Walter Cronkite

Once known as “the most trusted man in America,” this legendary journalist was a network news mainstay for decades.

 

Recent entries

At home in the Hub City (Hattiesburg American) — 2 hours ago

The tall, slightly bent man with salt-and-pepper hair glides to a stop in his golf cart, club in hand, as birds sing in nearby pines and live oaks. It is a much slower pace for a man who has touched the stars.

Conway to speak at FHU dinner (The Jackson Sun) — 3 hours ago

Actor Tim Conway, best known for his comedic performance on the Carol Burnett Show, will be Freed-Hardeman University's 44th annual Advisory Board Benefit Dinner speaker.

Vegas stripper, 80, still classy (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) — 3 hours ago

LAS VEGAS – Tempest Storm is fuming. Her fingers tremble with frustration. They are aged, knotted by arthritis and speckled with purple spots under paper skin.

Never a Grind (Las Vegas Review-Journal) — 3 hours ago

Tempest Storm, an 80-year-old burlesque dancer, heads to the stage to perform at the Burlesque Hall of Fame's annual All-Star Burlesque Weekend held recently at the Palms.

Cronkite School taking journalism on the road (The Arizona Republic) — 6 hours ago

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication is hitting the road to bring journalism to high-school students around the state.

Mudd provides inside look at CBS, TV news' glory days (Deseret Morning News) — 7 hours ago

During the 1960s and 1970s, Roger Mudd was one of several high-profile television correspondents for CBS News in the days when CBS was always No. 1.

Where the news IS the story: D.C.'s Newseum celebrates journalism's role in society (The Sharon Herald) — 8 hours ago

Reporters are a motley crew. We’re not all pretty to look at ’ like NBC’s Ann Curry ’ and sometimes we’re annoying, calling people at all hours of the day and night asking questions, questions that people may not want to answer.

Balloon champ recalls flight with Cronkite (The Hamilton Journal News) — 8 hours ago

To be a successful hot air balloonist is to be good at crunching numbers, but pilot Al Nels of Beavercreek may be even more of a mathematician than most.

Balloon champ recalls flight with Cronkite (Middletown Journal) — 8 hours ago

To be a successful hot air balloonist is to be good at crunching numbers, but pilot Al Nels of Beavercreek may be even more of a mathematician than most.

Holland joins ATR staff (Americus Times-Recorder) — 9 hours ago

There is a new face in town, and it belongs to Americus Times-Recorder’s news and education editor, Rebecca L. (Becky) Holland. Holland, who brings over 13 years of journalism experience to the table, began work on July 10 for the newspaper.


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