Walter Cronkite was the most famous journalist of his time, the personification of success in his beloved profession, with all that brought with it: a journalism school named for him, a Presidential ...

This article is part of The Poynter 50, a series reflecting on 50 moments and people that shaped journalism over the past half-century — and continue to influence its future. As Poynter celebrates its ...

President Barack Obama speaks during a memorial service for CBS newsman Walter Cronkite at the Lincoln Center in New York City on Sept. 9, 2009. Cronkite, a Missouri native, is back in the news ...

Ask anyone over the age of 40, and he or she will likely say that the last great American broadcast journalist was Walter Cronkite. From 1937 until 1981, Cronkite reported on many important events in ...

Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are solely the opinion of the writer and not the Daily Journal. Readers of my generation will have no trouble remembering Walter Cronkite. He was a plain-looking, ...

After an astonishing concession to a sitting president, the country’s most popular television news program faces the prospect of new ownership and a chilled environment for the First Amendment. By ...

At the star-studded Walter Cronkite tribute at Lincoln Center today, Tom Brokaw leaned on the comedy, recalling a call he received from Cronkite. Didn’t recognize the voice at first. “Who is this?

The story of Chattanooga's environmental renaissance has become a point of pride for the city as that transformation has unfolded over the past half century. Like the Incline Railway, the Choo Choo, ...

NEW YORK, July 23 -- He reached tens of millions in his heyday, but here within the magnificent stone-and-brick church on Park Avenue, it was 1,000 invited guests -- some famous, some family, all ...