Judy Woodruff

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Judy Woodruff

Judy Woodruff (born November 20, 1946) is an American television news anchor and journalist.

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Woodruff served as the chief White House correspondent for NBC from 1977 to 1982, as well as covering Washington for the Today show. She moved from NBC to PBS, and from 1984 to 1990 was the host of Frontline. During her time at PBS she also reported for The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour.

From 1993 to June 2005, she was the host of Inside Politics on CNN. She decided not to renew her contract with CNN, looking toward teaching, writing, and working on documentaries. In August 2005, Woodruff was named a visiting fellow for the fall semester at Harvard University's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. She is currently teaching the course "Media and Politics" at Duke University.

In 2006 Woodruff returned to PBS to work on a documentary about young people and their thoughts on world events, produced in conjunction with MacNeil/Lehrer Productions. In addition to her work on the documentary, which will be called Generation Next: Speak Up. Be Heard. Woodruff serves as a Special Correspondent on the News Hour, typically as a moderator for discussions on politics and economics. She also fills in occasionally as anchor of the NewsHour. Additionally, in 2006 Woodruff contributed as a guest correspondent to the National Public Radio (NPR) Morning Edition week-long series "Muslims In America," as part of NPR's fifth-year observance of the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks.

On February 5, 2007, Judy Woodruff returned to The News Hour with Jim Lehrer on PBS full time as senior correspondent and substitute anchor.[1]

Woodruff had her first taste of the limelight when at age 17 she won a hometown beauty pageant and was crowned Young Miss Augusta 1963. After high school, Woodruff attended Duke University, where she earned a degree in political science and was involved in the Student Union, Publications Board, Alpha Delta Pi sorority, and Associated Students of Duke (precursor to Duke Student Government).

Her husband is Al Hunt, formerly of CNN and The Wall Street Journal, now managing editor of the Bloomberg News Washington, D.C, bureau. She is not related to fellow TV journalist Bob Woodruff.

Woodruff is a member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.