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Charles Kuralt Journalist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Sep 10, 1934
  • Died: Jul 4, 1997

Charles Kuralt was an American journalist. He was most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and later as the first anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning, a position he held for fifteen years.

Kuralt's "On the Road" segments were recognized twice with personal Peabody Awards. The first, awarded in 1968, cited those segments as heartwarming and "nostalgic vignettes"; in 1975, the award was for his work as a U.S. "bicentennial historian"; his work "capture[d] the individuality of the people, the dynamic growth inherent in the area, and ...the rich heritage of this great nation." He shared in a third Peabody awarded to CBS News Sunday Morning.

While studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill he participated in a radio program called "American Adventure: A Study Of Man In The New World" in the episode titled "Hearth Fire". It is a telling of the advent of TVA's building lakes written by John Ealey and directed by John Clayton. The episode starred Josephine Sharkey, a local housewife and Charles Kuralt, a university student played the TVA agent. Its original air date was 8-04-1955.

I think all those people I did stories about measured their own success by the joy their work was giving them. success

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything. thankful & travel

I can't say that I've changed anybody's life, ever, and that's the real work of the world, if you want a better society. society

You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars. society

It's best to leap into something you know you love. You might change your mind later, but that is the privilege of youth. change

I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a reporter. I don't know where I got the idea that it was a romantic calling. romantic

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege. family & love

I suppose I was a little bit of what would be called today a nerd. I didn't have girlfriends, and really I wasn't a very social boy. dating