Cronkite Century Celebration

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Walter Cronkite, a large-scale public celebration featuring some of the nation’s top journalists was held at the Newseum in Washington, DC on Thursday, September 29.

Hosted by the Newseum, CBS News and Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the Cronkite Century Celebration celebrated the late “CBS Evening News” anchor and his impact on journalism past, present and future with a full slate of programs, films and gallery talks.

The day’s events were followed by an evening panel of noted journalists featuring “CBS Evening News” anchor Scott Pelley, CBS News contributor Bob Schieffer, “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl and “PBS NewsHour” anchor Gwen Ifill. They led a discussion on Cronkite’s influence and the future of news. Leonard Downie Jr., the former executive editor of The Washington Post, who now serves as the Cronkite School’s Weil Family Professor of Journalism, moderated the panel.