People have asked me the last couple of days about what I think about the death of Walter Cronkite.

I think people want me to have some story about how he inspired me to get into the news business.

I am sorry to say he was before my day and to be honest with you I have never watched a lot of his work aside from the more famous clips you see like the JFK assassination.

What I have though about in the last couple of days is how the news industry has changed since Cronkite came into your living room every night.

The first thing is that people don’t run to the TV to catch the 6:00 news. The internet has changed news forever.

News is now more interactive. No longer do you simply deliver the headlines of the day. Newscasts are more interactive: Phone banks connect you to legal help, video resumes are put on the air to help people find work, and often times organizations try to reach out to viewers if they are in financial trouble.

Not the kind of newscast Cronkite brought you, but it’s the evolution of the news. When it’s my time to leave this business, I will be excited to look back and see how much things have changed. I may be very surprised.