Rick Rodriguez
Professor of Practice,
Southwest Borderlands Initiative
Other ASU affiliations
Journalism & Mass Comm
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Phone: 602-496-6884
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CRONK 302 555 N. Central Ave. Suite 302 Phoenix, AZ 85004-2020
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Mail code: 2020Campus: Dtphx
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Long Bio
Rick Rodriguez is an expert in journalism, media ethics and investigative reporting. He is known nationally as a champion of watchdog journalism and newsroom diversity.
He teaches courses in Latino and transnational issues, providing students with a better understanding of immigration, health care, politics and cross-border conflict and cooperation.
Rodriguez also teaches ethics courses, using journalism ethical perspectives to generate conversations about contemporary dilemmas surrounding the news media.
He is the former executive editor and senior vice president of The Sacramento Bee and joined the Cronkite School as the professor of the Southwest Borderlands Initiative.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JMC 366 | Media Ethics |
| MCO 505 | Depth Reporting |
| JMC 470 | Depth Reporting |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MCO 535 | Latino and Transnational Issue |
| JMC 435 | Latino and Transnational Issue |
| JMC 366 | Media Ethics |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JMC 366 | Journalism Ethics & Diversity |
| MCO 505 | Depth Reporting |
| JMC 470 | Depth Reporting |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MCO 535 | Latino and Transnational Issue |
| JMC 435 | Latino and Transnational Issue |
| JMC 366 | Journalism Ethics & Diversity |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JMC 366 | Journalism Ethics & Diversity |
| MCO 505 | Depth Reporting |
| JMC 470 | Depth Reporting |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MCO 535 | Latino and Transnational Issue |
| JMC 435 | Latino and Transnational Issue |
| JMC 366 | Journalism Ethics & Diversity |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JMC 366 | Journalism Ethics & Diversity |
| MCO 505 | Depth Reporting |
| JMC 470 | Depth Reporting |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MCO 535 | Latino and Transnational Issue |
| JMC 435 | Latino and Transnational Issue |
| JMC 366 | Journalism Ethics & Diversity |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JMC 366 | Journalism Ethics & Diversity |
| MCO 505 | Depth Reporting |
| JMC 470 | Depth Reporting |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MCO 535 | Latino and Transnational Issue |
| JMC 435 | Latino and Transnational Issue |
| MCO 530 | Hist,Phil&Ethics of Journalism |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JMC 366 | Journalism Ethics & Diversity |
| MCO 505 | Depth Reporting |
| JMC 470 | Depth Reporting |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MCO 535 | Latino and Transnational Issue |
| JMC 435 | Latino and Transnational Issue |
| JMC 366 | Journalism Ethics & Diversity |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |
| MCO 366 | Media Ethics and Diversity |