1916-
News Anchorman

The Newsman.

During the 1960s Walter Cronkite became the most respected television newscaster in the United States. As the news figure most associated with the biggest news stories of the 1960s — the Kennedy assassination, the Vietnam War, and the Apollo 11 moon landing — Cronkite was renowned for his honesty, character, and lack of affectation. In 1973 he was voted "the most trusted man in America."

Early Career.

After a wide-ranging career as a print and radio journalist that began in 1933, Cronkite became anchorman of the CBS Evening News on 16 April 1962. He oversaw the expansion of the CBS Evening News from fifteen minutes to thirty minutes on 2 September 1963, featuring an interview with President John F. Kennedy on the first half-hour show. On 22 November 1963 the most significant event in the history of television news to that time occurred: the assassination of President Kennedy.

Covering the Assassination.