Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Journalism and the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. The Cronkite School recently made its programs available to online students. Cronkite Students have traditionally served as paramount members of each of Arizona State University's student media divisions, particularly State Press and KASC. Cronkite Students also serve as reports for the university independent Downtown Devil. Cronkite Students also typically participate and contributing to the Cronkite Zine, the NASA Project or other Student Organizations. Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication (often abbreviated to The Cronkite School by its students
Walter Cronkite that time. On February 14, 1980, Cronkite announced that he intended to retire from the "CBS Evening News"; at the time, CBS had a policy of mandatory retirement by age 65. Although sometimes compared to a father figure or an uncle figure, in an interview about his retirement he described himself as being more like a "comfortable old shoe" to his audience. His last day in the anchor chair at the "CBS Evening News" was on March 6, 1981; he was succeeded the following Monday by Dan Rather. Cronkite's farewell statement: On the eve of Cronkite's retirement, he appeared on