“And that’s the way it is. This is Walter Cronkite, CBS News; Good Night.” – The Story of a Broadcast Journalist Legend

Cronkite’s Educational Background

Cronkite interest in journalism started when he worked on the staff of the school newspaper at Sidney Lanier Middle School. He was also in charge of a paper route for the Houston post. Cronkite became interested in politics after he attended the Democratic National Convention in Houston and the Republican National Convention in Kansas City.

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08/05/1952. Walter Cronkite. TV commentator at work. Photo shows him holding headphone up to listen to incoming directions. Television monitors in background.

Cronkite was inspired to become a journalist by a professional newspaperman who volunteered at the school. Walter graduated from college in 1933 and got admitted at the University of Texas in Austin. At the University of Texas, he had terrible grades but still kept his interest in journalism alive.

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