Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism

The Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism is an annual award presented by Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The recipient is deemed to represent a leading figure in the journalism industry, especially for ground-breaking achievements which have advanced the industry as a whole. The first award was presented by legendary journalist Walter Cronkite himself in 1984.

Not to be confused with the Walter Cronkite Awards for Excellence in Television Political Journalism, which are administered by the Norman Lear Center of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

Recipients
YearRecipientPosition at Time of Award
2018Anderson Cooper[1]CNN anchor, Anderson Cooper 360
2017Judy Woodruff[2]PBS NewsHour co-anchors and managing editors
Gwen Ifill[2][note 1]
2016Scott Pelley[3]CBS Evening News anchor
2015
None[note 2]
2014Robin Roberts[7]Good Morning America anchor
2013Bob Schieffer[8]Face the Nation moderator
2012Bob Costas[9]Football Night in America host
2011Christiane Amanpour[10]This Week with Christiane Amanpour anchor
2010Diane Sawyer[11]World News with Diane Sawyer anchor
2009Brian Williams[12]NBC Nightly News anchor and managing editor
2008Robert MacNeil[13]Longtime PBS news anchors of The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
Jim Lehrer[13]
2007Jane Pauley[14]former anchor of NBC’s Today Show and founding co-host of Dateline NBC
2006Tom Brokaw[15]NBC Nightly News former anchor
2005Dave Barry[16]Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist of the Miami Herald
2004Charles Osgood[17]Host of The Osgood File and CBS News Sunday Morning
2003Andy Rooney[18]60 Minutes correspondent
2002Al Michaels[19]ABC Sports sportscaster
2001Bob Woodward[15]Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post
2000Cokie Roberts[20]ABC News correspondent
1999Tom Johnson[21]President of CNN
1998Ben Bradlee[22]Executive editor of The Washington Post (1965-91)
1997Roone Arledge[23]Chairman of ABC News
1996Charles KuraltFormer host of On the Road and CBS News Sunday Morning
1995Bill Moyers[23]PBS host and producer
1994Bernard Shaw[23]CNN anchor
1993Helen Thomas[22]White House bureau chief of United Press International
1992Don HewittCreator and executive producer of 60 Minutes
1991George Will[22]Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist and author
1990Ted Turner[23]Chairman and president of TBS and founder of CNN
1989Malcolm ForbesPublisher and editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine
1988Allen H. Neuharth[23]Chairman of Gannett Co. and founder of USA Today
1987Katharine Graham[22]Chairwoman of the board of the Washington Post Co.
1986Otis ChandlerPublisher of the Los Angeles Times
1985Bill Mauldin[21]Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist
1984William Paley[13]Founder of CBS
Frank Stanton[13]Former president of CBS

Note
  1. Awarded posthumously: Ifill died on November 14, 2016
  2. The 2015 award was given to Charlie Rose,[4] but the award was rescinded on November 24, 2017, after a number of sexual harassment accusations were leveled against him.[5][6]

References
  1. Myers, Jessica (July 18, 2018). "Anderson Cooper to be awarded the 35th Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism". The State Press (ASU student newspaper). Retrieved 21 March 2019. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. Dowd, Bridget (17 April 2017). "Journalists Woodruff, Ifill To Receive 2017 Cronkite Award". KJZZ-FM. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. "Scott Pelley honored with Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism". CBS News. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. White, Kaila (19 October 2015). "ASU honors journalist Charlie Rose with Cronkite award". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  5. "ASU and University of Kansas journalism schools rescind honor given to Charlie Rose". KSAZ-TV. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  6. Callahan, Christopher. "Statement from Cronkite Dean on Rescinding of 2015 Award to Charlie Rose". Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  7. "Robin Roberts to receive ASU's 2014 Cronkite Award". KPHO-TV. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  8. "Bob Schieffer receives Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism". CBS News. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  9. "Bob Costas to be feted at annual Cronkite luncheon". WGCL-TV. The Associated Press. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  10. Terrill, Marshall (18 November 2011). "Amanpour Accepts 2011 Walter Cronkite Award". ABC News. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  11. Terrill, Marshall (18 November 2011). "Amanpour Accepts 2011 Walter Cronkite Award". ABC News. Retrieved 24 November 2017. The award-winning foreign correspondent and anchor of ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour" joins the ranks of past award recipients including news anchors Diane Sawyer...
  12. "Brian Williams named Cronkite Award winner". Today. The Associated Press. 6 April 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  13. Dantuono, Rebecca (18 April 2017). "ASU's Cronkite Award to honor pair of 'PBS NewsHour' journalists". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 24 November 2017. The two women are the third pair of co-recipients of the Cronkite Award. Others include "NewsHour" anchors Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer, who won the award in 2008, and CBS founder William Paley and former CBS President Frank Stanton, who were the first Cronkite award winners in 1984.
  14. Munsil, Leigh (13 November 2007). "Former NBC anchor given Cronkite award". ASU Web Devil. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  15. "Bob Schieffer to receive 30th Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from ASU". KNXV-TV. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2017. He will join the other 29 recipients, including Brian Williams, Diane Sawyer, Tom Brokaw and Bob Woodward.
  16. "Humorist Barry to receive Cronkite Award". ASU Insight. Arizona State University. 24 October 2005. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  17. "Bob Schieffer receives Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism". CBS News. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2017. The last CBS News member to receive the Cronkite Award was Charles Osgood in 2004.
  18. Pollnow, Meagan (27 March 2003). "Controversial Rooney of '60 Minutes' given Cronkite award". ASU Web Devil. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  19. "Michaels is 2002 Cronkite Award recipient". ASU Web Devil. 29 October 2002. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  20. Eckenrode, Jenna (15 October 2004). "Renaissance man wins Cronkite award". ASU Web Devil. Retrieved 24 November 2017. Although the list of 21 recipients is a "who's who" in journalism, only three women have ever received the award, the most recent National Public Radio senior news analyst Cokie Roberts in 2000.
  21. "Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism". Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  22. "Bob Schieffer receives Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism". CBS News. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2017. Past recipients have included Bob Costas, Christiane Amanpour, Diane Sawyer, Brian Williams, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer, Tom Brokaw, Jane Pauley, Katharine Graham, Bob Woodward, Helen Thomas, Ben Bradlee and George Will.
  23. Flood, Brian (28 March 2016). "CBS News Anchor Scott Pelley to Win Walter Cronkite Award for Journalism Excellence". TheWrap. Retrieved 24 November 2017. Previous winners of the prestigious award include Tom Brokaw, Ted Turner, Bob Woodward, Bill Moyers, Katharine Graham, Allen Neuharth, Don Hewitt, Helen Thomas, George Will, Ben Bradlee, Bernard Shaw and Roone Arledge.
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