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Cronkite left college in his junior year, in the fall term of 1935, [13] after starting a series of newspaper reporting jobs covering news and sports. [16] . He entered broadcasting as a radio announcer for WKY in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
From the anchor chair of the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, he reported on the most traumatic and triumphant moments of American life in the 1960s, from the assassination of U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy in 1963 to the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Walter quit college in 1935, before completing his degree, to take up a full-time career in newspaper reporting. Within a year, he gained entry into the broadcasting industry as an announcer for ‘WKY’ radio station in Oklahoma.
He took a part-time job with the Houston Post newspaper. This set him on a professional career which led him to leave college after two years to serve in several different journalism jobs, including general reporter for the Post, radio announcer in Kansas City, Missouri, and sportscaster in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Cronkite visited Vietnam in July 1965, flew on a combat mission, and even expressed embarrassment about some skeptical, younger reporters who questioned the accuracy of official information...
- Chester Pach
Aug 7, 2019 · Walter Cronkite was a journalist who defined the role of network anchorman during the decades when television news rose from being the neglected stepchild of radio to a dominant form of journalism. Cronkite became a legendary figure and was often called "the most trusted man in America."
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Nov 4, 2016 · It turns out that he did: Cronkite did indeed have an FBI file that should be publicly accessible under the Freedom of Information Act. But as USA Today reports , the FBI destroyed part of ...
