He was a plain-looking, partially bald “newsman,” unlike the Hollywood-attractive news presenters found today on every channel. Cronkite rarely smiled, and I can’t remember him ever delivering one of the feel-good stories that are woven into newscasts today to balance the darker news stories.

Chicago news legend and award-winning journalist Bill Kurtis about being interviewed for a new documentary about his former colleague, CBS anchor Walter Cronkite. "Eye on the World: The Rise of Walter Cronkite and the CBS Evening News" is a two-hour ...

NEW YORK -- Walter Cronkite, the premier TV anchorman of the networks’ golden age who reported a tumultuous time with reassuring authority and came to be called “the most trusted man in America,” has died. He was 92. CBS vice president Linda Mason ...

"CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King was presented with the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication on Tuesday. The award, which is named for the late CBS ...

"Walter Cronkite was an icon of American journalism who shaped his profession in countless ways during his decades on the air. Tonight, his family is in our thoughts and prayers." ABC News President David Westin: "Walter Cronkite set an example for all ...

Tony Dokoupil, Bari Weiss' pick to try to turn around the ratings-challenged "CBS Evening News," vowed that the nightly news program he will anchor starting next week will be "more accountable and more transparent" than under legendary broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite.

It was supposed to be a bold introduction to the nation for its newest evening news anchor. CBS News was going to unveil Tony Dokoupil as the heir to Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite by flying, by private jet,