Judy Woodruff Biography
Judy Woodruff is an American broadcast journalist currently working as the managing editor and anchor of PBS NewsHour. Since 1976, Woodruff has covered every presidential election and convention. She’s interviewed a number of heads of state and moderated presidential debates in the United States.
Judy Woodruff Age
Woodruff is 75 years old as of 2021. She was born on 20 November 1946 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.
Judy Woodruff Height
Woodruff stands at a height of 5 feet 2 inches (1.57m).
Judy Woodruff Family
Woodruff was born in the United States to William H. Woodruff, an Army senior warrant officer, and Anna Lee Woodruff. Anita is her only sibling. She was an army brat who moved around a lot during her childhood, attending seven different schools between kindergarten and seventh grade. When Woodruff was five years old, she moved from Oklahoma to Germany. She then moved to army stations in Missouri and New Jersey, returned to Oklahoma, lived in Taiwan for a few years, and then relocated to North Carolina, where her father was stationed at Fort Gordon, before settling in Augusta, Georgia, area.
Judy Woodruff Education
Woodruff attended Augusta’s Academy of Richmond County High School. She won the beauty competition Young Miss Augusta in 1963. Beginning in 1964, Woodruff enrolled at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina, to pursue a degree in mathematics. She mentioned in an interview that her Meredith political science instructor sparked her interest in politics. Woodruff transferred to Duke University in 1966 after two years at Meredith. She was a member of the sorority Alpha Delta Pi and was involved in Duke’s student government.
During her studies, Woodruff served as an intern for Georgia Representative Robert Grier Stephens Jr. for two summers, but she was discouraged from working in Washington, D.C. because of the treatment of women there. In her senior year, Woodruff decided to pursue a career in journalism. In 1968, she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Duke University. Between 1985 and 1997, she was a member of Duke’s board of trustees. Woodruff received an honorary doctorate from Duke University in 1998, as well as honorary doctorates from the University of Scranton in 1991 and the University of Pennsylvania (LL.D.) in 2005.
Judy Woodruff Husband
Woodruff is married to Al Hunt, a journalist and former reporter, and the couple split their time between Washington, D.C., and nearby Maryland. In 1976, they met at a softball game in Plains, Georgia, between media and Carter presidential campaign personnel. On April 5, 1980, they married in St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. Jeffrey, born in 1981, Benjamin, born in 1986, and Lauren, born in 1989, are the couple’s three children. About five hours after going on air, Woodruff gave birth to Jeffrey. Jeffrey was born with a minor form of spina bifida, and following surgery in 1998, he became crippled and brain-damaged, prompting Woodruff to curtail her duties at CNN. Lauren was four months old when she was adopted from Korea.
Judy Woodruff PBS
Woodruff, co-anchor of the PBS NewsHour, began her PBS career as a special correspondent on Jim Lehrer’s The NewsHour in 2005. In 2007, she was promoted to senior journalist and became a member of the political team, as well as filling in as an anchor on occasion. In 2009, the news program was renamed PBS NewsHour and switched to a dual-anchor format. Following the death of Gwen Ifill in November 2016, Woodruff became NewsHour’s only anchor.
Judy Woodruff CNN
Tom Johnson approached Woodruff about working for CNN at the end of 1992, and she accepted four months later after some trepidation. Together with Frank Sesno, she co-hosted the weekday political conversation show Inside Politics and the foreign news program The World Today. In 1995, Woodruff and Bernard Shaw took over as anchors of CNN WorldView, a daily news program about the world. She moderated several presidential primary debates, including three Republican debates and one Democratic debate in 2000, and two Democratic debates in 2004. After her contract with CNN expired in 2005, Woodruff left to teach, write, and work on a long-form television project.
Judy Woodruff Net Worth
Woodruff has an estimated net worth of $8 Million.
Judy Woodruff Career
Woodruff worked for NBC, PBS, and the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour as a correspondent. In 1970, she moved to CBS station WAGA-TV in Washington, D.C., where she began her career as a secretary at an ABC affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia. For NBC, Woodruff covered Jimmy Carter’s winning presidential campaign in 1976. She continued to cover the White House until 1982, and in 1988, she moderated a PBS vice-presidential debate. After Jessica Savitch died in 1984, she co-hosted Frontline with Judy Woodruff.
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