PHOENIX — CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is set to receive the 2018 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Cooper will get the award on Oct. 17 in Phoenix.
In a statement Monday, Cooper said he's honored and humbled to receive the award because Cronkite "sparked my interest in journalism at a young age."
Cooper has been with CNN since 2001. He also has been a regular contributor to "60 Minutes" on CBS since 2006.
In November, Arizona State University revoked the award given to Charlie Rose after he was fired by CBS News and PBS in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations from multiple women.
Among the 34 previous Cronkite Award winners are Bob Woodward, Tom Brokaw, Al Michaels, Scott Pelley, Diane Sawyer, Judy Woodruff and Helen Thomas.
ASU's School of Journalism and Mass Communication was named in Cronkite's honor in 1984.
The famed CBS News anchor died in 2009.
