Former KOAM reporter to receive prestigious Cronkite Award

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, who got his start at KOAM-TV, has been named the recipient of the prestigious Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism:

Williams will receive the 26th Cronkite Award from ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at a luncheon ceremony Nov. 18 at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel.

“As someone who grew up idolizing Walter and having come to know him in adult life, I know that there is no greater name in our profession,” Williams said. “I only hope I am worthy of the meaning and tradition of this honor. Walter Cronkite is the only reason I entered the field of television journalism.”