Penny Walker is news director in the ASU Office of Media Relations and Strategic Communications. Specifically, she runs the team at ASU News (https://news.asu.edu/), the storytelling/newsroom branch of the department. The reporters, photographers and videographers of ASU News cover the discoveries, outreach and impact of members of the ASU community. Got a story tip? Email [email protected].
Before joining ASU in 2015, Penny worked at The Arizona Republic for 16 years in a variety of roles — mainly on the editing side — in sports, news and features. She grew up in Phoenix but attended the University of Kansas, earning her BS in journalism (rock chalk!).
In her free time when she isn't procrastinating her next novel, she enjoys reading, overanalyzing things and knitting while binge-watching something from the sci-fi or costume-epic realms.