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Cronkite

American  
[kron-kahyt, krong‑] / ˈkrɒn kaɪt, ˈkrɒŋ‑ /

noun

  1. Walter, 1916–2009, U.S. newscaster.


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Bradley recently graduated from Arizona State University’s Cronkite School with a master’s in mass communication and a digital audiences certificate, following a 2025 bachelor’s degree in journalism and business.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

Many of CBS’s most well-known newscasters, including Walter Cronkite and Eric Sevareid, who reported on the fall of Paris in 1940 live to Americans started on radio.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

During that time, many journalists chose to leave the CBS newsroom -- once home to famed US journalists Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow and a long reputation for excellence in American journalism.

From Barron's Mar. 2, 2026

A little side trip here to Walter Cronkite, whose name is being mentioned a lot.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 2026

Back in the United States, Cronkite put together Report from Vietnam: Who, What, When, Where, Why? and rushed it onto the air on February 27, 1968.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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