. Badders can be found in front of and behind the camera, either as talent on the show, in the control room directing or in the edit bays working on graphics for the show.

About Us

Cronkite Sports Live is in its ninth season as the original and premier live studio show devoted to covering Arizona State athletics. In its five years of existence, Cronkite Sports Live has earned national recognition as one of the top college sports shows in the country, including the 2016 SVG/NACDA College Sports Media Award for “Outstanding Live Studio/Remote Hosted Programming.” The show has been nominated for the award each of the last three years. CSL airs every Friday on our YouTube channel.

OUR MISSION To provide practical and comprehensive live-production experience for aspiring sports journalists and broadcasters at Arizona State University.

ABOUT Cronkite Sports Live is the premier live studio show dedicated to covering athletics at Arizona State University. It is completely student-run and airs LIVE on Friday afternoons during the fall and spring semesters.

The show began in the fall of 2013 when members of the Walter Cronkite Sports Network, a student organization at ASU, wanted to create a new opportunity for students at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Cronkite Sports Live has been going strong ever since, providing competitive opportunities to aspiring anchors, reporters and producers every step of the way.

VALUES Provide an intense, near-professional and hands-on learning experience for all, constantly strive to find new and innovative ways to deliver content, deliver storylines Sun Devil fans will not get anywhere else, capitalize on the freedom we have as a student-run show and always appreciate the opportunities provided by the Cronkite School.

Questions? Contact the producers at CronkiteSports1@gmail.com

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