Judy Woodruff Biography

Fast Facts

• Founding co-chairperson of the International Women’s Media Foundation, which serves to elevate women’s status in the media
• Awarded and recognized for her journalism services, with an honorary doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania
• Started her journalism career in 1970 at local CBS affiliate WAGA-TV in Atlanta, Ga․, at which she was a news anchor for five years
• Joined CNN in 1993 and was the host of "Inside Politics" for 12 years, which would become the nation’s first program dedicated only to politics
• Attended Meredith College and Duke University and received her degree in political science, as well as being active on the Publications Board and in her sorority, Alpha Delta Pi