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Week 14, peer EOTO

 Walter Cronkite




During our peer presentations I specifically learned so much about Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. who was an American broadcast journalist who was the anchorman for CBS Evening News for 19 years. 

I learned that Cronkite truly started his career from the bottom, and did not even have a college degree. Extensively covering WWI and many high-profile assassinations, Cronkite was a huge name for all of those reading and watching the news.

A fun fact I learned was that the FBI has a file on every one, apparently, except Walter Cronkite, whose file has mysteriously never been found or created, and no one knows why.

He was one of the most trusted voices in journalism of his day, and probably ours. Still respected for his work and research Cronkite is an amazing example of how to leave your legacy in the journalism world.

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