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Walter Cronkite
A Lifetime Reporting the News
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The legendary Walter Cronkite, interviewed by the Smithsonian's Marc Pachter, reveals how his early career as a reporter prepared him for broadcast journalism and shares his impressions of today's news coverage.
Walter Cronkite's extraordinary journalistic career began during the depths of the great depression. At the age of 18, he joined the Daily Texan newspaper to report on events from the state capitol. Later, after a brief stint in radio, Mr. Cronkite became a correspondent for United Press International, reporting on World War II from both North Africa and Europe. After the war he covered the Nuremberg War Trials and then served as United Press bureau chief in Moscow.
His career with CBS News began in 1950 as a correspondent covering the Korean War. He soon moved into television and spent 19 years as the anchorman for the "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite." He covered the Civil Rights movement, the John F. Kennedy assassination, the first moon walk, and earned the reputation as "the most trusted man in America."
Upon retirement as anchorman in 1981, Mr. Cronkite continued to serve as a CBS News special correspondent and a member of the network's board of directors. He also hosted various television programs, including "Walter Cronkite's 20th Century" and "The Cronkite Report." At the age of eighty, Mr. Cronkite published his autobiography, entitled A Reporter's Life.
He is also the author of:
- Fighting for the First Amendment
Hardcover - 248 pages (September 1997)
This program was recorded December 5, 1996 at the Smithsonian Institution
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