# 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.

## Recipients

| Year | Recipient | Position at Time of Award |
| 2024 | Wolf Blitzer | CNN anchor of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer |
| 2023 | David Muir | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir and co-anchor of ABC’s 20/20 |
| 2022 | Gayle King | CBS Mornings anchor |
| 2021 | Al Roker | Today anchor and weatherman |
| 2020 | Dean Baquet | The New York Times executive editor |
| 2019 | Lester Holt | NBC Nightly News anchor |
| 2018 | Anderson Cooper | CNN anchor, Anderson Cooper 360 |
| 2017 | Judy Woodruff | PBS NewsHour co-anchors and managing editors |
| 2017 | Gwen Ifill | PBS NewsHour co-anchors and managing editors |
| 2016 | Scott Pelley | CBS Evening News anchor |
| 2015 | None | None |
| 2014 | Robin Roberts | Good Morning America anchor |
| 2013 | Bob Schieffer | Face the Nation moderator |
| 2012 | Bob Costas | Football Night in America host |
| 2011 | Christiane Amanpour | This Week with Christiane Amanpour anchor |
| 2010 | Diane Sawyer | World News with Diane Sawyer anchor |
| 2009 | Brian Williams | NBC Nightly News anchor and managing editor |
| 2008 | Robert MacNeil | Longtime PBS news anchors of The MacNeil/Lehrer Report |
| 2008 | Jim Lehrer | Longtime PBS news anchors of The MacNeil/Lehrer Report |
| 2007 | Jane Pauley | former anchor of NBC's Today Show and founding co-host of Dateline NBC |
| 2006 | Tom Brokaw | NBC Nightly News former anchor |
| 2005 | Dave Barry | Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist of the Miami Herald |
| 2004 | Charles Osgood | Host of The Osgood File and CBS News Sunday Morning |
| 2003 | Andy Rooney | 60 Minutes correspondent |
| 2002 | Al Michaels | ABC Sports sportscaster |
| 2001 | Bob Woodward | Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post |
| 2000 | Cokie Roberts | ABC News correspondent |
| 1999 | Tom Johnson | President of CNN |
| 1998 | Ben Bradlee | Executive editor of The Washington Post (1965–91) |
| 1997 | Roone Arledge | Chairman of ABC News |
| 1996 | Charles Kuralt | Former host of On the Road and CBS News Sunday Morning |
| 1995 | Bill Moyers | PBS host and producer |
| 1994 | Bernard Shaw | CNN anchor |
| 1993 | Helen Thomas | White House bureau chief of United Press International |
| 1992 | Don Hewitt | Creator and executive producer of 60 Minutes |
| 1991 | George Will | Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist and author |
| 1990 | Ted Turner | Chairman and president of TBS and founder of CNN |
| 1989 | Malcolm Forbes | Publisher and editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine |
| 1988 | Allen H. Neuharth | Chairman of Gannett Co. and founder of USA Today |
| 1987 | Katharine Graham | Chairwoman of the board of the Washington Post Co. |
| 1986 | Otis Chandler | Publisher of the Los Angeles Times |
| 1985 | Bill Mauldin | Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist |
| 1984 | William Paley | Founder of CBS |
| 1984 | Frank Stanton | Former president of CBS |