From Axios Phoenix to News21

State of play: Jessica is the new executive editor for the Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative at ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the school announced Tuesday.

• The program brings top students from journalism schools around the country to Cronkite each summer for a 10-week paid fellowship to report and produce major multimedia projects on topics of national importance.
• News21 fellows report on a wide range of topics, including voting, reproductive rights and clean water.
• This year's project, "Unsettled," examined America's housing crisis.

Catch up quick: Jessica, a 2015 Cronkite graduate, was a News21 fellow in 2014.

• She spent five months as part of a 29-person group reporting on the project "Gun Wars," an investigation of gun rights, regulations and culture in the U.S.

What they're saying: "I am so thankful that I've been able to have this wonderful career in journalism. But then to be welcomed back with open arms and get to help this next generation — hopefully surpass anything I've done — is just the most amazing gift and the most humbling experience of my life," Jessica said in the announcement.