Martha Raddatz Biography

Fast Facts

• Her coverage of the State Department following the September 11 terrorist attacks was recognized with a Peabody Award
• In 2012, she received the Fred Friendly First Amendment Award
• Won the First Amendment Award from the Radio Television Digital News Foundation in 2012
• Served as the Pentagon correspondent for National Public Radio from 1993 to 1998
• Was the chief correspondent at the ABC News Boston affiliate WCVB-TV
• Joined ABC News in 1999 as the network's State Department correspondent
• Spent decades covering all aspects of foreign policy and became ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent
• Was the only television reporter allowed to cover a combat mission over Afghanistan in an F15 fighter jet
• Traveled to Iraq 21 times to cover the conflict there
• Wrote the bestseller "The Long Road Home--A Story of War and Family․"