Judy woodruff pbs biography louis

  • Judy Woodruff is a senior correspondent and the former anchor and managing editor of the PBS News Hour.
  • Judy Woodruff is Senior Correspondent and the former Anchor and Managing Editor of the PBS NewsHour.
  • The PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff traces the roots of our divisions, exploring recent American political history, how partisan divisions became more personal.

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    Judy Woodruff

    Judy Woodruff is Senior Correspondent and the former Anchor and Managing Editor of the PBS NewsHour. She has covered politics and other news for fem decades at NBC, CNN and PBS. At PBS from 1983 to 1993, she was the ledare Washington correspondent for the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. From 1984 – 1990, she also anchored PBS' award-winning documentary series, "Frontline with Judy Woodruff." Moving to CNN in 1993, she served as anchor and senior correspondent for 12 years; among other duties, she anchored the weekday schema "Inside Politics." She returned to the NewsHour in 2007, and in 2013, she and the late Gwen Ifill were named the first two women to co-anchor a national news broadcast. After Ifill's death, Woodruff was named sole anchor. From 2006 – 2013, she anchored a monthly program for Bloomberg Television, "Conversations with Judy Woodruff." In 2006, she was a visiting professor at Duke University's Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. In 2005, she was a

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    Judy Woodruff has spent her illustrious career in network, cable, and public television news protecting and defending First Amendment freedoms, and inspiring people to speak truth to power. Beginning as a White House correspondent with NBC News, and currently serving as senior correspondent for the PBS NewsHour, after 11 years as its anchor and managing editor, she has covered every presidential election and convention since 1976 and moderated presidential debates. She is also a dedicated advocate for women in journalism, co-founding the International Women’s Media Foundation in 1990. Her newest project, “America at a Crossroads,” is dedicated to understanding the divisions facing our country and how to heal them.

    Co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group David Rubenstein works tirelessly to preserve American history and improve our country’s civic knowledge. He has made transformative gifts for the restoration or repairs of o

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    PBS News Hour

    Public television newscast in the United States

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    • PBS News Hour

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    Also known as
    • The Robert MacNeil Report(1975–1976)
    • The MacNeil/Lehrer Report(1976–1983)
    • The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour(1983–1995)
    • The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer(1995–2009)
    • PBS NewsHour Weekend(weekend editions, 2013–2022)
    • PBS News Weekend(weekend editions, 2022–present)
    • PBS News Hour West(western edition)
    GenreNews program
    Created by
    Directed by
    • Sean Patrick (weekday editions)
    • Chip Hirzel (weekend editions)
    Presented byWeekdays:Weekends:
    Theme music composer
    Country of originUnited States
    Original languageEnglish
    Executive producers
    • Sara Just (weekday editions)
    • Rachel Wellford (weekend editions)
    Production locations
    Camera setupMulti-camera
    Running time
    • 60 minutes (1983–present, weekday editions)
    • 30 minutes (1975–1983, weekday editions; 2013–present, weekend editions)