“CBS Evening News” anchor Scott Pelley will be the 2016 recipient of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.
Walter Cronkite signed off for the final time as anchor of the program that Pelley now anchors 35 years ago this month. Pelley is the 33rd recipient of the Cronkite Award and will broadcast from the ASU campus next fall when he accepts the award.
“Walter became known as ‘Uncle Walter’ to an admiring audience, but he was truly like an uncle to me. In our conversations, he pressed me to be honest with the audience, skeptical of conventional wisdom, and grateful for my family,” Pelley said.