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Walter Cronkite One of Americas most beloved and well-known television personalities left a long-wearing impact on the presentation of news on television. (wrong use of a colon.. did you mean to have this sentence as a title?) As Cronkite grew with his network, so did his power and influence over the minds of the American public. (awkward transition amid your intro, whichi is too brief to begin with, and the next part) Cronkite was born in enshrine Joseph, Missouri, and later during his high school long time, shared his first taste of journalism by working on the local high school newspaper. (Barron) posterior accepted into the University of Texas at Austin, Cronkite participated in more newspaper organizations and fraternities until he resolved to drop out of school late in his junior year. subsequently being offered several reporting jobs coat news and sports, Cronkite began his broadcasting calling as a radio announcer for WKY in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma before switching o ver to a sports announcer for KCMO in Kansas City, Missouri. (Barnhart) World War II short broke out and Cronkite was chosen as one of eighter from Decatur journalists to cover the stories going on in the rampaging Europe. Gaining a reputation as a big-time journalist, Cronkite continued to expand on his credibility by covering the Nuremberg Trials, a series of cases that prosecuted the leaders of Nazi Germany. As several years passes, the tides of war finally grew to a close and Cronkite returned home where he soon himself a job at CBS News in 1950. (No real reduce here. What are you trying to accomplish here? Are you going with a chronological coverage of his life? If so, prep the reader for it. I sight this was still the introductory paragraph at first)Television became a regent(postnominal) medi... ...rrow who encouraged voicing ones opinion, Cronkite refused to share his own beliefs in his broadcasts. But even if he was objective, Cronkite was not afraid to smile or show enthusiasm and emotions during the show. He gave off this warm and fuzzy spirit that brought in many viewers and his signature sign-off, Thats the way it is, became usual for its folksy charm. originally long, viewers were calling him Uncle Walter. (Ritchie) The actual use of irrigates name was a new change brought as well. Before this time, radio place at the time did not want passel to use their real names for fear of taking their listeners with them if they left. For example, the news stations did not want the audience to become too attached to a certain reporter or host, such as Cronkite, since of that reporter left, accordingly many fans would follow suit and drop the stations ratings.