Cronkite struggled at the University of Texas due to bad grades, poor attendance, and a greater interest in his social life than his academic responsibilities. However, he kept his interest in journalism. He wrote freelance articles for the Houston Press , became a sports reporter for a local radio station, and spent a year working for a telegraph news service.
In Cronkite quit school and went to work for the Houston Press full time. In Cronkite took a job at the United Press UP telegraph news agency where he covered his first breaking story to make national headlines, a school explosion in New London, Texas. During this time he also served short stints as the radio announcer for the University of Oklahoma football team and as a manager for a small airline before becoming the UP bureau chief back home in Kansas City. There he married Betsy on March 22, After covering the Allied invasion of North Africa, he was assigned to London to report on the air war over Europe.
He flew on a bombing mission and manned gun turrets against German planes, went on a bombing run in the D-Day invasion, and covered the Battle of the Bulge after being dropped by a glider behind enemy lines with the st U.
Airborne Division. He then moved to Moscow as a foreign correspondent. He returned to Kansas City in for the birth of his first daughter, Nancy. Shortly after returning to Kansas City, Cronkite took his first television job covering news in Washington, DC, for a group of Midwestern stations. In he joined the new CBS television network.
He excelled at connecting with the television audience and decided to stick with television journalism after the birth of his second daughter, Kathy.
His skillful coverage of the congressional elections earned him a national reputation. Soon he was more famous than many of the candidates he was covering.
Cronkite anchored coverage of every political convention and national election except the Democratic National Convention for the next thirty years. He also interviewed every U.
His white hair and mustache gave him a distinguished look. Cronkite's reputation did not rest on appearance, however. He earned recognition and praise through hard work, a passion for accuracy, and an insistence on impartiality being neutral. Underlying that was a lifelong competitive spirit, which was moderated in front of the microphone and camera but which came out in his leisure activities of sailing, tennis, and race car driving. Cronkite was quite concerned with not becoming part of the story he was reporting.
He stated, "I built my reputation on honest, straight-forward reporting. To do anything else would be phony. I'd be selling myself and not the news. Kennedy — ; his broadcast pronouncement in , upon returning from Vietnam, that he doubted United States policy for that region could succeed; and his undeniable enthusiasm when Neil Armstrong — became the first person on the moon in Despite Cronkite's philosophy of detachment, he sometimes influenced the news, as in his televised interview with Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat — , which led Sadat to visit Israel and led Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin — to visit Egypt.
Cronkite was an unintentional news topic in , when John Anderson — , running as an independent presidential candidate, mentioned Cronkite as his likely running mate. Former Wisconsin governor Patrick Lucey wound up as Anderson's choice. The depth of respect for Cronkite's work is reflected in the numerous awards he has received: the Peabody for Radio and Television, the William Allen White Award for Journalistic Merit, as well as the Emmy.
In he became the second newsman, after Edward R. Murrow — , to be selected for the Television Hall of Fame. At his retirement Cronkite was the most commonly mentioned person on the "dream list" for lecturers at conventions, clubs, and college campuses. From the late s until he hosted Walter Cronkite's 20th Century, a daily, ninety-second account of same-day historical events. Privacy Preference Here you will find an overview of all cookies used. Essential 2. Statistics 1. External Media 7.
Borlabs Cookie. Google Tag Manager. Google Analytics. Cookie by Google used for website analytics. Generates statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Google Maps. Betsy and Cronkite would remain married until her death in Cronkite joined the United Press, an international news agency and wire service, in In , Walter was sent overseas to cover the events of World War II where he became known as one of the best American war reporters.
In his time overseas, Cronkite covered important events such as the Normany Invasion, the Seige of London, the North African campaigns, and the Battle of the Buldge during his time with the United Press. Cronkite served as anchor of the minute late-Sunday-evening newscast Up To the Minute from to From to , Cronkite hosted the CBS program You Are There which reenacted historical events using the format of an old news report.
Cronkite would interview guests while chatting with a lion puppet named Charlemane about the news.
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