Bob Woodruff Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Peabody Award for his coverage of traumatic brain injuries on ABC News in 2008
• Won the Alfred I․ DuPont Award and the Peabody Award for his reporting of the fallout from September 11
• Founded the Bob Woodruff Foundation to aid returning military troops in their physical and mental recovery
• Graduated from Colgate University and earned his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School
• A month after joining ABC News in 2005, he suffered a traumatic brain injury from a roadside bomb while reporting on U․S․ and Iraqi security forces in Iraq
• Started out as an attorney, but switched to journalism after being hired by CBS News to translate during the Tiananmen Square uprising n 1989
• Began his broadcast career as a reporter at KCPM-TV in Redding, California in 1991
• Created the documentary "To Iraq and Back: Bob Woodruff Reports" in 2007 about his injury, recovery, and the continuing plight of many service members returning to the U․S․ with similar injuries
• Best known as a journalist for ABC News and correspondent for "Good Morning America" and "World News with Diane Sawyer․"
• Has covered a number of important events, including North Korea's denuclearization process, the Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan, and the survivors of the Virginia Tech shooting