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Walter Cronkite: The Man Who Won America’s Trust
Like every child, Walter Cronkite had a dream. His dream was to be a reporter. In fact it started by reading a foreign magazine. During his career years, Walter Cronkite was an anchor, a trend-setter, and America’s most trusted man.
Walter Cronkite was born in St Joseph, Missouri, on November 4th, 1916. He lived in Kansas City until he was ten and moved to Texas. Walter attended San Jacinto High School where he edited the high school newspaper. This inspired him to follow his dream. He left the University of Texas in junior year, to fulfill his dream. Cronkite began his career as a news writer and editor for Scripps Howard and United Press. He started at the Houston Post in 1935 and later he joined the Midwestern radio. He was a correspondent for United Press during World War II. In 1950 he joined CBS as a television correspondent. He was named anchor of the “CBS Evening News” in 1962, and the following year launched network television’s first 30-minute newscast.
Before he started reporting stories of the Vietnam War, he was known for many other stories too-such as the first American space flight. But what brought him the most popularity was being the first to reporting John F. Kennedy’s Assassination. That’s not all; he went to Paris to broadcast the Vietnam Peace Talk and covered the assassination of Robert Kennedy.
After becoming America’s favorite reporter, he became the most trusted man. Even President Lyndon Johnson concluded that if he lost Cronkite, he lost the war. After Cronkite toured Vietnam, during T.E.T, he came to deliver that “America is losing the war”.
When the war was over, America decided to show their love for Cronkite. A school of journalism and mass communication was named after him in the Arizona State University. He was voted the most trusted man. And was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter. He was also inducted into the academy of Science and Television Arts. He
Like every child, Walter Cronkite had a dream. His dream was to be a reporter. In fact it started by reading a foreign magazine. During his career years, Walter Cronkite was an anchor, a trend-setter, and America’s most trusted man.
Walter Cronkite was born in St Joseph, Missouri, on November 4th, 1916. He lived in Kansas City until he was ten and moved to Texas. Walter attended San Jacinto High School where he edited the high school newspaper. This inspired him to follow his dream. He left the University of Texas in junior year, to fulfill his dream. Cronkite began his career as a news writer and editor for Scripps Howard and United Press. He started at the Houston Post in 1935 and later he joined the Midwestern radio. He was a correspondent for United Press during World War II. In 1950 he joined CBS as a television correspondent. He was named anchor of the “CBS Evening News” in 1962, and the following year launched network television’s first 30-minute newscast.
Before he started reporting stories of the Vietnam War, he was known for many other stories too-such as the first American space flight. But what brought him the most popularity was being the first to reporting John F. Kennedy’s Assassination. That’s not all; he went to Paris to broadcast the Vietnam Peace Talk and covered the assassination of Robert Kennedy.
After becoming America’s favorite reporter, he became the most trusted man. Even President Lyndon Johnson concluded that if he lost Cronkite, he lost the war. After Cronkite toured Vietnam, during T.E.T, he came to deliver that “America is losing the war”.
When the war was over, America decided to show their love for Cronkite. A school of journalism and mass communication was named after him in the Arizona State University. He was voted the most trusted man. And was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter. He was also inducted into the academy of Science and Television Arts. He