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Cronkite senior associate dean kristin gilger left and julia wallace right, frank chair in the business of journalism at cronkite, are on tour. Douglas brinkley presents the definitive, revealing biography of an american legend. Douglas brinkley, spoke at the walter cronkite school of journalism and mass communication on monday, december 10, 2012. The cronkite story has become part of a much larger, declineofthenews narrativethe narrative that the new hbo series newsroom is built on, for example, and that cronkites deposed. Walter cronkite had always been more comfortable delivering the news than making it. Inspiring individuals to take action for a better world by walter cronkite david kriegercarah ong and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The veteran broadcaster despised his successor at cbs and. To watch the full interview with walt cronkite and maurice isserman, click on the player above. Former cbs news anchorman walter cronkite hosts the 61st annual peabody awards at the waldorfastoria hotel in new york on may 20, 2002. July 17, 2009 walter cronkite died at age 92 on july 17, 2009. He joined cbs as a korean war correspondent, and as cbs evening news anchor for almost two decades he retired in 1981, pushed out, he says, by a new. Walter cronkite is an american journalist and radio and television news broadcaster who became one of an outstanding group of correspondents and commentators that the columbia broadcasting system cbs news developed after world war ii 193945. New biography of cbs newsman walter cronkite dents his halo culture. See all books authored by walter cronkite, including a reporters life, and south by.
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His memoir is a short course on the flow of events in the second half of this centuryevents the world knows more about because of walter cronkite s work. November 4, 1916 july 17, 2009 was an american broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the cbs evening news for 19 years 19621981. Throughout his early career, cronkite worked with newspapers. Cronkite s coverage of the 1964 republican convention was judged so verbose and lackluster that the cbs chairman william paley yanked him. Hurricane katrina, new orleans, and the mississippi gulf coast received the.
May 17, 2012 walter cronkite wanted to destroy dan rather out of jealousy that he was younger and making more money than him, a new book claims. Raised in houston, texas, he decided to become a journalist after reading a magazine article about a foreign correspondent. Cronkite, a biography by douglas brinkley the new york times. Walter cronkite has 66 books on goodreads with 19800 ratings. The new york historical society has chosen brinkley as its official u. His world war ii letters home, will be available in stores tuesday. Walter cronkite, american journalist and pioneer of tv news programming who was known as the most trusted man in america. Nor was cbs evening news with walter cronkite always the most watched.
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