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The 27 pages that link to Walter Cronkite, each with the reason it gives.

• Associated PressRelated: Cronkite’s early work at AP illustrates the wire service’s role as a training ground for journalists.

• Edward R. MurrowRelated: Cronkite followed Murrow as a leading CBS news figure in television.

• Tet OffensiveRelated: His post-Tet broadcast questioning a military victory became a symbol of changing U.S. opinion.

• University of Texas at AustinRelated: His career is among the university’s prominent alumni stories.

• American journalismRelated: His prominence illustrates television journalism's role in shaping shared national accounts of events.

• International broadcastingRelated: His reporting reached foreign audiences through the expansion of American television news abroad.

• Television presenterRelated: His trusted news presentation became a benchmark for the American anchorman.

• CBS NewsRelated: His anchoring made him the best-known public face of CBS News for nearly two decades.

• Tom BrokawCompared with: Cronkite's earlier era shaped the public expectations Brokaw inherited for television news anchors.

• CBS Evening NewsRelated: His tenure made the anchor’s role central to the program’s public identity.

• Radio personalityRelated: His radio career illustrates how broadcast personalities could move across media.

• Television news anchorRelated: His coverage of major events helped establish the anchor as a trusted national voice.

• Dan RatherRelated: Cronkite preceded Rather as CBS’s most prominent evening-news anchor.

• William WestmorelandRelated: Cronkite’s 1968 assessment of the war challenged the optimism associated with Westmoreland’s briefings.

• David BrinkleyRelated: Cronkite’s rival network newscast provides a contemporary comparison to Brinkley’s work.

• Peter JenningsCompared with: Cronkite's earlier model of the trusted anchorman provides a contrast with Jennings's more international profile.

• Katie CouricCompared with: Couric inherited the same CBS anchor role, though television news and its audience had changed substantially.

• NewsweekRelated: His public disagreement with Newsweek over Vietnam showed how magazines could shape political debate.

• Ernie PyleRelated: Cronkite’s front-line reporting provides a broadcast counterpart to Pyle’s newspaper columns.

• News presenterBroader topic: His authoritative reporting helped define the American television news anchor.

• Ed BradleyRelated: Cronkite’s era at CBS overlapped with Bradley’s early reporting career.

• History of journalismRelated: His prominence reflects television’s rise as a central source of public news.

• Siege of Khe SanhRelated: His televised reporting from Vietnam reflected growing public doubt during the Tet period.

• United Press InternationalRelated: He worked for United Press before becoming a prominent television anchor.

• Howard K. SmithRelated: Cronkite and Smith became prominent CBS television journalists in the same era.

• Martin AgronskyRelated: Cronkite represents the network-news institution in which Agronsky built his reputation.

• Paul HarveyRelated: Cronkite represents the television news era that developed alongside Harvey’s radio career.