OUR EVENTS
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Day 1: Evening Visit to Cronkite News Newsroom journalists would do well to uphold the news values embodied by Walter Cronkite, noting that Cronkite’s drive to get things right made him the best in the world. Pelley also applauded the work being done at the Cronkite School to educate the next generation of journalists. “The stakes are high,” he said. “We need great journalists in this country, and I am so encouraged by the work that I have seen being done here.” Cronkite Dean Christopher Callahan said no one was more deserving of the award than Pelley. “Scott is, in many ways, the standard bearer of the kind of journalism that Walter Cronkite defined for so many of us – deep, fact-based, objective, accurate, honest journalism,” he said. As part of his two-day visit to ASU, Pelley toured the Cronkite School and participated in a discussion with students. The talk, moderated by Karla Liriano, a Cronkite senior, touched on a variety of topics, including the recent election, Walter Cronkite and the importance of a free press. “People take it for granted that we have the best journalism in the world,” Pelley told students. “People come from around the world to study journalism at Arizona State University and other great J-schools because this is one of America’s great ideas and one of America’s great products.” Pelley also offered some career advice, stressing the importance of strong writing and encouraging students to be 72
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Day 2: Morning Discussion With Students relentless in the pursuit of their dreams. “Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer,” he said. “We need you.” Pelley punctuated his visit by broadcasting the “CBS Evening News” from the Downtown Phoenix campus. Overlooking the Cronkite School from the Sun Devil Fitness Complex, he signed off by saying: “It was humbling to receive (the Cronkite Award), but it was heartening to meet the reporters of tomorrow. Journalism and our democracy are in good hands.” Watch Scott Pelley’s Cronkite Award acceptance speech at cbsnews.com/videos/cbs-news-scott-pelley-honored -with-cronkite-award. Watch the ‘CBS Evening News’ Broadcast from ASU cbsnews.com/videos/1121-deadly-school-bus-crash-intennessee-scott-pelley-receives-2016-cronkite-award.