Bob Woodruff

Birth Name:

Robert Warren Woodruff

Birth Place:

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, United States

Profession

Actor, Producer

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
Best known as a journalist for ABC News and correspondent for "Good Morning America" and "World News with Diane Sawyer․"
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
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

2009Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
2014Emmy - Outstanding Edited Sports Special:Winner
2017Emmy - Outstanding Hard News Feature Story in a Newscast:Nominated
2018Emmy - Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis:Nominated
2018Emmy - Outstanding Hard News Feature Story in a Newscast:Nominated
2018Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newscast:Nominated
2018Emmy - Best Story in a Newscast:Nominated
2018Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Newscast:Nominated
2018Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
2018Emmy - Outstanding Sports News/Feature Anthology:Winner
2019Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Morning Program:Nominated
2019Emmy - Best Story in a Newscast:Nominated
2021Emmy - Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage:Winner

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