Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite was an American television journalist who anchored the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981 and became one of the country’s most trusted broadcasters.

Douglas Edwards: Douglas Edwards was an American journalist and the first anchor of the CBS television evening newscast. Edwards held the anchor desk before Cronkite took over in 1962.
Assassination of John F. Kennedy: John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. Cronkite’s live CBS coverage became a defining account of the national shock.
CBS Evening News: CBS Evening News is a television news program that has aired on CBS since 1948. Cronkite’s anchor tenure made the program a central source of national news.
Trust in mass media: Trust in mass media is the degree to which people consider news organizations and their reporting credible. Cronkite’s high public trust became a benchmark for broadcast journalists.
New Journalism: New Journalism is a style of nonfiction writing that uses literary techniques while reporting real events. Its openly literary approach contrasts with Cronkite’s restrained nightly-news presentation.
Dan Rather: Dan Rather is an American journalist who anchored the CBS Evening News from 1981 to 2005. Rather succeeded Cronkite as CBS’s evening-news anchor.
Apollo 11: Apollo 11 was the 1969 NASA mission that first landed humans on the Moon. Cronkite’s enthusiastic coverage made the lunar landing a landmark television event.
Television journalism: Television journalism gathers, verifies, and presents news through broadcast or streamed video. Cronkite’s career unfolded as television became a dominant news medium.
Public opinion: Public opinion is the distribution of attitudes or judgments held by a population about an issue. His Vietnam commentary became linked to claims about media influence on opinion.
Opinion journalism: Opinion journalism presents arguments or personal judgments about public affairs rather than limiting itself to straight reporting. Cronkite’s news-anchor role rested on a distinction from explicitly opinion-led commentary.

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