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 the "predominant news voice in America." Affectionately known as "Uncle Walter," he covered many of the important news events of the era so effectively that his image and voice are closely associated with the Cuban Missile Crisis, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the Watergate scandal. "USA Today" wrote that "few TV figures have ever had as much power as Cronkite did at his height." Enjoying the cult of personality surrounding Cronkite in those years, CBS allowed some good-natured fun-poking at its star anchorman in some episodes of the network's