Judy Woodruff

Birth Name:

Judy Woodruff

Birth Place:

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Profession

Writer, Actress, Editor, Editorial department

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

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